Post by rainman on Oct 4, 2007 5:49:29 GMT -5
Cramping his style
By Mickey Furfari
For the Times West Virginian
MORGANTOWN— As far as Steve Slaton is concerned, the weather can turn cooler just any time now and stay.
West Virginia University’s All-America junior tailback continues to suffer from cramping up on extremely hot days, as he did in last week’s 21-13 loss to South Florida in Tampa.
“I’ve always had a problem with that,” he said earlier in the week. “It’s pretty much a matter of not having enough fluids at times.
“But with cooler weather ahead, I shouldn’t have that problem as much.”
Otherwise, Slaton confirmed that he’s 100 percent healthy. The wrist he had operated on after last season does not bother him at all.
With 42 career rushing touchdowns, he needs just one more to top the all-time record set by Ira Errett Rodgers (1915-16-17-19) and tied by Avon Cobourne (1999-2002).
Slaton is the NCAA’s active career TD leader (47), active points-per-game leader (10.1), second in rushing ypg (122.4), second in RB yards-per-carry (6.23) and second in all-purpose yards per game (143.2).
“The offense has been doing the right things,” Slaton said. “They’re making the right reads. The linemen are making key blocks, and the receivers are hustling out there.
“It’s exciting. They’re all working hard.”
Asked why USF severely limited WVU’s rushing attack in upsetting WVU the last two meetings, Slaton said: “I think it was because we made a lot of mistakes. Those mistakes were big factors.
“You can make one guy on defense miss. But if there’s a second guy, he might stop you. You can’t make ‘em all miss.”
Slaton will be trying to regain a highly productive pitch in Saturday’s noon Big East clash at Syracuse.
WVU is preparing to bounce back from the USF loss and make its record 5-1 overall and 1-1 in the conference. The Orange is 1-4 and 1-0.
By Mickey Furfari
For the Times West Virginian
MORGANTOWN— As far as Steve Slaton is concerned, the weather can turn cooler just any time now and stay.
West Virginia University’s All-America junior tailback continues to suffer from cramping up on extremely hot days, as he did in last week’s 21-13 loss to South Florida in Tampa.
“I’ve always had a problem with that,” he said earlier in the week. “It’s pretty much a matter of not having enough fluids at times.
“But with cooler weather ahead, I shouldn’t have that problem as much.”
Otherwise, Slaton confirmed that he’s 100 percent healthy. The wrist he had operated on after last season does not bother him at all.
With 42 career rushing touchdowns, he needs just one more to top the all-time record set by Ira Errett Rodgers (1915-16-17-19) and tied by Avon Cobourne (1999-2002).
Slaton is the NCAA’s active career TD leader (47), active points-per-game leader (10.1), second in rushing ypg (122.4), second in RB yards-per-carry (6.23) and second in all-purpose yards per game (143.2).
“The offense has been doing the right things,” Slaton said. “They’re making the right reads. The linemen are making key blocks, and the receivers are hustling out there.
“It’s exciting. They’re all working hard.”
Asked why USF severely limited WVU’s rushing attack in upsetting WVU the last two meetings, Slaton said: “I think it was because we made a lot of mistakes. Those mistakes were big factors.
“You can make one guy on defense miss. But if there’s a second guy, he might stop you. You can’t make ‘em all miss.”
Slaton will be trying to regain a highly productive pitch in Saturday’s noon Big East clash at Syracuse.
WVU is preparing to bounce back from the USF loss and make its record 5-1 overall and 1-1 in the conference. The Orange is 1-4 and 1-0.
