With one more chance to get some things straightened out before a Saturday night in Baton Rouge against LSU, Arkansas Razorbacks coach Sam Pittman previewed this week's game against BYU.
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00:00 Going back and looking at the film,
00:02 I don't know, I didn't think the offensive line
00:04 was maybe as bad as we thought coming out,
00:06 but maybe there was a problem here and there
00:08 with just having seven real drives.
00:11 I'll tell you what, I thought they, in all honesty,
00:14 I thought they -- how you could convince your team
00:17 of this is how we're going to win,
00:19 I guess it's the old Dean Smith, four corners,
00:22 you know what I mean,
00:23 especially with the clock like it is.
00:25 What was the game, two hours and 45 minutes?
00:27 You know what I mean?
00:28 Well, then you start pressing because you're supposed to win
00:31 by a bunch of margins, didn't go so well at first.
00:34 But here's what I saw.
00:36 We're not covering -- our fits up front have to get better.
00:43 In other words, everything's getting copped out for safety,
00:47 and we're not making any of them miss either.
00:50 So we've got to make safeties miss.
00:53 We quit putting RPO on the back end of it.
00:57 We weren't particularly throwing the ball well either,
00:59 not catching it.
01:01 And so we, at some point, Dan and I had a conversation
01:05 about we're going to win the game.
01:09 Let's see if we can't try to get established,
01:11 get our run game down.
01:12 We tried several different things.
01:14 You know, we found out some things that we can do
01:17 and some things that we can't do.
01:21 How we could take the ball with the last six minutes
01:23 and displace the line of scrimmage like we did
01:26 and not do that at the beginning,
01:28 we've got to figure all that stuff out.
01:30 But the bottom line is this,
01:33 is that our fits aren't good at tight end.
01:35 They've got to get better.
01:37 Our fits are not good consistently up front.
01:40 They've got to get better.
01:41 Our blocking on the outside is on the edge.
01:45 It's got to get better.
01:48 Our catching game, you know, we had two-thirds down.
01:53 We dropped the ball.
01:54 We stay on the field.
01:56 The game could be much different.
01:58 Those things we have to get better.
02:03 But after I saw that,
02:05 I actually thought we played better last week
02:08 than we did this week up front.
02:10 But I didn't think we played too bad,
02:12 actually, last week up front.
02:16 This week, it's all about edges.
02:18 It's about displacing linemen.
02:22 And when we're in double teams,
02:24 the only time that we truly displaced third-d line
02:28 is at the end of the game, the last six minutes.
02:31 Those things have got to become more consistent.
02:33 I think Joe has to become a more vocal leader.
02:37 He's got to go.
02:38 I think you have to bring back the adulters.
02:40 But we have to get better there.
02:43 We're addressing it.
02:45 We addressed it last week.
02:47 It may not be just a quick fix.
02:50 I think where we're going in the order
02:55 of how we're playing our games
02:56 is going to help us with a new coordinator.
03:00 And there were some mistakes.
03:01 You know, a new coordinator continues to try to figure out
03:06 exactly what we do well, what we can do well.
03:10 But you have to do something well.
03:12 I think our backs got a run harder.
03:15 You mentioned after the press conference
03:16 as the pin and pull play,
03:18 where you're talking about hitting the hole.
03:20 I think you're talking about second quarter.
03:22 Yeah. And then he kind of bounces it out.
03:25 Well, later in the game, he actually was hitting it.
03:27 He made a safety miss and got eight or ten yards on the play.
03:32 Is that a conversation that you have?
03:33 Is it like you have to trust the hole's going to be there?
03:36 Because Limer blew it open about the same time.
03:38 Or is it you have to have patience?
03:43 Is it trust or -- What's the --
03:44 Well, pin and pull, you've got to understand the play.
03:47 You know what I mean?
03:49 What pin and pull is, is it is --
03:52 It should guarantee you getting the ball outside the tight end.
03:56 It should guarantee that.
03:58 You've seen so many stretch plays
03:59 that are full-zone blocking plays,
04:01 and they hit behind the center.
04:02 I mean, you know, we're acting like we're stretching.
04:05 Every now and then, it'll hit front side of the tack.
04:07 Never gets outside the tight end.
04:09 And it's a --
04:11 Well, pin and pull is one where you're going,
04:13 "I'm going to get it in space."
04:15 You know, obviously, you don't want to pin and pull
04:16 up there in a nine-frame.
