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proper. What is going to occur? My tune might be once I gave that severe thought wherever you go. Yeah. We’ve been addressing this for you. What’s that? Okay. Seems like groaning and creaking. Like what you do right here take saturday off the opposite loopy recreation. So yeah. Mr P. A. T. With three minutes left to tie it. So that you’re mike Houston. My God, unbelievable. We had been within the press as soon as you’ll want to go on had six gamers on the aim line did not rating some other one of many so it was what the hell? Yeah. They did not look completely happy strolling out besides that they received. Yeah. What’s that? I screwed you all up as a result of I used to be completely happy. I am speculated to be completely happy. Have to be depressing on a regular basis. That is been my kind of Yeah. Ben. Yeah. Yeah, we received a proper let’s get again. He is I am altitude getting the shot proper. I am gonna I am gonna work up right here. No extra ink stained journalism or no matter it was. It wasn’t journalism. Are you good with that in january? I simply attempting to get that instantaneous story proper. All proper, gang. So harm sensible, we have three that may monitor for the week and will likely be saturday selections, josh Caleb hood and spencer rock all decrease physique. That was very one Spencer round. That may take Joshua, Joshua. Yeah, we’ll let you understand be careful. All proper, Good morning everybody. The explanation Jeremy says uh recreation time determination is since you primary it’s important to watch them throughout the week and the medical doctors will consider them throughout the week and quantity two, how a lot do they observe? Typically they might be nicely by recreation time, but when they have not practiced any uh you are not going to permit them to play. In order that’s that is why uh these phrases are used and likewise for HipAA that is why we use higher physique or decrease physique. Really had a participant one time that I stated he had a concussion and uh the dad and mom threatened to sue us as a result of they thought it could damage his NFL alternatives. So uh so it’s important to watch out these days as you all understand and in what you say and the way you stated and and ensuring that we shield the scholar athletes. Um actually completely happy in regards to the win. Um upset that we had a 20 level lead and and blew it. Uh so it is uh however when you possibly can win a recreation like that the place you make so many errors within the fourth quarter. Um it’s simpler to show. You could be a lot tougher in your workforce once you win. Then you possibly can once you lose since you lose their all down. And uh protection is aware of we have loads of issues we have to repair. Particular groups is aware of we have loads of issues to repair, however they’re anticipating that. And And and we could be laborious on them now and and and they’ll reply offensively we have to guarantee that we continue to grow as a result of there is a tendency once you’re doing so nicely that you simply you lose some focus and get complacent and and we will not try this offensively. We have to proceed to push the fellows. So actually actually proud of the 63 factors. Um it was enjoyable to win on the highway and vital for our program. Give Appalachian state credit score from begin to end. They’d an incredible crowd. Um it is a terrific ambiance that they’ve created in Boone uh their children performed laborious, they did not stop. We had an opportunity after we had been up 22 to complete it and did not so credit score to them for coming again and we have to mature and develop up. And after an interception after we’re up by 17 or one thing we will not be over celebrating with followers. We should be celebrating with one another and getting on the sideline attempting to return out and win the sport. Final yr. We ran on the sphere at weight practically misplaced the sport. We ran on the sphere at n. c. state and it actually damage us. And so saturday we had been higher. However we needed to run to the stands to have a good time as a substitute of return to the sidelines. So we simply we’re just a few of these items you simply cannot make up. Uh In order that’s one other space that we will not enhance. However it was a extremely actually loopy recreation. Offensive participant of the sport was drake Might uh And we’re actually actually happy with Kobe Pacer. Um He stepped in and did such an impressive job for the primary time to actually play very a lot ready that mattered for josh. Uh, defensive participant of the sport was Dez Evans. He was everywhere in the subject and actually hustled and made performs and we’re actually happy with him. That is by far the very best recreation he is performed and Noah Taylor will get uh he and got here in Rucker get particular point out due to the 2 level play. Noah had the quarterback the place he could not get in. He was in a one on one state of affairs with him and caiman Rutger got here all the way in which throughout the road of scrimmage to to guarantee that uh, he did not get ultimately zone and that was an incredible play that received the sport. And particular groups participant of the sport was Noah Burnett as a result of he stepped in and kick subject targets and so they had been, they had been stable kicks and straight by means of and I am very, very pleased with him for the primary time uh, that uh, he performed so offensively. You, you go on the highway with a freshman quarterback and also you you do not have your beginning working again, you do not have your two greatest receivers and you do not have your greatest participant on offense. Um, we, we felt actually, actually good about transferring the ball and the end result. We scored 9 of 12 drives, seven Tds and two subject targets, very upset after the interception that we did not rating a landing. That that was a degree that might have actually put them in in a nasty spot. And I assumed that sequence the place we did not rating the landing and after which we fumbled the ball. Um, and and so they get it and rating shortly. Uh that that is after we allow them to get again within the recreation and that is what we will not do. Um once you begin taking a look at penalties to, we had 5 offensive penalties, 4 of them had been um false begins. And it was fascinating that your, your new middle and your and superior, we’re having hassle as a result of they had been speaking and Drake was attempting to get the ball snapped and it was loud, however we’re gonna play in in loud locations. Uh, so we actually did a poor job with these 4 of these 5 penalties due to lack of communication on the line of scrimmage and with our quarterback within the snap, so Corey and Drake and the offensive line should get that straightened out. However these are issues that may be straightened out with out query. Um After which we um, we had been down 21 to 7 and rattled off 28 straight factors unanswered. So I used to be actually, actually proud that the workforce got here again and, and protection performed actually, very well from the 2nd and third quarters did not begin nicely and and did not end nicely for certain. Additionally we have challenged our our workforce to complete the half nicely, we had scored 14 factors the final 5 minutes of the half getting in an impressive one minute offense are are one minute offense. Our our use of time outs is so a lot better than we have had since we have been right here and we have challenged our offense about touchdowns within the pink zone and so they’re eight for eight. Uh we do not rely the one towards florida A and M, the place we had loads of the backups in. So offensively we, we really feel actually, actually good about the place we’re headed and what we’re doing. We have simply received to proceed to do it defensively, we had been inconsistent, received to get loads of issues fastened. Give kevin Barbet credit score. They, they have a model new offensive coordinator. It is a second opening recreation for us and he put some new wrinkles in that they have not been doing and we had been involved about that some, however he actually did a great job of getting us on our heels early within the recreation and getting them with some confidence. After which we settled it down and we performed very well many of the second quarter and the third quarter after which the fourth quarter, um, we, we relaxed, received drained, uh, principally missed tackles and, and too many penalties. We, we had penalties simply preserve extending drive after drive after drive, perhaps 4 the place we’d have been off the sphere and the sport would have been what we needed it to be. And as a substitute of the observe meet that, that ended up. Uh, so we have simply received to complete we have to do a greater job of that. We have labored a lot extra on on pink zone and and conditions each side and two level performs. Each side onside kick each side than ever. As a result of we felt like these are issues we did not do nicely final yr. Uh I am unsure final yr’s workforce may have received this recreation as a result of the fellows needed to step up and make performs on on two level performs. We we scored a two level play. We defended to 2 level performs and we received two onside kicks. So we’re getting loads of conditions that most individuals do not get for a yr and we’re getting them within the first two weeks and we have improved rather a lot in that space, however seven penalties on protection is simply ridiculous. That is too many. Um We have turned a few of them in, it is laborious to sit down right here and speak to you all about penalties after they will not allow us to. Um however however 4 of them prolonged prolonged drives. So clearly it it actually actually damage us and and it is one thing that we have got to do a greater job. I’ve received complete confidence in Gene Chizik, He is an incredible coach and coordinator and he is clearly not happy as our defensive coaches aren’t with what occurred within the fourth quarter and and we have to get it fastened. Um Particular groups, you you watch the particular groups recreation with with florida state and L. S. U. Final evening. Particular groups with the distinction within the recreation fully. So we we have we have nonetheless received to enhance. We we did an impressive job the primary week Appalachian State’s higher on particular groups than florida A. And M. So we we had some issues present up. Um We we we’ve a freshman come off the bench and taunt a man after the onside kick which is ridiculous. Um It is the one place he had all day and he wasn’t within the recreation. So it is it is we have gotten that straightened out however I am actually upset in the way in which he acted and the way in which he responded and once more it is received to develop up. Um Acquired to be extra mature than that. Um And he was taunting the fellows laying on the bottom and it is simply ridiculous. It is not stylish, it is not not who we’re and who we wish to be After which we saved maintaining keep alive means we received a penalty on the kickoff and recreation must be over and we kick off after which did not cowl the kickoff. Properly allow them to return it to the 45 and have two photographs ultimately zone. Um we recovered each onside kicks and did a extremely good job with it. We should always have gone down after the primary one, the sport’s over. So we simply could not assist ourselves. We simply saved attempting to provide it away and provides it away and provides it away. So however however proud that we received and by no means seen a recreation with as many teachable moments. So uh, we will likely be higher in loads of areas subsequent week and, and nonetheless two and oh, Georgia State, they beat Tennessee in 19 2038 30. Um, auburn, they’d on the ropes until the final drive of the sport final yr. Uh, after which south Carolina, they’ve a 14 12 lead within the third quarter the opposite evening. So, uh, we’re the one energy 5 workforce to ever play at Georgia State. So had been the, had been the most important recreation within the historical past of Appalachian State final week and we are the largest recreation within the