im not making excuses, sure they werent ready.. and the cause of that was what i said earlier.. on the road and it was an early game.
“That was important,” Maryland quarterback Chris Turner said. “They were on the road, it was an early game, they were adjusting to the time and all that. To be able to get off to an early lead was pretty good.”
“Flying across the country provides challenges,” California coach Jeff Tedford conceded in midweek. “But we’re going to try to get our body chemistry acclimated to East Coast. We are going to do it while we stay here. We’re playing on grass, we’re going to practice on grass. There are a few things that we have to pay attention to, no question.”
and also USC played Virginia at 3:30pm.. which is 3 1/2 hours later than CAL played their opponent.. and of course USC is better than CAL.