04:17 You're not -- You'd rather run
04:20 some kind of inside gap scheme, inside zone.
04:23 But if someone's going to give you that,
04:24 you want to take advantage of it.
04:27 You can get out to the edge, but then it's kick-out cover.
04:30 That's just what it is.
04:32 So when our tackle went to kick-out,
04:35 we just kept trying to outrun the kick-out.
04:38 That's not the design of the play.
04:40 And so, again, all we --
04:43 That's a new play for us, but we should be better than that.
04:47 We run it all the time in practice.
04:49 So I think that is just trusting and understanding the club.
04:53 It'd be great for the high team.
04:55 Well, the questions we asked the other night about your run game,
04:59 your fans have seen a team that ranked seventh
05:01 in the country in Russian the last two years.
05:03 So maybe is it too much to expect
05:06 that a bunch of new linemen, a new coordinator
05:09 that you can hit at that level?
05:10 I mean, you got to build up to that.
05:13 You know, it's just a different offense.
05:15 I think that's whenever you go hire new coordinators,
05:22 that's your biggest fear,
05:23 that something that worked well in the past doesn't anymore.
05:27 You know what I mean?
05:29 And we've had our trouble running the ball
05:32 last two years at times,
05:34 but we've been pretty consistent running the football.
05:39 So, no, I don't think that's --
05:42 you know, I could promise you whatever concern would be --
05:45 No, that's not true, because there are concerns
05:47 a little bit more for me about a few of things.
05:49 So the concerns of the fans, certainly,
05:54 I could promise you we're going to win
05:55 and have success and battle with anybody.
05:58 And so that's valid.
06:01 We got to fix the way -- We got to find a way to fix it.
06:03 I'm not sure. I think I might have said it the other night.
06:06 But having RPOs on the back end or something,
06:10 it can dictate the numbers in the box.
06:14 You know, let's say we're going to play
06:15 90-minute coverage the whole night,
06:17 which our league probably will.
06:21 But if you're not having the threat of throwing the ball,
06:23 which we took away, then you're going to get a lot of counts.
06:29 And that's what happened.
06:31 Then it becomes frustrating because, you know, I said,
06:33 I've never been around a team
06:34 that couldn't run inside the zone,
06:37 and we haven't had success with it.
06:39 And it's either we're not getting a movement
06:41 or pitch aren't good,
06:43 it's kicking outside to a non-block safety.
06:47 So all those things, you know,
06:49 we went in depth with yesterday
06:53 about how can we get our kids to better players of winning.
06:57 And it doesn't necessarily have to be running the football,
06:59 but you have to run the football to win.
07:04 So you beat BYU by 17,
07:07 could have scored at the end and made it 24.
07:11 So KJ talked about playing with more passion,
07:14 and maybe understanding the opponent, whatever.
07:17 But so your players saw a blowout on the road.
07:20 Do you have to kind of warn them again,
07:23 this is a different BYU team?
07:24 What's the scouting report on this?
07:25 Yeah, a hard team.
07:28 Anybody who's around the season, including us, they're hard to beat.
07:32 They haven't learned how to lose yet in that season.
07:35 That group of guys that's playing together
07:37 haven't been beat, so they don't know how to lose.
07:41 But I think the Tate, to be perfectly honest with you,
07:48 you know, they're two and 0.
07:50 They're Tate, they play extremely well, and they do.
07:53 They did last year.
07:54 I think they're a better football team
07:56 than they were last year.
07:58 Big physical team.
08:01 They've got a guy at each level in defense
08:03 that I think is pretty really good,
08:05 and they're defensive end.
08:08 Suley, I love Suley, I love him.
08:10 He's a hard-playing kid.
08:12 And then Robinson.
08:13 And they've got more than that,
08:15 but those are kind of standout guys in defense.
08:18 They run, they're totally different
08:20 than the guys we've seen in the world, actually.
08:22 They've got a guy from where we stayed in,
08:25 and they are multiple, multiple.
08:27 And against us, because of our not having success on the ball,
08:31 we don't see a lot of good.
08:34 They move pretty fast,
08:36 things we've got to get ready for.
08:38 But they ran odd pressure.
08:39 They're a fire zone team that we have not seen this year
08:43 in the history of the three games.
08:47 So they're going to cause us some problems
08:49 because they move so much, they glitch quite a bit.
08:55 Offensively, they're really big, really good at tackle.
08:57 Really good.
09:00 Kingsley, again, I said it last year,
09:02 but I tried to get him to play with George.