historical past of Georgia State this week. So, um, we’re, we’re getting a check. Sean Clark has completed an impressive job at Appalachian State and Sean Elliott is a disciple of coach moore and Appalachian State as nicely. Uh, he was the interim head coach at south Carolina and, and did a great job there after coach spurrier stop and um, he is completed a tremendous job at uh, at Georgia state and, and we’ll see a really, very comparable workforce this weekend. So we, we have, we have our fingers full and um, we perceive we have to get higher, we have to play to the usual that that we’re doing typically we’re only a very inconsistent soccer workforce. Um, and we have to select up and particularly we have to proceed to develop offensively, however we have to be higher in particular groups and protection, uh, to have the season that we wish, jeremy do not miss something. Okay. Questions is that an expertise you talked about attributable to how younger the workforce is or is there another excuse? You recognize? Sure. And it seems like an excuse as a result of they’re all gamers, they’re all on the market so they should make performs. So we, we simply, the great factor is we’re gifted and an expertise. So these sort video games make you get higher quicker, makes them develop up actually quick. So the penalties, we, we have to cease and we thought we had after which they confirmed up once I assume each defenses received drained and it turned a observe meet within the fourth quarter and you understand, you, you, you, you rating after which uh, they rating your quarterback fumbles, they rating shortly, you scored in three performs, protection is again on the market. Uh, so we most likely ought to have substituted extra, particularly within the again finish with some guys, however, however there are not any excuses. You gotta play higher. I do see I like this workforce, they struggle so laborious and I like the truth that as dangerous because it was, they discovered a technique to win and that is what that is all about half the groups misplaced Saturday and right here we’re with we, we may have very nicely misplaced that recreation and so they’ve been devastating for everyone to have a 20 level lead and lose. However they discovered a technique to come again and win it ultimately and and and couldn’t have messed it up extra. We tousled all the things you may probably mess up and nonetheless received. And, and so there are some positives. Have you ever ever given up 40 factors as a coach in a single quarter earlier than in your teaching profession? I do not assume so. I by no means thought of it. So you understand, I imply, general as a workforce, so each time we received a freshman quarterback happening the highway, you bought receivers that have not performed. Uh, however we have sufficient gamers on protection. We must be enjoying higher. We’re not enjoying good in a secondary. Uh, I do not know what it’s. We’re simply uh we gotta get up and jean will discuss that morning minute. That is why we’ve them come out right here. So this factor goes unsuitable and a few of the, Yeah, gene gene will speak to you about protection. However that that is they are not enjoying with a lot confidence. Uh and I might say they’re extra inconsistent. They performed very well for a few of the recreation. However we stated you gotta cease the run. We gave up 288 yards dashing And after which we gave up I feel 21 explosives, which is totally ridiculous. And solely three of these explosives had been within the 2nd and third quarters. So it’s what it’s. Gotta be fastened. You knew the reply to that query earlier than you ask it. Uh they’re they’re embarrassed. They’re they’re upset. They’re we’re we’re not enjoying pretty much as good as we must always. We’re not enjoying pretty much as good as we thought we’d and we have to get fastened. It is one factor all people all people is available in says what’s unsuitable? There’s too many items which can be unsuitable. You may’t reply it in in 11 straightforward factor. It will be straightforward to repair. However you bought to have guys step up. You gotta why aren’t we getting extra strain with the entrance 4? We’re not have not since we have been right here. I assumed we’d and we’re not. And that is disappointing. Um Why aren’t we stopping to run higher? Properly we do loads of the time then we surrender explosives. Why can we surrender so many explosives? Properly it is a poor angle. It is um um it is a missed sort out. Um So why do not you sort out higher? We work on it each minute of every single day. Um So all you are able to do is take what you’ve got received and attempt to get higher with why do you’re taking away from that? It uh it actually builds confidence in your potential to win as a result of to have a great season you have to win some shut video games the place issues do not go nicely and and that one’s received verify marks in all places a few shut loopy recreation the place not many issues went nicely uh within the fourth quarter. Um, so that you, you, it has to provide them confidence that they’ll win as a result of they’ll see all of the issues that we will repair and so they received as poorly as we performed on protection and particular groups. So there’s, there’s weirdly sufficient some positives in that. Oh my gosh, we’re two and oh, and, and we’re not even near the place we must be. How do you take care of the second grade week on the sport goes to be equally as, Yeah, we, we advised the fellows that that is the proper opening uh, schedule for us since you, you, you have not received on the highway. Um, you gotta study to play on powerful video games? We gotta get more durable as a workforce, We have to be extra assured and end as a workforce. So all these query marks that we have had our are getting examined at this level and I prefer it. I feel it is actually, actually good. I do know we’ll hear from you in a pair minutes, however there’s at all times, however by no means hearken to you say butter. Nevertheless, I’ve realized that manner. We will look forward to Gene, however Was there a sure level the place you type of stepped in after 10 factors, 20 factors, 30 factors within the fourth quarter and gave a message to the protection. Was there one thing you stated to them? You speak to them on a regular basis? You speak to him when it is good, You speak to them. It is dangerous. And principally all you possibly can say in that state of affairs is any individual’s received to step up and lead. Someone’s gotta make a play, any individual knocked the ball unfastened, any individual cease any individual on fourth down. And and we get a we we talked about it after the sport, however you you you turned down 1/4 down and eight to take a 3rd down in 16. They finally ends up being 1/4 and 12 and and we have a A questionable state of affairs the place Kim Kelly comes and and slides and actually hits our man did not hit their man and there is a flag that provides them a primary down and it ought to have been 1/4 and 12. Um, there there’s one other state of affairs the place the sport’s over is over about 5 occasions and so they referred to as holding on legend. Um, um, video games over, they do not even get the ball off, we hit the quarterback. Uh So that you you simply cannot have that stuff. There is a third down and 10 the place third and eight perhaps Tony grimes is true on there. That appears just like the ball perhaps tipped. Um, so we did not get a break in any of these issues. And that prolonged a drive. So there would have been loads of these drives have been stopped if these seven penalties hadn’t occurred. Um, and, and that will make this dialog rather a lot completely different. In order that that is one of many largest issues we gotta do, we gotta sort out higher. We gotta cowl higher. We gotta get extra strain on the quarterback and we will not have penalties to increase place as a result of uh, is an observer. If I can change gears a bit of bit, I wish to put collectively a narrative in regards to the problem of preserving recruits at house, which I think about is tougher than ever as a result of we’re creating. So basketball, in the event you’ve been on each side of it on your two occasions of progress digital camera plus the tech, simply what are the challenges and what are the messenger? Properly, we, we, um, all of us on this state need our gamers to remain at house for all the faculties. We have nice soccer on this state and so they have a lot of alternatives and that provides the highschool coaches an opportunity to see them play, their associates, an opportunity to see them play and their dad and mom and, and when, once you’re taking a look at it, you, we at all times discuss the place is your schedule, your dad and mom raised you, they received you thus far. So, um, what’s the greatest alternative for them to see you play And, and we wish all the youngsters within the state of north Carolina to remain right here. After which once you try this, you are telling out of state children, you need them to come back. However clearly they’re gonna take a look at their house states first as a result of their, their house colleges first as a result of they’re nearer. Uh, however our success right here, um, at upstate, at Tulane and at texas has all been inside a footprint And our footprint has been from DC to Atlanta. And with Covid that received more durable. We had been actually fortunate the primary yr as a result of we we had been a yr and a head a yr and a half forward. So though loads of the youngsters could not go go to different locations they’d already been right here to go to. So it is completely saved us as a result of no one may go to for that yr. Everyone forgets that. However there is a crucial yr. Then the second yr it was more durable as a result of some groups performed within the spring and a few children did not play, you were not capable of have children at your camp, you were not capable of get out and see groups play. So there’s that that yr after, Covid was far more troublesome than the Covid yr for guys like us as a result of we did not get to see them and I am certain we missed on some children. After which um the the opposite factor was that the N. C. Double A. Gave all the youngsters a Covid yr an additional yr. So that also builds up your roster as a result of loads of these groups had been enjoying. I’ve received six yr guys now we have a couple of um, however 5 and 6 yr guys and that hurts highschool recruiting as a result of you do not have sufficient numbers to proceed to get them. Then the switch portal hurts highschool recruits as a result of lots of people are taking transfers as a substitute of highschool children as many. So uh this can be a very completely different time in recruiting and roster administration than ever earlier than with switch portal and with Covid within the Covid yr, it is nonetheless laborious to inform once you’re, you are taking a look at, it’s important to say now’s he received a Covid yr and a redshirt yr? Did he pink shirt or did he play or did he get damage? Can he attraction? So there’s simply loads of issues happening with the roster administration which can be completely different than ever. You’ve got received extra colleges coming in and taking a look at you. You do and, and it was once the guardian and the highschool coach and a youngster and now there’s lots of people concerned in recruiting and I do assume social media is a big a part of that which you can get the youngsters with out. And a few persons are breaking the foundations. You are, you are not speculated to see 20 4’s, you are not speculated to textual content them, You are not supposed to speak to them except they name you for the 24 class till september 1st on september 1st after we begin contacting, they stated the place you been man, all people else has already been calling us and speaking to us. And, and that is unlucky that individuals break the foundations, however individuals break the foundations in each side of life and that is not gonna change cheaters cheat. I’ve had an HTC query for you charlotte, there was loads of questions in regards to the league’s long run future. And so the coaches took the angle that there is solely a