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Anybody else notice the glove on Weber's throwing hand against MSU? Unusual choice, but who can argue with the results.

Wayne Larivee astutely pointed it out about midway thru the game (might have been the only call all night he got right... man, was he terrible)

Not certain if it made a difference on the balls Weber threw, but I felt like I saw a lot less wobble on his throws in the MSU game. I'm zipping thru my DVR now and watching the OSU game to see...

Any thoughts?
 

Noticed it right away and I have no problem with it. He did look like he was throwing it better. Some great QBs wear gloves and it works well for them:

Kurt Warner
Tom Brady
Ben Rothlisberger to name a few
 

Son of a Badger said:
Noticed it right away and I have no problem with it. He did look like he was throwing it better. Some great QBs wear gloves and it works well for them:

Kurt Warner
Tom Brady
Ben Rothlisberger to name a few
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Right, and I have no problem with that either. I'm just curious more than anything as to what prompted him to try the glove. A coaches suggestion, or something else?
 


Maybe - but I think it was no colder than it was for the Purdue game, and he didn't wear it then.
 


Pretty sure that Big Ben and Brady wear gloves during inclement weather. Don't know the reasoning beyond its easier to grip the ball.
 

Roethlisberger indeed wears a glove. So do Tiger Woods, Albert Pujols, Jennie Finch, Patrick Roy, and Michael Jackson.

But, Tate Forcier also wears one. So, mixed results.
 

josh087 said:
Roethlisberger indeed wears a glove. So do Tiger Woods, Albert Pujols, Jennie Finch, Patrick Roy, and Michael Jackson.

But, Tate Forcier also wears one. So, mixed results.
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:clap::clap::clap:

...and for you REAL old-timers so did Mickey Hatcher and Bombo Rivera!
 

To be fair, Patrick Roy doesn't play anymore so I doubt he wears a glove
 



DiehardGopher said:
To be fair, Patrick Roy doesn't play anymore so I doubt he wears a glove
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Photos of him coaching, taken recently:

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Please note his hands in each photo.
 


Hand in glove?

Hand in glove? More evidence that Gopher football and Morrisey go together like...oh, who am I fooling, I'm a weirdo.

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Gopher Bandanna Guy said:
Anybody else notice the glove on Weber's throwing hand against MSU? Unusual choice, but who can argue with the results.

Wayne Larivee astutely pointed it out about midway thru the game (might have been the only call all night he got right... man, was he terrible)

Not certain if it made a difference on the balls Weber threw, but I felt like I saw a lot less wobble on his throws in the MSU game. I'm zipping thru my DVR now and watching the OSU game to see...

Any thoughts?
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It's Bionic, developed by the U's physics dept.:cool:
 

its definitely easier to grip the ball. The colder it gets the tighter the ball gets and the less moisture is on it making it harder to grip
 



Mickey Mouse wears gloves and his career has been nothing short of brilliant.
 


Schnoodler said:
Mickey Mouse wears gloves and his career has been nothing short of brilliant.
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The white gloves on black was a brilliant fashion decision. I'm not sure if weber pulled off that kind of runway success. Maybe if he didn't lock into his first set of gloves, or hold on to his gloves to long. Maybe if he didn't change the process in which he put his gloves on, or tried to change the motion in which he secured them, he would reach that kind of success.
 


And let us not forget OJ Simpson. Has there ever been a more infamous glove related story?
 

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