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Longhorns OC Shawn Watson's thoughts on the team
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"Swoopes has earned the respect of our team."
Lots of praise for Swoopes by Watson today.
Saturday will tell a lot about how this team will fare this season.
Lots of praise for Swoopes by Watson today.
Saturday will tell a lot about how this team will fare this season.
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Additional Player interviews from Press Conference:
Senior Tight End Alex De La Torre
On the Notre Dame game:
Excited, they are playing their, I guess their scoring song, what they play with the band downstairs. So, even though it's a Tuesday we're all ready to go Saturday.
On changes in quarterback Tyrone Swoopes: A hundred eighty. I feel like last year was really his first year to get going. He's got a year under his belt; he is playing outstanding right now. You can tell he is a lot more confident and, you know, he has really taken that extra step to become the leader we need on the offensive side as well as the team.
On handling the hype: We know it's a big game, but we treat it as every other game. We have to focus on our objectives. We have to focus on winning, and we're taking it play by play, drive by drive, and we have practiced so much to where it's got to become normal to us. We have got to just go do our jobs.
On the offensive line's improvement: It helps a lot. It gets Tyrone even more time to throw the ball. That's what is building his confidence. The O-line within itself, they are pretty gritty, pretty nasty. I like it a lot. That's the type of player I think I am. It will be interesting to see Saturday night; I think a lot of really good things are going to happen.
On the freshmen: They're ready for it. They play with us, I mean we practice against guys who are at the same level as everywhere else in the nation so, they built their confidence just through practice I think. It's not normal to go in a game and not be nervous, I think after the first hit it will just be normal. You practice so much in fall camp, it's so repetitive that it just becomes a normal thing.
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Senior Corner Back Duke Thomas
On if this team is ready:
Definitely. The guys are really confident and we are talking about preaching preparation. Preparation builds confidence. In the film room twice a day we got our iPads. Everybody is in it, freshmen through seniors. We are looking to going into the game well prepared.
On the playbook being loaded to the iPad: Yeah, we are trying to go strictly digital. We don't want to use much paper anymore. It is easier for coach just to upload it right there to us and get it right where we are.
On the freshmen getting their first taste of college football this weekend: I mean just like any of us, we are going to be nervous and anxious about it. It is going to be a big game. That is what I came here for. Coach Strong and everyone knows that. I mean it is the Longhorns. That is what we came here for. We are definitely going to start it off right.
On the team having game day jitters: Like what I was saying we came to the University of Texas for football games. You are going to have jitters. It is only natural. We are going out there and it is an aggressive game and you have been doing it your whole life, but even in high school you can feel like that. You can feel like that in pee-wee. So I mean it is the same thing across the board. Everybody feels the same way.
On how did Malik Jefferson and other freshmen prove they belong and deserve this shot: I think they work really hard. They learn. The guy [Malik Jefferson] is already big enough, strong enough to play. The mental part of the game is that you have got to learn. They have been picking it up very fast. They are gaining the trust with us, and gaining the trust with the coaches to put them out there.
On thoughts on Notre Dame Quarterback Malik Zaire: Yeah, we have been watching film on him, but he is a big guy. We really have to corral the ball because a 220-pound quarterback, he is like a running back to us. We just got to get to him and corral the quarterback. We can't let him scramble much and (force him to) keep him in the pocket.
On playing more nickelback: I feel like I have grown more. I know more of the defense. I feel like I am comfortable there. I like being in that physical position. You get a lot more action there. And I feel like I can definitely be effective.
On managing your emotions going into a big game, the season opener, and a road game: I mean going into the atmosphere will be fun. I am going to enjoy it. But I am definitely take it as it is. It is another game. It is the same game I have been playing since I was a kid. There are fans. I mean there is just more people to watch. That is the same thing I am telling my guys. The same game they have been playing their whole lives. Get out there, have fun, and handle what we can.
Senior Tight End Alex De La Torre
On the Notre Dame game:
Excited, they are playing their, I guess their scoring song, what they play with the band downstairs. So, even though it's a Tuesday we're all ready to go Saturday.
On changes in quarterback Tyrone Swoopes: A hundred eighty. I feel like last year was really his first year to get going. He's got a year under his belt; he is playing outstanding right now. You can tell he is a lot more confident and, you know, he has really taken that extra step to become the leader we need on the offensive side as well as the team.
On handling the hype: We know it's a big game, but we treat it as every other game. We have to focus on our objectives. We have to focus on winning, and we're taking it play by play, drive by drive, and we have practiced so much to where it's got to become normal to us. We have got to just go do our jobs.
On the offensive line's improvement: It helps a lot. It gets Tyrone even more time to throw the ball. That's what is building his confidence. The O-line within itself, they are pretty gritty, pretty nasty. I like it a lot. That's the type of player I think I am. It will be interesting to see Saturday night; I think a lot of really good things are going to happen.
On the freshmen: They're ready for it. They play with us, I mean we practice against guys who are at the same level as everywhere else in the nation so, they built their confidence just through practice I think. It's not normal to go in a game and not be nervous, I think after the first hit it will just be normal. You practice so much in fall camp, it's so repetitive that it just becomes a normal thing.
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Senior Corner Back Duke Thomas
On if this team is ready:
Definitely. The guys are really confident and we are talking about preaching preparation. Preparation builds confidence. In the film room twice a day we got our iPads. Everybody is in it, freshmen through seniors. We are looking to going into the game well prepared.
On the playbook being loaded to the iPad: Yeah, we are trying to go strictly digital. We don't want to use much paper anymore. It is easier for coach just to upload it right there to us and get it right where we are.