lot we will management and that is the product on the sphere and attempt to make it pretty much as good as it may be. You recognize, the league this week had received its marquee nonconference video games and there is extra of those video games are available in september, you understand, it is enjoying Tennessee and so forth. How a lot worth are these video games within the month of september for the league as a complete? These ones which can be exterior completed. Aaron, I feel I’ve at all times felt like even once I was in TB that we make judgments on a convention too early That there is folks that as a result of the PAC 12 misplaced a few video games this weekend, they’re already out of the playoffs and that is not honest. So I I do assume that these video games are vital for leagues, particularly the nationwide crossover video games um, final evening was an enormous win for florida state. Everyone noticed it as a result of it is, it is the opposite factor, it is like our household recreation. Everyone noticed it as a result of there aren’t many, there’s a lot soccer on television now it is uncommon so that you can have all eyes on you and that is what occurred final evening. It will occur tonight with Georgia tech and Clemson. Um, so making a press release nationally to, to media to followers and the recruits is so vital in in, in these conditions and it is wonderful to me and my spouse sally and I discuss this on a regular basis, however that was a tough fought recreation final evening. It comes right down to a blocked additional level and the L. S. You persons are all mad and the florida state persons are all completely happy and that is one level with one kick. So it is similar to us that uh persons are mad in regards to the folks that wish to be mad or mad about our protection, individuals that will not be mad or mad about our particular groups. However it’s a complete lot higher once you win, Then you definately lose. Uh and it is simply wonderful. It should not be that manner. You we must always applaud each groups final evening for enjoying so laborious these children fought and that is not the world we dwell, in there’s a winner and there’s a loser and it does not matter if it is 40 factors or one any individual walks out a loser and we beat up the losers and we choose up the winners and and actually and really there’s some dangerous performs in each groups and issues that each groups have to repair immediately. And the way do we all know which is the higher workforce? However we applaud one and yell on the different and that is simply type of who we’re proper now with faculty soccer and it is loopy about protection and stuff, however like by way of your method general because the chief of this system, the ceo, do you? It is two video games in. Do you assume, do you attempt to take a constructive method, with Gene and people guys prefer to play two video games right here otherwise you’re attempting to sort factor? You recognize, with all of the kind of went unsuitable aspect, Like what’s your, your method? Um, from an general perspective on attempting to assist that you simply do each. You choose up your workforce since you discovered a technique to win a recreation, You choose up your workforce as a result of they performed very well on protection within the 2nd and third quarter. And that is who we could be. And after which we’ve a factor we name accountable sunday and we present the performs that any individual completely tousled. And we are saying you missed this sort out on this state of affairs. In the event you make that sort out their off the sphere, you have to cowl higher than this. I imply, you are there, man turning hit the ball, knocked the ball down um, with coaches, I do each. Um, that is good. That is unacceptable. We, we will not do that and and be this system that we wish to do, uh, program that we wish to be. Uh, and also you you get a man like Gene, he is been round so lengthy, he is aware of it. He is been a head coach. So that you, you, you actually simply be trustworthy and do the very best you possibly can, Jeremy’s workforce put out a employees final evening saying that Drake Might, his 9 passing touchdowns is essentially the most by any sec participant for the reason that yr 2000. That is fairly unbelievable. Particularly once you take note of it is solely two video games are, you understand, that Drake had one of these expertise. Did you count on this employees to type of come to fruition two video games into the season? He has, he confirmed the power to do all of the issues he is completed in observe, however that is observe. So he did not know the way it could transition to a recreation after which he wins at house and that is a really snug setting. After which he goes to a really powerful surroundings up in Boone and and he does the identical. So we we have to get him smarter with getting down, we have to get him smarter with getting out of bounds. It is simply not sensible to, to take hits. Um, and quarterbacks the worst ball provider um, on the workforce since you do not ever hit him. So you have to guarantee that the quarterback protects the ball trigger once you fumble as soon as now they’re all gonna attempt to hit him extra to attempt to strip the ball and get it out of his fingers. Uh however he is uh he is sensible, he is savvy, he can run higher than individuals knew and we noticed that, however individuals did not know that. Uh and he is very correct, he missed a couple of the opposite day, however he does not miss many throws and there is throws just like the one to pacer the place he is throwing it aspect arm and he threw it on the within to catch it ultimately zone and there is there’s place the place he faked the display screen and, and hit, um, um, Nesbitt for the landing with 5 seconds left. These are issues that lots of people cannot do it at his age, Lots of people cannot do them ever, however at his age and he additionally has managed the offense nicely. He’s at all times poised the play too. Uh, D. J. Jones, they create all of them and he is tall sufficient that he can see it. He can really feel it. He is aware of he is gonna get hit proper within the chest and he takes the ball and simply makes an ideal throw to DJ. Um, how many individuals have that a lot braveness, How many individuals are that powerful and who could be composed sufficient of the man coming proper at him untouched and he’ll nonetheless make the proper throw. Uh, so there’s, there’s some particular traits that he is received and, and he is simply received to maintain, preserve enhancing and preserve going. Um, we had a terrific crowd at, however I used to be stunned, however these 10,000 seats ultimately zone, most of them are ours. In order that they added seats and it helped us, uh, and it was a tough ticket to get. And one in every of our greatest fan bases is in Atlanta. So I am actually hoping that we’ve the identical sort of crowd in Atlanta for this recreation once you had been right here, however it’s actually not ross some individuals had stated that Coach Fedora needed extra of a presence in Atlanta as a result of we recruit Atlanta a lot. Some persons are going to for ones now as a substitute of paying huge ensures. I noticed the place Alabama paid. I feel 1.9 million to get Utah state to come back in to allow them to have eight house video games or seven house video games. And so some persons are doing each. However I am not, I am unsure you’d should ask Bubba. Sure, I feel, uh, do they arrive again right here sooner or later? I assumed this one and the app State recreation was a two for one I feel, however we might should verify with rick. He would know. I do know Appalachian state is as a result of we performed them right here subsequent yr. I am unsure in regards to the, the Georgia state sooner or later. I do know it is not within the subsequent yr or two. It could possibly be prolonged on the market someplace, however I feel cl it needs to be black saturday. That is, that is why I name it teachable moments. You may’t make that stuff up. I imply, I am sitting there seeing them, uh, I’ve advised them do not run on the sphere anymore. I imply, come on man, act such as you’ve been there earlier than. After which I look over after stated Grey’s interception, the entire protection is over there celebrating with the followers. And I am saying actually, come on, man, let’s develop up. When does this occur? We’re in our fourth yr. So come on, act such as you, you are excited to get the interception, however come over and prepare to cease them once more, have a good time when the sport’s over. Um, and the little freshman, he got here as much as me final evening stated, I’m so sorry. And I stated, the place did that come from? I imply you will have by no means even stated you do not even speak and right here you might be yelling any individual out on the sphere. I am wanting round saying, the place’d he come from? He been sitting again right here on the bitch by himself the entire recreation. He determined to exit and speak to man. Um, so, I imply, it is simply, it is loopy stuff. I do not and these are sensible children and so they’re good children. So we, however that, that is the one manner we will do is take the moments like we had and present it to them take final evening, in the event you assume, uh, Ls you had two subject targets blocked, they missed a subject aim or they’d a two subject targets and an additional level blocked. Uh, they’d an excessive amount of fumbles on a punt, uh, and misplaced each of them after which had a taunting penalty, unsportsmanlike conduct on a kickoff return coach, you possibly can’t determine all that stuff is gonna occur in observe. Uh, so when it occurs in a recreation, you simply say actually, I am certain brian sitting there this morning saying, okay, what did we miss going into the sport? So, and I feel it is it is one of many causes that faculty soccer is so widespread. You bought children enjoying and so they’re not good and there’ll by no means be a sunday that we cannot stroll in right here on monday that we cannot stroll in right here and also you all received one thing that you simply’re mad about or one thing that must be fastened. And that is the good and dangerous factor about faculty soccer. It’s a bunch of youngsters working round enjoying laborious on nationwide television with loads of strain towards one another and a few reply nicely and a few do not those that reply the very best time beyond regulation win and we simply, we simply gotta preserve working till I get higher. What did do after that and first hand expertise I’ve. Yeah, I feel quantity 11 recreation does not carry over to the opposite anymore. I used to assume it did. You may play terrible one week and play nice the subsequent, we may very nicely go to Georgia state and never rating any factors and play nice protection. And all people then will say what’s occurred to the offense man, it is terrible. I can not imagine this, this offense is simply stop. They only they received too smug. The laborious factor a few coach, you by no means know who’s gonna present up. So what you gotta do is attempt to handle no matter occurs and work out win the sport after which go to the subsequent week, this protection will get higher. We’re enjoying a distinct protection. We have new coaches. Um, in order that they’re gonna get higher. They confirmed typically no one remembers 2nd and third quarter and no one desires to speak about it as a result of it is not as thrilling as giving up 40 factors. That is thrilling man. We will discuss how dangerous that was. However what I’ve received to do is take the steadiness of what why had been we good throughout the 2nd and third quarter? After which what occurred within the fourth quarter? Properly we gave out we did not get cramps. They received cramps I assumed we had been in form however it was hotter up there than regular. Uh I used to be stunned how scorching it was residing up there for 30 years. Um And on that turf and so they stayed on the market too lengthy as a result of they did not get off the sphere and so they gave as much as me explosives. In order that they type of simply went and and did not play nicely and and I feel the