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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 2157038, member: 289"] THE AFTERMATH “West Virginia was a hard-hitting outfit. They outfought us up front” said Ben Schwartzwalder. He praised Larry Krutko “a real fine fullback”. He revealed that Zimmerman had dislocated his shoulder in the fourth quarter “and that really hurt us in the last few minutes of play”. He praised the pass catching of Dick Lasse and Glenn Preising but didn’t think much of his defensive cornerbacks who “didn’t do much against the West Virginia outside stuff. They had a bad day” Lasse caught 4 passes for 53 yards and knocked down three passes on defense. Krutko was the game’s top rusher with 73 yards but McClure had 62 and Peterson 56 for the winners. Syracuse’s top rushers were Schwedes with 35 yards, Stephens with 29 while leading rusher Ed Coffin had only 14 yards Arnie Burdick blamed a “listless first half” for the defeat, saying that Syracuse “had to pay through their bloody noses. The first half was about as slow as a saloon during Lent. The Orange was lifeless and couldn’t move while West Virginia’s exuberance was mostly misspent. “ Bill Reddy quoted a Syracuse junior as saying “It didn’t seem there was anything to play for.” Reddy said “It typified the kind of game Syracuse played in the early going and when the Hillmen showed signs of rallying, the Mountaineers proved too tough to handle….West Virginia’s far greater desire was rewarded with a victory and once more the unpredictable factors in college football were emphasized.” “it was an up and downs season, with high spots and low spots. ([I]We still have those, 60 years later.) [/I]Several players came along well, to make ’58 prospects seem good despite the loss of the seniors. But nobody knew better than Ben Schwartzwalder that he’s going to have to find speedier halfbacks next season. he spent the season experimenting and in the final game his halfbacks didn’t have the speed necessary on defense to cope with West Virginia’s sweeps to the outside.” The Old Scout told Arnie Burdick “The Orange looked like it ran out of juice a week ago, especially during the first half. I was embarrassed for Schwartzie. Here he was with his team in front of all of his old cronies and it looked like there was a conspiracy to make him look bad…Syracuse players said afterwards that there was no incentive in whipping West Virginia, no league championship, no bowl in sight, thank the Lord! I can’t understand why athletes wouldn’t have more pride and wouldn’t want to close their season on a higher, happier note. I guess youth plays a different tune these days. The team looked tired of football…the season has been long. The practices are long. But the boys should feel better for West Virginia looked tired in the second half, too. Even the Monogahela River, or what’s left of it, looked tired.“ Imagine if they’d played a 12 game schedule? Of course, they went both ways in those days. But they did it with two teams alternating. “The fumble in the second half hurt. The Orange came out of the locker room all juiced up. The boys looked like they’d had a transfusion as they pranced down the field….And what really hurt was seeing the Mountaineers, deep in the hole, work their way out of it, easy as pie….Ben’s teams have always moved the ball, especially on the ground. But Saturday, this team didn’t have the aggressiveness. The key to this is the penalty figure…Aggressive teams usually get penalized….It was perfect football weather Too bad more of it wasn’t played. “ There would be a lot more of it played in the next few years as Syracuse football was about to enter it’s Golden Era. [I](I'll continue this with the 1958 season, probably in August)[/I] [/QUOTE]

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