Inside the player interviews at the CFL scouting combine Globe_Sports
University of British Columbia Thunderbirds quarterback Michael O'Connor, centre, throws the ball during a game against the University of Calgary Dinos on Nov. 11, 2017.A stopwatch indicates quickness, while the 225-pound bench press tests strength.
The interview can be intimidating for a 20-something man used to being able to control most situations on the football field. The chat is held in a hotel suite and the player sits before anywhere between five to nine football coaches and officials. O’Connor’s honesty was front and centre Saturday when the Argos asked the Ottawa native why he left Penn State after just one year. Eight days before O’Connor arrived at the school, head coach Bill O’Brien — who recruited O’Connor — left to join the NFL’s Houston Texans.The six-foot-five, 235-pound O’Connor remained at Penn State but opted to leave at season’s end because he felt the program was leaning toward dual-threat quarterbacks.
“You know where he went to college?” Stampeders head coach Dave Dickenson, a former NFL/CFL quarterback, said after O’Connor’s explanation.The six-foot-six, 334-pound Richards was also contrite with B.C., admitting his weight ballooned to 380 pounds before enrolling at Oklahoma State. When asked why, Richards divulged he was attending a military school at the time and the food offered was high in calories because many students were involved in extensive physical training.
“You would’ve got to skelly with us, maybe even team ,” Dickenson said. “We feel if you’re going to give us that much time, we need to give you something back.”
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