most important factor that we do not discuss or the penalties the penalties could be fastened. That ought to not occur. These could be fastened if a few of them weren’t penalties and so they had been referred to as then that is the A. C. C. S. Difficulty. They gotta they gotta do a greater job in that space. However our half is to attempt to repair the penalties that will have gotten us off on 4 of these touchdowns. We might have been off the sphere and they’d have been much less factors scored. So there’s one space you go to tackling simply gotta preserve tackling. You may’t you do not have free company. You may’t change them. We work on tackling every single day. I’ve by no means seen a workforce work tougher on it and we missed extra tackles most likely as a result of we received drained within the fourth quarter. Then then I’ve seen in a very long time which gave explosive place, we received to play the ball higher within the secondary cam, kelly actually stepped up. He had his greatest recreation, he was everywhere in the subject, He missed one sort out that was large, however the remainder of it he performed very well. So we we have to get these guys to play higher, I am sorry. And they’ll play higher as a result of they’re upset and there is a lot emphasis on what they tousled and no one will give them credit score for 2nd and third quarter. So we are going to we’ll present them what you you probably did that that labored. After which the place did this man come from? How can we’ve this, the place you performed very well and then you definitely go from there to nothing. I imply how are you going to try this? They usually’re not they are not silly children and so they’ve received an incredible quantity of delight and often the very best factor that may occur after you do one thing poorly is all people criticize them a lot and particularly now with social media that they will they’re going to be they’re going to be motivated. Sure. Yeah, it was so cool for for sam to to honor drake the offense and all of us to come back again as a result of he is actually busy on the brink of begin the season and his dad and mom went to upstate and that is a spot that he is cherished for years and he misplaced to him as a quarterback as his freshman yr by three factors three years in the past. So, um, I used to be stunned when he stated he was coming, he textual content me and stated, I am gonna see you in Boone and, and I assumed it was actually, actually good and I assumed it was becoming that Drake ran one of many touchdowns in and I feel he hugged her chest bumped sam when he, when he received to the tip zone. In order that, that was a cool second. Thanks. I needed to ask. Clearly this can be a completely different Georgia state workforce from final yr. However how are you making an allowance for your scheme to tell the technique heading into? I feel final yr’s recreation needs to be thrown out as a result of we had been mad after Virginia tech and we got here out and performed nice on offense and okay on protection. And uh, they faked a punt from like the ten yard line and did not make it. And it gave us some straightforward factors. So uh, we, we will not, we will not rely final yr’s recreation. Is that this in any respect as a result of we’re completely a distinct workforce. Thanks. I have never been requested in regards to the 4 straight stops. Thanks. Thanks. Thanks your greatest participant who would possibly step up in additional of a management position in further playmaking. Like was that one thing you had been on the lookout for? Simply as a coach? Like let’s have a look at how these guys, all these younger guys react. Sure, we have we have talked rather a lot about Subsequent Man Up. We have talked rather a lot about all people has received to observe to a normal as a result of your your time’s coming, we have advised you Kobe, you are one play away. So, so it seems like a cliche, however it’s actually actual. And and once you after we misplaced antoine inexperienced, that is devastating for him, he is been damage and after which he is missed half the season after we misplaced british. It was terrible for the workforce. They love british brooks, most likely greater than anyone on the workforce and he is most likely the very best chief and and it was terrible and we talked about, we all of us have dangerous issues occur in our life. We will not management what occurs to us, however we will management how we deal with it. So we have all received to deal with it. We have all received to tug collectively and assist one another tallies state of affairs this spring was uh in the future he has a sore again within the elevator and the subsequent day they are saying he is received 4 stage 4 most cancers um grabs us. I imply that that touches all of us as a result of we all know that might occur to us or our households that at any second. Um so we have we have consistently talked about Subsequent man up, care for those which can be damage, that is household, you choose, you raise them up, You do not beat them down, However any individual gotta go, we’re nonetheless gonna should play the sport and we will not have excuses and and once you lose your greatest participant um we thought there was an opportunity like immediately, we thought there was an opportunity josh would possibly play uh final week. After which by thursday or friday he he wasn’t working nicely sufficient that the medical doctors would launch him. And I really requested him, is that this the physician’s determination you and he stated coach I can not play, I am not I am not able to go. So um then you definitely simply pet Kobe on the pinnacle and say okay however your flip man go and he practiced all week with that place. So we uh and josh was damage some in preseason. So Kobe received loads of work. I used to be upset after taking a look at it. We solely received him 15 performs that uh that household as a result of if he received greater than he would have been extra able to play. However he responded actually very well for his first time. And it helps your workforce when guys are available in and reply nicely when any individual else will get damage as a result of it reveals the opposite guys on the workforce that they have an opportunity to do the identical. And that we’re saying subsequent man up. However we actually imply it. And and it does make a distinction. Um as a result of you will have stated it rather a lot however you bought 100 20 gamers on the workforce and 11 get to play at a time. So there’s loads of despair. There’s loads of morale points and and it is laborious once you’re in a combat. Um We received some guys in within the recreation at household. We could not get anyone additional within the recreation the opposite day as a result of it was too shut. Um Given the way in which the schedule seems to be, you’ve got received clearly off subsequent week and different naming the A. C. C. Is there any inclination is to say look josh shut it down this week or simply shutting down? So no you’ve got at all times received to attempt to win each recreation. Uh Coach Gene stallings advised me one time when individuals say say a recreation is just not vital attempt to lose it after which it turns into vital. So in order that that is so we’ll we’ll attempt our greatest with all people. We have to win each recreation. It has been a few month now’s they’re nonetheless, yeah he’s yeah he’s working some he is out of his sling he is not catching balls however he is catching balls flippantly. He isn’t working routes however he is he’s undoubtedly enhancing and he is received a great look on his face and he and Tyler and josh jumped in a automotive and drove the growth as a result of we do not take injured gamers on journeys and and so they needed to be on the sideline. So nicely good for them. Which I simply wish to return and ask about Kobe’s efficiency. What particularly stood out to you and it stunned you about what he was capable of, the most important factor about Kobe as he seemed like he’d been there earlier than. He seemed very snug, he ran the best routes. He caught all of the balls he received out of bounds and a one minute state of affairs when he ought to, he saved his composure. He made a terrific catch on, on type of a again shoulder throw ultimately zone. So he simply seemed like he had performed earlier than and he hadn’t. All proper now. Thanks all. I’ll see you Wednesday. Thanks all. Oh, it did not occur. Uh huh. Totally different huge is that what it’s you are working proper? It is a good e book. I do not know if it is nonetheless morning. It’s good morning. How we doing this morning. What do you assume Drake did very well towards clearly loads of issues. Uh actually the very best factor about drake could and the app state recreation actually and I stated this the week earlier than too, however it received higher was the choice making. You recognize, he was actually, he graded out very excessive close to determination making on performs the place he had completely different weapons to go to completely different decisions, completely different progressions within the passing recreation, pulled the ball when he wanted to tug, it gave it when they should give it. Um, he was actually good on safety. So for a man that is solely been beginning for 2 weeks. Um, it tells me he is getting ready the best manner and we’re undoubtedly practising the best manner. And so, you understand, coach says on a regular basis that transitions on recreation day. And, and it did, it interprets on recreation day and it did. In order that was a giant motive why we had been capable of keep some consistency and we had some continuity. And I feel clearly he could not do the issues that he did with out the individuals round him. However it all begins together with his determination making. Uh, you understand, you are at all times hopeful, I feel. I am not stunned as a result of the fellows that we’ve right here, you understand, we had SAm earlier than and we have drake and Jacoby and Connor and a variety of good quarterbacks right here and so they’re all athletically, they’re able to doing all of the issues that we’d like them to do. That is that is why we recruit them as a result of they’ve all of the bodily instruments to make all of the throws and run the ball and do all of the issues that we needed to do. It is whether or not or not, you understand, they’ll, they’ll study the sport on the pace of the sport at this stage after which can it translate after they get out on the sphere? So the a part of it that I by no means know is uh how is it going to translate on recreation day when the bullets are flying for actual. The closest factor that we’ve our scrimmages and spring ball and a few uh actually aggressive areas of observe the place we’re placing them in some opposed conditions to see how they play beneath strain and the way nicely they make selections or do not make selections. And so proper now, the three guys which can be, you understand, 12 and three listed below are making actually good selections and, and I feel it helped ross to have the competitors between these two guys as a result of they needed to be sharp on all fronts, you understand, to compete for the job to start with. And so we received actually good excessive execution from each of them. And I feel drake is benefiting from that. And so is the workforce proper now. C is nearly return and watch them enjoying like that. That is completely different about these items. Properly, you get a few of these throws in recreation recreation time due to the adrenaline. I imply he ripped uh throw on a vertical to bryson Nesbit ultimately zone to complete the 2 minute drive on the finish of the primary half. That was a formidable throw. You recognize, a few of his ball placement stuff has been actually good. So there’s uh, there’s a few deep balls that we had that I feel in the event you’re not engaged on and schooled on throw the deep ball stuff, you understand, you simply hold that ball up and also you let the receiver go run for it. However we had two throws, notably one on the left and one on the best. The primary one was the opener to J. J. Jones that it must be a two ball or a excessive laser shot and it