Tiger football blog: Oct. 25
By Alex Oey
Independent Sports Writer
The football playoffs are here and Marshall is in an interesting position.
They have a first round bye.
For some people, hearing of a bye means that the team just shuts down until they have to get ready for their next game, which is not the case. Although they may not practice quite as hard as usual, teams still practice as though they were playing the next game.
The Tigers will face Hutchinson on Saturday. Hutchinson has not lost a section game since 1995, said Marshall head coach Terry Bahlmann.
“They are the favorites no matter what the seedings say until someone beats them,” said Bahlmann. “We are trying not to look to them, but everything is going to have to go through Hutch. Someone is going to have to beat them.”
I talked to Bahlmann on Tuesday afternoon since instead of writing a preview for Marshall’s first-round game, they were not playing.
In talking to Bahlmann, I found that we have similar views to a first round bye.
“If you are playing well, you like to keep playing,” said Bahlmann. “We felt we were playing well.”
When a team is on a roll like the Tigers have been on, taking a break is not always what you want, but I know that some of the players could use a little extra time to heal some injuries, which Bahlmann also touched on during our conversation.
“We gave the kids a couple days off over the weekend, hoping that we would come back fresh,” Bahlmann said. “The positives are we do have a couple guys with some nagging injuries and this gives them some more time to get going again.”
The Tigers have used their bye time wisely, working on some older things while adding a few new twists to their plan.
“We decided we are going to polish some of the things we do and put in a couple new things just to keep the kids thinking a bit and challenging as we go there,” Bahlmann said.
Since I have been working at the Independent, I do not remember the Tigers receiving a first-round bye in the football playoffs.
Having that bye, the Marshall coaching staff had an extra chance to get more information on Hutchinson, which beat Willmar on Tuesday night, 31-3.
“We try to gather some information on both of them as much as we can and try to put that together and have a plan,” said Bahlmann. “Once we find out Tuesday night who we are playing, then we are going to be scrambling, but we have a little preliminary work done so we can make it a little easier.”
Independent Sports Writer
The football playoffs are here and Marshall is in an interesting position.
They have a first round bye.
For some people, hearing of a bye means that the team just shuts down until they have to get ready for their next game, which is not the case. Although they may not practice quite as hard as usual, teams still practice as though they were playing the next game.
The Tigers will face Hutchinson on Saturday. Hutchinson has not lost a section game since 1995, said Marshall head coach Terry Bahlmann.
“They are the favorites no matter what the seedings say until someone beats them,” said Bahlmann. “We are trying not to look to them, but everything is going to have to go through Hutch. Someone is going to have to beat them.”
I talked to Bahlmann on Tuesday afternoon since instead of writing a preview for Marshall’s first-round game, they were not playing.
In talking to Bahlmann, I found that we have similar views to a first round bye.
“If you are playing well, you like to keep playing,” said Bahlmann. “We felt we were playing well.”
When a team is on a roll like the Tigers have been on, taking a break is not always what you want, but I know that some of the players could use a little extra time to heal some injuries, which Bahlmann also touched on during our conversation.
“We gave the kids a couple days off over the weekend, hoping that we would come back fresh,” Bahlmann said. “The positives are we do have a couple guys with some nagging injuries and this gives them some more time to get going again.”
The Tigers have used their bye time wisely, working on some older things while adding a few new twists to their plan.
“We decided we are going to polish some of the things we do and put in a couple new things just to keep the kids thinking a bit and challenging as we go there,” Bahlmann said.
Since I have been working at the Independent, I do not remember the Tigers receiving a first-round bye in the football playoffs.
Having that bye, the Marshall coaching staff had an extra chance to get more information on Hutchinson, which beat Willmar on Tuesday night, 31-3.
“We try to gather some information on both of them as much as we can and try to put that together and have a plan,” said Bahlmann. “Once we find out Tuesday night who we are playing, then we are going to be scrambling, but we have a little preliminary work done so we can make it a little easier.”
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