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Secret Sauce
Secret Sauce
Published by Swampy Meadows
11-01-2015
Secret Sauce

BEVERLY HILLS (MI) -- Sometime later today, the UD Flyers will face the Purdue Boilermakers in a "secret scrimmage" to be held at the University of Indianapolis. The value of a "secret scrimmage" to fans is negligible: we know UD is playing PU, but we can't watch it and the media can't cover it. The advantages to Archie and staff are substantially more than the Red & Blue game or even the SVSU exhibition game that will take place next weekend.

So what the the heck is a "secret scrimmage" anyway? Allow fellow Boston-native Jeff Goodman of ESPN.com to 'splain it for us:

The reasons these scrimmages are helpful? A few coaches weighed in (secretly, of course):

• They allow coaches to script whatever they believe will best benefit their team in every part of the game.

• The scrimmages force teams -- and players -- to play at a different speed. "Practicing against the same guys every day makes you fall into a rhythm. Playing against a new opponent forces you to adjust to a different speed, strength and intensity."

• They offer a reality check for coaches even more than players. "Equal to greater talent can bring real facts that some of your players aren't what you think they are right now. Your freshmen aren't that ready yet. It can make you rethink your approach."

• The games give teams a chance to practice game situations and how to adjust on the fly. For instance, what do you do down two with two seconds left under the basket? They also give teams a chance to practice both offensively and defensively and get practice fouling when up three.

• Teams get a chance to play against zone defense -- because sometimes you don't handle that as well early in the season.

• The scrimmages offer better competition.

• It's a good chance to play guys that wouldn't play as much if it were a game or even an exhibition -- because there is often an extra 10-minute session in addition to two halves.


-- David Jablonski of The DDN with his .02 worth on the subject:

http://daytonflyers.blog.daytondaily...et-scrimmages/

-- One guy who will now be eligible to play for the Boilers is freshman PF Caleb Swanigan.. Here's a story on him written before he was cleared:

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2...play-from-ncaa

I read somewhere in the Twitterverse that teams are now allowed to release stats from a "secret scrimmage" but coaches can't talk about the tilt before hand -- because it's a secret! Turns out, boxscores are not allowed to be released.

Elsewhere in hoopdom:

-- Former Flyer Paul Williams has been drafted in the 5th round by Grand Rapids in the NBA Development League:

http://ak-static.cms.nba.com/wp-cont...ease_Draft.pdf

-- Dayton is nowhere to be found on this list of Cinderella candidates:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegebask...noise-in-march

Which is as it should be -- they ain't no Cinderellas.

-- Likewise, no UD player is listed on the projected top scorers for the upcoming men's college hoops season either:

http://www.si.com/college-basketball...dy-buddy-hield

Which is fine because the Flyers are not a one man team.

-- Ken Pomeroy continues to be asleep at the wheel when it comes to all things Flyer. He has UD projected at #65 in his pre-season rankings:

http://kenpom.com/

Kenny has undervalued the Red and Blue dramatically each of the last two seasons, so why change now? He tries to explain his methodology here:

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/web...season_ratings

-- Forbes magazine with a video profile of 'the man behind the mask' my old UD college roommate Steve Downes, who portrays Master Chief in the Halo series of video games:

http://www.forbes.com/video/4583805635001/

-- This is not the facial expression you want to see on your QB when taking a snap in the shotgun formation:

https://vine.co/v/eYY0u7zDjnP

-- Absolutely love the Nike "Snow Day" spot featuring All-World tight end Gronk and a cast of fellow athletes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2P5E7cFt9s

That’s it “From the Swamp.”
You can email me at: swampy@udpride.com
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