is received to be inside and we might prefer it to be a bit of bit increased and he put each of them the place they wanted to be and each of them had been full and I feel loads of that has to do with ball placement, you understand, the receiver will get open, however then we have to throw him open and he he did that on quite a few throws, you understand, he additionally, he missed a couple of, we caught some low ones, he had a large open working again within the flat and we threw it low and it created us, we stumbled and I feel we received one yard, there was a pace out with Kobe that was beneath throwing a bit of bit and he made a terrific catch, We threw a comeback on the sideline that was a bit of low J. J. Went down for it made a terrific catch, that is only a give and take between these two positions. You recognize, you need all of them to be good. Um however the deep balls and a few of the extra exact throws actually should be good for us to have a chance to compete for them and so they had been and so you understand, there wasn’t a lot that there aren’t many gamers want to have again with him on, on saturday, there are few, however there have been fewer than every week earlier than and that is type of the route we might prefer to be heading with him. I am happy. Have you ever been general with that two minute drill? Oh, you get what you emphasize, you understand, and our, our credit score coach Brown with pushing us me as a caller, you understand, as a play caller on two minutes situation and, and our offensive employees after which the offense on the whole, we’ve, we’ve run that drill every single day, uh, since we began the common season and we did an terrible lot in in summer season camp. And the drill is sweet for us. And I feel we, we take naturally to the drill as a result of we’re up tempo to start with. So it is not the tempo that we’re getting used to. It is all of the logistical issues, It is all of the strategic issues that you simply do in that one minute or two minute situation. That isn’t the identical as, you understand, an everyday a part of the sport. So it paid dividends on saturday and I am certain we’ll preserve doing it and it will hopefully preserve paying dividends. However it was, it was an enormous landing on the finish of that drive to take the lead going into the, nicely, you understand, extra athletes makes you a greater coach. That is simply how it’s. So we had 77 completely different gamers, I feel rating touchdowns within the recreation. Um, I feel we had seven or eight completely different individuals catch the soccer. I feel we ran 4 working backs, if I keep in mind appropriately, we used all three of our tight ends. You recognize, uh drake unfold the ball round and it simply forces you from a personnel standpoint to should defend all people, you understand, which makes it tougher. After which schematically we’re attempting to stretch the sphere pre snap horizontally from sideline to sideline and we’re gonna stretch it vertically publish snap no matter what we’re working. So we will make them defend all of the gamers and we will make them defend all the subject. That provides us the, you understand, the very best alternative to, you understand, create some house and and hopefully a giant play. Properly, I imply, any time you play with out josh downs, it is not a great factor, proper? As a result of he is such a playmaker. After which even when the ball is just not being focused or centered on in direction of uh, in direction of josh, he is often attracting some kind of second defender, proper? Whether or not it is really not double protection, no matter. Um However there is a second man that is aware of that he is within the space and and and so they’re gonna assist with some zone assist or or one thing. And so what that does is it creates one on ones all over the place else. And now, most likely what we’ve happening now’s we’ve some gamers which can be proving that they’ll win in some one on one eventualities. And that bodes nicely for us. That is what you want. You recognize, I feel that is we lack that one vast receiver place final yr. You recognize, we’re struggling to search out one other man that they did not really feel like they might remove with only one defender. And and that is in order that’s the place we wish to go. I feel it is it is laborious to cowl JJ jones in a one on one situation. It is undoubtedly laborious to cowl gavel and a Gavin Blackwell in a single on one situation. After which Kobe confirmed you what he can do from that place that josh downs type of bases out of. So now we we all know we’ve extra depth, we’ve extra firepower on the receiver place. We already know in regards to the depth within the backfield and we’re enjoying three tight ends. So I feel what we have to do proper now’s focus in on getting ready for every opponent and ensure we proceed to play downhill up entrance like we did on saturday and be bodily and shield drake the way in which we did saturday and and it is gonna come right down to execution on saturday. It is not gonna be that we do not have the fellows, we do have the gamers and so what we have to have a great plan and we have to go execute it. And I assumed the opposite factor perhaps the one disappointment on saturday was the penalties, You recognize, we had some pre snap penalties that we will management. Um 4 of them had been up on the offensive line. And so these are, these are issues that you simply received to emphasise you gotta remove particularly once you, you are enjoying towards a great workforce Like we had been final week. Yeah, it is fascinating. We’re speaking about that immediately. I imply George could be very explosive. You recognize, one of many points, it is a good drawback to have. However one of many issues that you’ve, once you do have extra gamers, once you do have extra depth is you have to be artistic and you have to be uh, um, I feel intentional most likely is the phrase close to getting a few of these guys to soccer. Um, you possibly can solely have a goal record for thus many guys. Proper? So final yr it was josh downs and sam Howell and, and whoever had a great week of observe. You recognize, it was antoine Inexperienced most likely this yr. It could possibly be, it could possibly be George, it could possibly be Omar and it could possibly be DJ could possibly be Caleb, it could possibly be any one in every of these receivers Now, um, in any one of many three tight ends. Clearly we use bryson Nesbit another way. However so that you type of take a look at that from a strategic standpoint and exits one other standpoint. What do they provide up? How can we get our greatest gamers into these performs into these areas in order that they get the touches that they want as a result of on the finish of the day we wish to ensure the very best ones, essentially the most explosive ones and George is actually a type of guys have sufficient touches to assist us contribute to a win each saturday We scored 63 factors. This could be nitpicking, however did you return in and type of reevaluate once you received the turnover? However that drive ended the sphere going near with the ability to rating. So that you’re speaking about Drake’s turnover, you are speaking about after we received the turnover. Yeah. You would like to complete that with seven. There is not any query. I feel we had six factors off of turnovers, I imagine, you understand, and uh, we wind up kicking to longer subject targets as a substitute of ending these two drives, we had 12 complete drives. We scored on 9 of them. Um, seven of them had been touchdowns. Two of them had been subject targets. You at all times need these subject aim drives to be what I used to be completely happy about. These subject targets did not come within the pink zone. So we had been 4 for 4 within the pink zone the place we needed to be. Um, and yeah, you do, you understand, you take a look at these performs on the sphere aim drives to see the place we may have executed higher. May I’ve referred to as one thing higher. Um, you understand, I referred to as uh, a run play down in an space on their aspect of the sphere that we all know they heated up a bit of bit. Um, and we had a solution for the strain, however I most likely may have made drake’s job a bit of bit simpler. There had I referred to as one thing completely different, a protected run or uh you understand a fast hit or one thing in that space. So that you do, you take a look at the play calling, you take a look at our execution, you take a look at errors which can be made on the damaging performs, we consider sacks and TFl each week simply to guarantee that we perceive why they’re taking place. You recognize, we had been listed for 3 sacks this week however one in every of them is on drake could, you understand, we pulled on an R. P. O. That was by no means there and that is going to be a sack and you may’t pull an R. P. O. Until it is open. And so we did that one time and that was actually one of many sacks. The outdated line had one sack this week, you understand, after which a decent finish gave up a sack. So you understand the three get credited to the outdated line. However actually once you break it down and also you take a look at it, drake is accountable for one, a decent finish was after which the outdated line gave up one this week. So these these are the components of the sport that you do not see till you kinda you sit down within the workplace and also you pull the movie up and also you consider what actually occurred. However in truth, I actually assume that we’re enjoying, we’re we’re enjoying bodily up entrance. You recognize, you are able to do some issues play calling sensible within the open subject to assist shield your O line. I feel it is laborious to try this on brief yardage. It is laborious to, to guard them on the aim line and it is laborious to guard them within the pink zone, you understand, and on the finish of the day, briefly yardage soccer and aim line soccer and in pink zone soccer whatever the extra and people and whether or not we run or throw the power to have the ability to run down there may be large. Um, after which there is a physicality piece to move defending too. It is not simply run recreation. So we’re, we’re getting, we’re getting some good manufacturing there proper now at that place and it is serving to us in a few of the situational areas with out query stuffed with, we’re speaking in regards to the completely different mouths to feed on typically, uh, getting guys the ball and it is among the enjoyable issues or constructive issues is that they create, they every by way of carry so many various expertise. Properly, it is like having toys. I imply, you, you wish to use them the best manner, however there’s, there’s one other facet to it too. It is the depth that provides you, um, some weaponry in, by way of, uh, you’ve got received one working again on the market and he is hitting on all cylinders and he is gaining yards and he is breaking tackles and securing the ball and you’ve got one other one on the market who may need rushed for 100 50 yards the week earlier than and, you understand, he is simply not off to pretty much as good a begin. So you possibly can roll with the new man when you will have some depth. Um, and, after which it additionally breeds competitors in order that when, when working again quantity two or three or 4 and I do not imply in on the depth chart, however simply into the sport and from an order standpoint after they get on the market, they wish to carry out as a result of they know they know that so as to keep on the market, they have to provide, you understand, and I say this in nearly each offensive workforce assembly that we’ve on the finish of the day, it actually comes right down to character and manufacturing and, and there is actually nothing else that is vital. You recognize, we received to be good individuals on and off the sphere and we received to deal with ourselves the best manner and the character piece it lends to their preparation and the way they deal with their teammates and the way they lead and do all these issues on that finish of being a ballplayer after which on the opposite finish its manufacturing there there are