Maryland coach Randy Edsall on loss to West Virginia: I think there’s a problem in college football
By Jack Crosby
In one of the early games on Saturday afternoon, the West Virginia Mountaineers went on the road to take on the Maryland Terrapins, and when it was all said and done, the Mountaineers walked away with their second win of the season, and having handed Maryland their first loss of the season on an last-second field goal from Josh Lambert from 47 yards out.
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Throughout the game, the West Virginia offense was in typical form, racking up 694 yards of total offense on the Terrapins and their defense, which prompted some rather interesting comments from Maryland head coach Randy Edsall following the game.
Rather than saying that his defense was porous in the loss, Edsall pointed toward the fact that West Virginia ran 108 total plays in the game, and he thinks that signals that there is a problem in college football.
WVU ran 108 plays from scrimmage. Edsall: "I think there's a problem in college football, I really do, with that many plays."
— Testudo Times (@testudotimes) September 13, 2014
Again, Edsall could have pointed toward the fact that his defense was unable to stop the Mountaineers, but he chose this route, which makes him look pretty bad in the opinion of some.
Edsall joins a short line of coaches that believe there is a problem in the game with the uptempo offenses. But, as they say, if you don’t want someone to beat you up like that, then it’s your job to stop him.