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BOCA RATON — Florida Atlantic head football coach Tom Herman is still talking about the handshake that wasn’t after Saturday’s USF-FAU game.
“The way I was raised, when you slap another man’s hand down, you stick around and talk about it,” Herman told the media on Monday. “I wasn’t mad at anything, so I turned back and wanted to figure out what the confusion was about … and he continued to walk away.”
The exchange between Herman and USF head coach Alex Golesh took place on the field at FAU Stadium moments after the Bulls blasted the Owls 44-21 – and seemingly ran up the score.
Golesh appeared to smack Herman’s hand away as the FAU coach reached out for a congratulatory handshakeat mid-field. Herman was then seen angrily following Golesh for an extended period of time before being pulled away.
More: FAU football coach Tom Herman angrily confronts USF’s Alex Golesh after Bulls’ 44-21 rout
It has been speculated that the disdain between the two American Athletic Conference rivals can be traced back tolast season when FAU attempted to run up the score on USF by recovering an onside kick late in the fourth quarter of a 56-14 blowout. Golesh said as much during his post-game news conference.
Nov 1, 2024; Boca Raton, Florida, USA; Florida Atlantic Owls head coach Tom Herman on the sidelines during the second half against the South Florida Bulls at FAU Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reinhold Matay-Imagn Images
“I said a year ago we would be back to get it and we came back to get it,” Golesh said in the post-game news conference. “Whatever said is said, I’m good. I think it was said that we recruit against each other, it was said we don’t like each other. I got a lot of respect for their staff. I don’t specifically think we recruit against each other. We certainly run into them.
“I said we were coming back to get it. Last…
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Author : Palm Beach Daily News
Publish date : 2024-11-05 00:58:02
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