children which have performed right here that did not play rather a lot prior to now that I like and that might babysit my children that I simply could have relationship with for years, however their manufacturing was low and so it’s important to decide close to what’s greatest on your workforce and that’s placing out the best individuals, you understand, after which I feel uh Coach Brown would would agree with this solely is you will have a man that is extraordinarily productive, however it’s not dealing with himself in a excessive character manner, He isn’t gonna play both, proper? So that you gotta deal with your self from a teammate standpoint the best manner. And and that is what’s so nice about this program is it is a excessive character locker room. So we have loads of continuity even between the o. And the d within the in our locker room, you understand, and after which so it actually turns into solely about manufacturing as a result of we have a personality excessive character workforce. So then you definitely go on the market and also you observe laborious and also you play. And the fellows which can be producing are the fellows that play extra. It is actually it is it is rather a lot less complicated than individuals make it out to be typically. Uh nicely it’s a little little bit of a dance when you will have 4 of them. And you understand, coach Porter and I discuss it weekly and we’re discussing it this morning earlier than I got here down, you will have you will have guys with completely different strengths, so that you attempt to play to their strengths, you will have guys which can be extra dependable mentally um than some others as a result of they’re veterans and the others are youthful guys, so that you wish to play them on the proper time. Um And I you understand, I feel all 4 of our guys made performs on saturday and and uh Coach Porter does a great job of rolling by means of him if I would like one for a selected play and I do know I will name them um, if I do not want a selected one, then he is dealing with the rotation with these guys in order that we will one preserve them recent. Um he is going with the new man, you understand, Caleb had a fumble that went out of bounds final week, however you understand, that that that is regarding, proper? So that you, so his reps type of diminished a bit of bit and we went with the fellows that had been securing it and that is actually not an assault on Caleb. He had a terrific recreation on saturday, you understand, he busted one vast open on a, on an influence play that took us right down to contained in the 5 yard line. So he did a terrific job saturday. There’s these are the variables that type of dictate. It is it is the manufacturing, it is what’s the want and what’s their power, you understand, after which who has the new hand? And I do not know if that that make up for that method will change right here. That is type of how we deal with it at each place. Yeah, defensively they’ve, there’s, there’s some gamers there that we’re involved with due to how productive they’re, 34 is an impressive security, you understand, and to have a look at him, he is not 64 and £220 or something, however so so measurement is just not his deal, however he’ll hit you want he is that measurement and he is bodily and you may cowl floor and he is he is actually athletic and he does a great job within the open subject, 98 is a really excellent defensive lineman. Um I imagine it is 54 is a extremely good line of defense within the nostril. Um Quantity 9 as a participant, he is enjoying that bandit place, which is mockingly the identical quantity in the identical place that we noticed at upstate final week. There are some similarities between the app state protection and the Georgia State protection. I feel the D. C. At Georgia state does a couple of various things out of the identical based mostly protection than app does. However there are there may be loads of overlap this week which is usually a profit as a result of we’re not seeing one thing that is fully new and drastically completely different from what we have had prior to now. Um However typically I feel perhaps hey we had loads of success with this final week and it is simply gonna go that nicely this week it will be completely different as a result of the gamers are completely different and the strengths are completely different. Um So schematically loads of overlap from a personnel standpoint I feel very very completely different than upstate and so they simply these guys notably that I discussed, different ones that stand out proper now and from a day and a half of watching movie proper there? Okay you will have a 15 guys girls good good good. Mhm. Certain. They haven’t any questions. So the place is it? There have been options within the first quarter. Yeah, yeah I did. Properly as you return and take a look at it um earlier within the recreation we we gave up a few explosive performs, proper, one move, 41 yard move and we gave up an extended landing run. Then I feel we type of settled in and began to play higher. Um most likely halfway by means of the second quarter, all through the third quarter and we settled down, we type of had an concept of what they had been doing, I assumed we match the run nicely. Uh we weren’t giving up any explosive performs, we had been getting off the sphere. Uh after which the fourth quarter at that time I feel we had given up 21 factors. Uh after which the fourth quarter was an implosion and it was loads of issues and it was not on a single particular person, it wasn’t on a single group of gamers. D line linebackers, secondary, it was all people and often when these eventualities occur it is it is poor execution. After which you understand, you you throw on high of that. Um We had a number of alternatives to get off the sphere after which we had penalties and you understand, I feel particular groups did a great job of giving us lengthy fields the place they needed to drive the ball and there is occasions the place we’re getting forward of the change after which we might get a penalty. So uh the fourth quarter was a combination of loads of issues. Um a few of it was nice execution by them, a few of the throes they made within the fourth quarter had been, you understand, proper the place the ball needed to be, uh however we’ve to be higher within the protection aspect and when we’ve time we’ve alternatives to get off the sphere, we received to have the ability to get off the sphere and people penalties, uh these penalties, they aided three or 4 completely different drives that ended up turning into factors. So um there’s loads of good that may come from this, clearly it was a efficiency that we want within the fourth quarter hadn’t occurred, however there’s loads of studying, there’s loads of, loads of educating, we’ve to sort out higher on high of that as nicely. I really feel like we missed loads of tackles. We should not have, I feel that was evident just about by means of the many of the recreation, however I feel we will get higher at that and uh you understand, general simply the penalties, the tackling, um, MS execution of some protection components, uh all of these issues, it was an ideal storm and it will be a studying expertise for our complete protection. There’s loads of, there’s loads of occasions once you begin a season, you will have an concept of what you are working with, however till they really play video games, I am not solely certain. Has that been a shock by way of what you thought you had been working with versus how they’re responding on the sphere. Has there been an enormous hole with that half? Properly, let me say this by means of occasions of chaos, which we have clearly had, that we actually had its saturday. The gamers have responded wonderful with simply type of their demeanor on the sphere, um not likely panicking when issues weren’t going nicely, so in that regard that is been good. However you understand, all the things is a subject factor. Every thing, you understand, the primary couple of video games with any new employees, uh there is a subject factor on, you understand, how we’ll name the sport. Um We’re studying about our gamers as we go. There’s at all times that studying curve, proper? So we at all times wish to, you understand, we’re we’re we’re taking a look at completely different individuals had been attempting to play extra individuals, we really feel like that is um crucial that we will play extra individuals. Um however it’s, it is a course of the place we’re studying one another. So there isn’t any query about that coach. Two questions first. Have you ever ever given up 40 factors in a single quarter and your teaching profession? By no means the second query from the purpose of 10 factors for the fourth quarter, 20 after which 30 the message change in any respect from what you had been telling you guys and huddles earlier than play began, attempt to inspire them in a different way to attempt to get them to do one thing in a different way, You recognize, in these uh in these eventualities, you are attempting to remain calm and also you’re beginning attempting to I imply clearly you are at all times motivating you guys write these conversations in these eventualities occur on the sideline between collection clearly. Um and that was type of again to my different level of that when we’ve these conversations with these guys and and we have at all times talked about with the ability to climate the storm within the chaos, uh that is when these conversations happen, proper? So after they come off the sphere, it is extra of what, what are they doing, what do we have to do to appropriate it, what do we have to do to vary it? Uh after which additionally with the ability to, you understand, um guarantee that their mindset is true and and and it was and and you understand, once more we’ve to do a greater job teaching. Um So that is uh that is all of us beginning with me doing a greater job teaching and we all know there’s points that we gotta repair that is apparent, however there’s undoubtedly a wonderful line between realizing what you bought to repair and panicking, uh and I will by no means be a panic, er uh there’s there is definitely urgency and our gamers know that we talked about it yesterday, you understand, we we went by means of the movie collectively, identified all of the issues that had been unsuitable, uh and so they’ve been superior. So um they simply should preserve working, we’ve to maintain working as coaches to place our put our guys in a greater likelihood to succeed, however the message is nice and to be trustworthy with you on the recreation with the sport on the road when issues weren’t going nicely, uh you understand, Noah and got here and made a terrific play on the finish to you understand, to win the sport. So uh there amongst all the negatives that had been on the market, which there have been loads uh we even have to tug the positives from, from, you understand, a number of completely different components of the sport the place they performed nicely and I feel the message is inconsistency, like do you wish to be the protection that performed, you understand, halfway by means of the second quarter and all of the third, you understand, or can we wish to be the opposite and if we do not wish to be the opposite, why had been we the opposite? And that was the message yesterday, however it was nicely obtained. Um and once more, I count on us to be higher this week. So then do you assume that this recreation, once you return and take a look at it and earlier than you assume it was extra so a scarcity of preparation or lack of execution within the recreation which you can attribute the issues of the yeah, once more, I feel anytime you are not enjoying nicely, it is at all times a matter of execution, Proper. Um however that type of goes again to my authentic assertion, we’ve to do a greater job of getting ready our guys, we’ve to do a greater job with placing them in the best positions. Um and all of us should get higher collectively. That is it is merely it is that easy. Yeah, it is powerful. Yeah, it is powerful. Um You recognize, the powerful half about it’s they’re going to minimize down your again aspect of your def