09:05 I think that's one of the worst experiences
09:07 I've ever picked up this year.
09:08 That's been good for three or four months.
09:10 I just want to say that we have a few guys.
09:14 I think those are two premier type tacklers.
09:17 Now I don't know if X is going to be back or not,
09:19 but he was hurt last --
09:21 he was hurt two weeks.
09:23 He's a really good player at wideout, too.
09:26 But number two is Chad Roberts --
09:28 Chase Roberts is a really catch-a-lot of ball.
09:32 He reminds me a little bit of R4,
09:34 to be perfectly honest with you.
09:36 And then, you know, they got the quarterback,
09:39 transfer, Edmund Pitt.
09:41 And five -- number five is a really good wideout, too.
09:45 So they're a stretch team, a box-counter team.
09:51 They run a lot more stretch this year than they have in the past.
09:56 I think they're still trying to run the ball
09:59 a little bit as well.
10:01 Two teams remind me a little bit of each other.
10:03 I think their defense is playing outstanding.
10:05 Their offense is playing well.
10:07 Their defense is, to me, really playing well, like ours.
10:12 And so it's a good matchup.
10:15 They're big kids as a quarterback.
10:18 Paul seemed to be playing pretty confident in the second half.
10:21 You know, do you feel good about his health, where he's at,
10:23 and then, I guess, the linebacker room
10:24 as a whole now that you heard that?
10:26 Yeah, health-wise, he's fine.
10:28 He's ready to go.
10:30 We had a little problem with the tight end
10:34 crossing going into the flat,
10:36 and that's that place on Saturday.
10:40 But he was running well, moving well, made a nice tackle.
10:44 I guess maybe their longest play, though,
10:46 they came down and made a tackle 20 yards
10:50 down the field or whatever.
10:51 But, you know, he's either been hurt or out of the game.
10:56 We've got to get him settled in,
10:59 but I did think he played a fine game.
11:02 Raheem's promise to them probably the most consistent.
11:05 So, we brought a good job back in the two weeks,
11:08 and then, of course, we got Greer,
11:10 and then Crook didn't get a chance to get in there
11:12 because of the way the game was going.
11:14 And it seemed like, you know,
11:19 he made another key block on the goal line.
11:20 What does that say about him as a guy?
11:22 You know, he's not getting the ball to score,
11:24 but he's willing to do whatever it takes.
11:27 Well, he's our best by far, our best blocker down there.
11:31 So, you go, well, we're going to use him to block.
11:34 Well, if you're not using him to block,
11:36 you know, what other guy are you going to use?
11:38 Especially this guy, with Robert being out,
11:41 we're going to have another real big guy back there.
11:44 You know, so he's a great kid, great team player.
11:48 I wish we could have more success handling the ball,
11:51 and I do believe that we will in the future,
11:53 but it says a lot about his character,
11:56 you know, especially our offensive.
11:58 He's gone through, but he has done well on the goal line,
12:03 as you've said, and 23-year-old.
12:10 I think just to touch on it there,
12:11 Roc, is he for sure out this week,
12:12 and just how's he doing overall?
12:14 Roc will be out this week,
12:16 and we'll figure out, you know, how fast he can recover.
12:23 Try to get some swelling off of him,
12:25 and once we do that, you know, we'll see how fast,
12:29 whether we can have him back to MSU or not.
12:33 He's with Chris Turfko.
12:35 Is that an injury he had in the Western Carolina game
12:37 or in that practice?
12:38 No, he got it on Thursday.
12:40 And late in the practice on Thursday,
12:43 we thought he was going to be okay, you know,
12:45 and then we went out there and we said we couldn't push out.
12:49 And, you know, in all honesty, Stewart played a good game.
12:54 Had one ball caught on him there,
12:56 but played a good game,
12:58 and he'll help us in the future with that,
13:00 but I expect he'll be back this week.
13:04 Coach, BYU, they scored 14 in week one
13:06 and then more than 40 in week two.
13:08 I'm just curious, what have you seen on film
13:09 that kind of led that offense to take a step forward?
13:12 I think Sam Houston's really good.
13:14 I think they're really good on defense.
13:16 I think they're one of the top 20
13:18 as far as ratings go in their first two games.
13:22 What they've played.
13:23 So I think they played a pretty good defense the first game.
13:28 Obviously, they have some first-time guys,
13:31 you know, the quarterback, all that kind of stuff.
