By Jessika Harkay | Sports Writer
When one player didn’t show up to a 6 a.m. Friday practice before the Green and Gold game, head football coach Matt Rhule sent everyone home.
The bigger picture is creating a team mentality, Rhule said — even when one player doesn’t show up, it isn’t the full team.
“We’re a team. It’s not just the guys hanging on the banner. It’s a team,” Rhule said. “So if we’re not all here on time the day before a game, is our mindset right? So we came back that afternoon. Trying to get 100 18-to-22-year-olds to think of it in terms of a team is not easy, but I relate it back to me.