On the freshmen getting their first taste of college football this weekend: I mean just like any of us, we are going to be nervous and anxious about it. It is going to be a big game. That is what I came here for. Coach Strong and everyone knows that. I mean it is the Longhorns. That is what we came here for. We are definitely going to start it off right.
On the team having game day jitters: Like what I was saying we came to the University of Texas for football games. You are going to have jitters. It is only natural. We are going out there and it is an aggressive game and you have been doing it your whole life, but even in high school you can feel like that. You can feel like that in pee-wee. So I mean it is the same thing across the board. Everybody feels the same way.
On how did Malik Jefferson and other freshmen prove they belong and deserve this shot: I think they work really hard. They learn. The guy [Malik Jefferson] is already big enough, strong enough to play. The mental part of the game is that you have got to learn. They have been picking it up very fast. They are gaining the trust with us, and gaining the trust with the coaches to put them out there.
On thoughts on Notre Dame Quarterback Malik Zaire: Yeah, we have been watching film on him, but he is a big guy. We really have to corral the ball because a 220-pound quarterback, he is like a running back to us. We just got to get to him and corral the quarterback. We can't let him scramble much and (force him to) keep him in the pocket.
On playing more nickelback: I feel like I have grown more. I know more of the defense. I feel like I am comfortable there. I like being in that physical position. You get a lot more action there. And I feel like I can definitely be effective.
On managing your emotions going into a big game, the season opener, and a road game: I mean going into the atmosphere will be fun. I am going to enjoy it. But I am definitely take it as it is. It is another game. It is the same game I have been playing since I was a kid. There are fans. I mean there is just more people to watch. That is the same thing I am telling my guys. The same game they have been playing their whole lives. Get out there, have fun, and handle what we can.
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This is on the NFL no huddle, but I posted since that's what we will be doing this year. I like that it helps keep the offense aggressive and the defense can't subsitute.
Every NFL Team Should Permanently Ditch the Huddle
Chip Kelly’s college-style offense is averaging nearly 40 points a game this preseason
Since Chip Kelly took the reins of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013, NFL fans and analysts have been quick to point out how unorthodox Kelly’s quick-strike, college-style offense is when compared with the other 31 teams. But given the Eagles’ results on offense—a unit that’s averaging nearly 40 points a game this preseason—the more interesting question is this: Why don’t those other 31 teams play more like Kelly?
No team deploys the no-huddle offense—a tactic that’s ubiquitous in the college game—more than Philadelphia. And after a close look at the numbers, there’s evidence that even Kelly doesn’t use it enough. To fully gauge the no-huddle’s effectiveness, we eliminated situations where teams are forced into the tactic because of the score or the clock. After you take out all the drives in the last four minutes of the half and when the score is separated be more than a touchdown, teams that used the no-huddle averaged 25% more points per drive and 6% more yards per drive in 2014.
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During 76 no-huddle drives last season that fit our criteria, Kelly’s Eagles averaged 70% more points than when they chose to huddle. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers boosted both scoring (38%) and yardage (10%) significantly in 54 no-huddle drives unforced by the score or the clock. Among those that used the tactic often, only Andrew Luck’s Colts fared significantly worse when hurrying-up, scoring 41% fewer points per drive.
Despite clear evidence that it helps the offense when the opposing defense can’t catch their breath, there were still a dozen teams that never once used the no-huddle when the scoreboard or clock didn’t factor. The list includes some teams with elite quarterbacks such as Tony Romo’s Cowboys and Russell Wilson’s Seahawks.
Even the defending Super Bowl-champion Patriots and their famously inventive coach Bill Belichick appear to leaving a lot of points on the table. Tom Brady and company scored 27 points on just five impromptu no-huddle drives, more than twice their average on their 84 drives when huddling.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/every-nfl-team-should-permanently-ditch-the-huddle-1441147463
Every NFL Team Should Permanently Ditch the Huddle
Chip Kelly’s college-style offense is averaging nearly 40 points a game this preseason
Since Chip Kelly took the reins of the Philadelphia Eagles in 2013, NFL fans and analysts have been quick to point out how unorthodox Kelly’s quick-strike, college-style offense is when compared with the other 31 teams. But given the Eagles’ results on offense—a unit that’s averaging nearly 40 points a game this preseason—the more interesting question is this: Why don’t those other 31 teams play more like Kelly?
No team deploys the no-huddle offense—a tactic that’s ubiquitous in the college game—more than Philadelphia. And after a close look at the numbers, there’s evidence that even Kelly doesn’t use it enough. To fully gauge the no-huddle’s effectiveness, we eliminated situations where teams are forced into the tactic because of the score or the clock. After you take out all the drives in the last four minutes of the half and when the score is separated be more than a touchdown, teams that used the no-huddle averaged 25% more points per drive and 6% more yards per drive in 2014.
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During 76 no-huddle drives last season that fit our criteria, Kelly’s Eagles averaged 70% more points than when they chose to huddle. Aaron Rodgers and the Packers boosted both scoring (38%) and yardage (10%) significantly in 54 no-huddle drives unforced by the score or the clock. Among those that used the tactic often, only Andrew Luck’s Colts fared significantly worse when hurrying-up, scoring 41% fewer points per drive.
Despite clear evidence that it helps the offense when the opposing defense can’t catch their breath, there were still a dozen teams that never once used the no-huddle when the scoreboard or clock didn’t factor. The list includes some teams with elite quarterbacks such as Tony Romo’s Cowboys and Russell Wilson’s Seahawks.
Even the defending Super Bowl-champion Patriots and their famously inventive coach Bill Belichick appear to leaving a lot of points on the table. Tom Brady and company scored 27 points on just five impromptu no-huddle drives, more than twice their average on their 84 drives when huddling.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/every-nfl-team-should-permanently-ditch-the-huddle-1441147463
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