Loeffler Presser---Embolism Edition

So Coach Loeffler was back in the saddle again today for his presser, after what had to be a pretty awful week.  He said he thought he had a blood clot in his calf before the UCLA game.  He flew out there and then tried to run and had a horrible time with it.  Then, Sunday night (after the Marshall game) he couldn't sleep and was spitting up blood.  He thought it was acid reflux and so he slept upright in his office chair.  Felt awful the next day, couldn't get up the stairs and then went to the hospital.  He was 24 hours from "a very bad day" he said.

He will be back Saturday.

Someone asked him if he should be back.

He said yes.  He can't fly but he is fine.

Someone asked if it has changed anything for him.  He said "reality did set it a little bit," but that his energy approach is not going to change.

He said he wasn't happy about not coaching, but it was the right thing.  He was wiped watching the game on TV by halftime from the couch. 

He started to provide advice and then admitted he was the worst at it....let me chime in...if you don't take care of yourself someday you will be missing at something you shouldn't be missing at.

A lesson we only seem to learn the hard way.

Jason Candle was the first coach to text him, FYI.

He said he is "absolutely" expecting McDonald and Sims to play Saturday, though he said McDonald was fine last week, too.

As for that decision, McDonald practiced for the first time Friday morning.  Loeffler said he didn't think that McDonald could last a full game with his mobility issues.

He went off on his usual helmet emblem speech.  He said Akron is tough on offense with the RPO game and "eye violations."

There's no such thing as a cupcake game.  He said.