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GARNER, N.C. (WTVD) — It’s another lunch rush at Angie’s Restaurant in Garner, as servers whir by tables, dropping off dishes and filling up drinks. And while every restaurant has their regulars, there may be no couple whose more at home here than the Potter’s.

“Most of it is the love that they show for the people. And on top of that, the food is extra good,” said Vernon Potter.

They’ve been coming here since 1968 when it was under previous ownership. However, they started coming more often after moving closer to the restaurant, once it was opened by current owner Angie Mikus in 2011. Ultimately, it’s become a daily stop, often twice a day, including Thursday. By the time we sat down with them, it was the second time they’d eaten here today.

The Potters have been eating at Angie’s in Garner, NC since 1968

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“I had three eggs over light, piece of lean fatback and potatoes,” said Vernon of his breakfast order.

Their orders and tables change, but what draws them out of the house does not.

“It’s one of the most important assets that we have is that we can mingle with people. You can talk to people, and find out what they’re thinking, (of what) you’re thinking and a lot of times it’s compatible. And by doing that, we have our little family we call it at Angie’s,” said Vernon.

The couple met in 1948, when Vernon was 18 and Margaret was 17.

Vernon and Margaret Potter have been married for more than 76 years.

Vernon and Margaret Potter have been married for more than 76 years.

“I fell in love the minute I saw her. And six months later, I married her,” said Vernon.

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“We liked singing, and we sang well,” said Margaret.

The pair have continued singing together for years, often in church, even showing off their skills inside the restaurant Thursday; the performance drew applause from other diners.

