tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776355734419994333.post1693073617031643993..comments2023-05-26T11:28:32.458-04:00Comments on SportsThat: The Class of 2011 Speaks. You Listen.Monster Mashhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09580359593319487913noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776355734419994333.post-12424296221592501502010-11-11T16:20:37.397-05:002010-11-11T16:20:37.397-05:00To answer your question honestly this is the first...To answer your question honestly this is the first I have heard of this and I am not sure how valid it is. Would Cal"stoop" that low? Possibly but I don't know. I think either way they played it the games would have been blow outs. Besides, they are exhibition games, aka practice. <br /><br />I haven't heard any of this on any other sites but that doesn't mean it's false. Cal won't be able to request it come Friday so it's moot IMO.James Streblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10620624023551692517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3776355734419994333.post-44299727691307309722010-11-11T15:34:46.961-05:002010-11-11T15:34:46.961-05:00I have a question for you guys. A caller to a loc...I have a question for you guys. A caller to a local(Louisville)radio station said he heard a rumor that Cal asked Pikeville and Dillard not to run a zone defense on his guys because they haven't worked on that in practice yet. The show's host confirmed that this was indeed accurate. I thought, surely Cal wouldn't have done that. We all know what WVU's zone did to UK in the Elite 8. I figured Call would cover zone defenses in practice #1. I went back and read interviews that Pikeville and Dillard coaches gave prior to the game and BOTH coaches said they would use some 1-3-1 zone because of the problems it gave last years UK team. Come game time, neither did. Coach Wells from Pikeville went as far to say that the way to beat UK was to play zone and that they would see alot of it during the season. He then later said that his team had a hard time staying in front of UK players but he didn't (or couldn't) play zone. Do you all think Cal would really stoop that low as to tell another team to not play a certain style? Do you guys think that it's odd that 2 teams that are supremely overmatched in size and athleticism would play man defense the whole game?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08149635130151866947noreply@blogger.com