The whole atmosphere has changed when athletes are making as much as they do with NIL and the transfer rules changed. Before it was their fellow students that they were supporting that were not transferring every year. Now some are doing that just to chase the money. Now the average football...
In the past this could have easily turned into a Bowling Green type loss. We let them stick around instead of taking advantage of field position in the first half and putting them on the ropes right away. They did what was needed to get the job done. Impressive start for Drake.
The good news is Coyle is done hiring his new Men's BB coach so now he has time to focus on repacing our two chronically underachieving hockey coaches. The only consistent thing with our men's and women's programs - they choke and underachieve every year.