One estimate from population experts states there are currently 1,000 couples in the United States that have reached 75 years of marriage.

“They just have a level of commitment that just isn’t prevalent in our culture today. It just shows me that people can be committed to each other. But it takes love and it takes understanding and patience,” said Pat Zimmerly, one of the Potter’s four children.

Zimmerly said their relationship has served as an important example to model after, valuable for the Potter’s twenty-two grandchildren, and now the next generation of great-grandchildren.

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Vernon and Margaret Potter have been married for more than 76 years.

Vernon and Margaret Potter have been married for more than 76 years.

“Daddy held her, my mom held her. We just cried. My son and I, my daughter-in-law because the legacy that they bring through me, to my son, to Isla, it’s going to impact her life in a positive way,” said Pat, referring to her first grandchild who was born earlier this year.

Vernon spent more than 40 years in the North Carolina National Guard, with the family living in New Bern, Rocky Mount, and Raleigh before the couple ultimately retired in Garner. Margaret served as President of the Volunteer Auxiliary at WakeMed, a role that led her to travel the country. Her efforts were recognized in 1999 when she was honored by the Governor’s Office.

“Their whole life is just social. And that goes along with church and everything. They just need people in their lives,” said Zimmerly.

Now in their nineties, a lot has changed from when they first met.

“A hamburger was 10 cents. A Pepsi-Cola was a nickel, a Baby Ruth Bar was a nickel,” said Vernon.

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But what’s bonded them together – a shared love of family, faith, and helping others – has remained the same.

“Her beauty and her love for me has never changed,” said Vernon.

Vernon and Margaret Potter have been married for more than 76 years.

Vernon and Margaret Potter have been married for more than 76 years.

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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (WAVE) – A North Carolina man found guilty of killing a Wisconsin man in Jeffersonville will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.

Christopher Tandy was sentenced to 65 years for the 2021 shooting death of Rodrick Wallace. Police found Wallace’s body on the side of Edgewood Way in the Oak Park subdivision on July 23, 2021.

Tandy was arrested in North Carolina days later. The court found him guilty and the judge gave him the maximum sentence allowed in Indiana.

“I’m very pleased with the court’s decision today,” Clark County Deputy Prosecutor Calvin Blank said. “I believe it was appropriate in this instance. The crime of murder is highest in which we have in Indiana and we were able to prove that the defendant did it and he received the sentence that is appropriate under Indiana law.”

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Tandy was given 55 years for murder and auto theft and another 10 years for being a felon with a firearm.



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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats in North Carolina were celebrating big wins in the swing state after the November election, including victories in races for governor and other top statewide offices. But the political high didn’t last long.

Republican lawmakers are stripping away some core powers of the newly elected officials through a series of wide-ranging changes, anticipating that the result of a yet-to-be-called state legislative race will cost them their veto-proof majority next year. Critics say the moves, which were rushed through without any chance for public comment or analysis, undermine the voters and are simply undemocratic, but they have few options for undoing them.

“Let us speak plainly: This bill is nothing more than a desperate power grab,” said Courtney Patterson, vice president of the NAACP’s North Carolina chapter.

Among the changes, which were included in a bill that also addressed Hurricane Helene relief, are stripping the incoming governor of the authority to appoint members to the state elections board and instead giving that responsibility to the state auditor — a job won by a Republican last month. The measure also weakens the ability of the governor to fill vacancies on the state court of appeals and the state supreme court. It prohibits the attorney general from taking legal positions contrary to the legislature’s and weakens the powers of the state school superintendent and lieutenant governor.

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Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein, who will succeed Cooper next month, have already filed a lawsuit against Republican lawmakers, saying many portions of Senate Bill 382 violate the state constitution. The Republicans’ actions in North Carolina are the latest example of how majority parties in some states have tried to undermine representative democracy in recent years, using extreme gerrymandering to expand their hold on power or trying to undercut officeholders of the opposing party or ballot initiatives that passed in statewide elections.

“This is not how healthy democracies work,” said Steven Greene, a political science professor at North Carolina State University. “You don’t lose and decide you’re going to change the rules because you don’t like that you lost. It’s corrosive of the basic principles of democracy.”

Greene said he was disappointed but not surprised by the effort he describes as part of a familiar playbook. In 2016, hundreds of people protested and more than two dozen were arrested after Republicans passed a bill that stripped powers from Cooper’s incoming administration during a special session.

Republicans point out that Democrats acted to weaken executive branch positions after voters elected the state’s first GOP governor in the 20th century, in 1972, and the century’s only GOP lieutenant governor in 1988. North Carolina Senate leader Phil Berger blamed Democrats’ “blatant partisanship” for necessitating the changes, which came just weeks after voters chose Democrats for the top statewide positions.

“The new measures in Senate Bill 382 actually balance our three branches of state government so that North Carolina remains on a positive trajectory, free from Democratic Party and liberal activist obstruction,” he said in a statement earlier this month.

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While Democrats have won many top statewide offices for several election cycles, Republicans maintain a tight grip on the other two branches of government in North Carolina. Republicans have control of the legislature and hold at least a 5-2 majority on the state Supreme Court, where any dispute over the power-stripping legislation could ultimately land.

Since winning control of North Carolina’s legislature in the 2010 elections, Republican lawmakers have repeatedly drawn voting districts to their favor, just as Democrats had done when they were in charge. That has helped Republicans retain a firm hold on power in the legislature while also triggering protracted court battles over redistricting.

The current legislative districts are advantageous to Republicans. The GOP won about nine more state House seats this year than would have been expected based on their average share of the district votes, according to an Associated Press analysis using a mathematical formula designed to detect gerrymandering.

“North Carolina is very much a purple state,” said Melissa Price Kromm, executive director of North Carolina for the People Action. “… But our legislature has been gerrymandered to allow for a Republican supermajority that makes these nefarious attacks on our democracy possible. It’s baked into the system.”

Meanwhile, an extremely tight race for a state Supreme Court seat has sparked a legal battle over the potential removal of tens of thousands of ballots. With the incumbent Democratic justice clinging to a narrow lead, the Republican candidate’s challenge includes objecting to ballots from voters whose registration lacks driver’s license or Social Security numbers. His attorneys argue that makes them incomplete.

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“North Carolina voters see that the same folks who are trying to overturn the results of the state supreme court race are the same people who are trying to change the way our elections are handled, the way powers and government functions are handled,” said Julia Hawes, communications director at the statewide advocacy group Democracy North Carolina. “A lot of us have been watching these power grabs and attempts to overturn the will of the people for over a decade.”

In several other states, lawmakers also have made attempts to nullify some results of the November election. In Missouri, Republicans are taking initial steps to curtail voter-approved abortion protections by introducing a new constitutional amendment to restrict abortion access. Massachusetts Democrats are exploring options to alter the auditing process after voters overwhelmingly approved giving the state auditor the authority to watchdog the Legislature.

During last week’s veto override in the North Carolina House, over 100 demonstrators chanted “Shame” and “People power” as they were escorted out of the chamber’s gallery. Two days before, hundreds marched to the Legislative Building to deliver documents opposing the bill.

Rep. Cynthia Ball, a Democrat and member of the election law committee, criticized Republicans for not making the bill public earlier, not offering a public comment period and tucking such a significant power shift into legislation that included storm relief.

“Our democracy is threatened more and more when things are done behind closed doors,” she said.

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Della Hann, 64, traveled the 2 1/2 hours to Raleigh from her home in Southport to demonstrate when the Senate agreed to override Cooper’s veto of what she called “a horrible bill.”

The legislation, she said, is “not for the people of the state. It’s for the people sitting in that room to keep their power.”

Kromm, of North Carolina for the People Action, said watching crowds gather in protest offered hope and said her group would be focused on educating voters so they can hold lawmakers accountable.

“The sheer number of people who turned up showed that people in North Carolina care about what’s happening in our legislature, and they don’t give up without a fight,” she said. “They know authoritarianism thrives on complacency and that we must stand together and refuse to let this assault on democracy go unanswered.”

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Fernando reported from Chicago. Associated Press writers Makiya Seminera in Raleigh, North Carolina, and David A. Lieb in Jefferson City, Missouri, contributed to this report.

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