Football coaches are famous for their ability to crank out cliché answers—especially when confronted with the kind of queries thrown at them by supercilious—not to mention silly—sideline reporters.
Army Coach Jeff Monken was in the middle of one of those answers on Saturday evening when a thought occurred to him. "A lot of times making adjustments doesn't really change things," he said. "Today though, we made some adjustments and they made a difference."
Truer, non-cliche words have never been spoken.
Army looked almost helpless on offense during the first half at Wake Forest. The running attack that came into the game ranked second in the country had produced a total of 42 yards in the first half.