I'll go with a bit of it being lack of confidence, maybe experience as well. I think there was some definite intimidation, and it literally took a play or two for more to lose confidence. On the second interception return, literally it looked like the players just were trying to avoid being hit. I joked halfway before the game that a few of their kids probably were not wanting to be there and would rather be on the basketball court, and I think there was more truth to that than I ever wished to be true. Not to say that there wasn't effort, I really think that they played hard, but just rough to watch from the good side. The long delay due to the injury didn't help and I'm sure it didn't help any of them, when they were already ready to get out of there. I won't say anything bad about the way they played, thought they were coached up, played clean, and tried, just wasn't a good game to help us or help them.





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