13:34 I thought the second game, you know,
13:37 if you look at us on offense,
13:39 and we didn't hardly have any explosive plays, you know,
13:42 and explosive plays are what you need for a lot of reasons,
13:46 you know, but BYU got quite a few explosive plays
13:51 through the air.
13:53 They hit 83 for a long pass, and so I think the run game
13:59 was better against Southern Utah.
14:02 It was a lot better than the leagues before,
14:04 but they threw --
14:06 the quarterback threw the ball much better game two
14:09 than we did with the ball in the first game.
14:12 They got good this season.
14:14 And then on the flip side, you know,
14:16 in that matchup for your defense,
14:17 it's been a pretty good two weeks.
14:19 I mean, was there anything that surprised,
14:21 or what are you most happy with the defense
14:24 at this point in the season?
14:26 Well, we haven't had anybody lose behind us.
14:29 You know, I think that's --
14:30 you know, we're not giving easy points.
14:35 We have had a few inmates underneath routes
14:38 and things of that nature.
14:39 We got taped the other night in a three-by-one,
14:43 but they ended up making that bigger play for us.
14:47 We were in that cover.
14:50 But I think right now we're swarming the ball well.
14:54 I didn't think we tackled as well Saturday
14:56 as we did the first game.
14:58 We're not wrapping up.
14:59 We got to wrap up.
15:02 We're just not enough.
15:03 We got to get on the ground and get wrapped up.
15:08 But I've been really proud of our defense.
15:12 You know, they got a fiddle in a bad situation.
15:14 They had a front row line that stopped them.
15:17 And you might say, "Well, they got that."
15:19 Well, the teams are going to get that.
15:22 But the three-pointer in that game,
15:26 they're really proud, and situational, though.
15:29 I think we did a lot better than what we had there in the past.
15:34 Bec, there's a video circulating on the Internet
15:36 of KJ getting skittles after a touchdown.
15:38 I don't know if you -- what's the backstory behind that?
15:41 Anything?
15:43 Well, I guess it's just like candy.
15:46 I don't know.
15:47 It's a reward or a low price.
15:48 No, it ain't worth it.
15:50 I'd need to find out where he's getting them from.
15:54 Sam, you've said a couple times
15:56 that James Thomas has been your most consistent linebacker.
15:59 Like, what's he doing?
16:01 What are you most pleased with?
16:05 He's -- right now, he's our most consistent tackler.
16:12 Not jumping out of gaps.
16:15 Pretty much gap-free, gap sound in there.
16:19 And, you know, he's just a guy that,
16:23 you know, for those reasons, has been playing pretty well.
16:26 Armstrong's been pretty good for you the first two weeks.
16:29 Just going back to when you were trying to get in here,
16:31 does anything come to mind,
16:32 like, the recruiting process-wise, maybe?
16:35 He's just a lot better than I thought he would be.
16:37 First two hours, he got faster.
16:40 He showed flashes, say,
16:44 for all the things that we've seen and heard.
16:46 But he's -- Tesla, let's put it like this.
16:51 Tesla is about what I thought he would do.
16:54 And Armstrong is much better than I thought he would be.
16:57 And I think it's just because of his speed,
16:59 overall speed and his ability to catch.
17:02 But I think it has everything to do
17:04 with what kind of person he is.
17:05 He's just a hard-working, great kid.
17:07 But it doesn't matter.
17:09 A lot of it matters.
17:10 You asked me specifically about him.
17:13 He's just a real great kid that's a pusher,
17:15 is a, you know, playing the course,
17:17 so that full-capacity crowd mostly.
17:22 Just from what I'm hearing from the players.
17:27 Yeah, you know what's happening right now.
17:28 None of them is playing very much.
17:30 You know, they've got the rotation.
17:34 I'll be honest with you.
17:35 I don't know who to take out of that rotation.
17:40 And you got to get Nico in there somewhere, too,
17:43 because he can fly and does some nice things.
17:46 But TV is a guy that there's certainly --
17:51 we're talking about moving up to the one,
17:54 two to ones, however.
17:57 I think we had -- Jeff had over 30 reps,
18:01 and I don't think anybody else did.
18:02 Now, the game was, you know, there wasn't as many reps.
18:05 But most of them were not high-pointers.
18:09 Now, Stu came in. He didn't have that many.
18:11 But he was very disruptive.
18:13 It was good to have him back, as well.
18:15 But he was very -- he was knocking people.
18:17 I had his friend with that.
18:20 So that's going to get him in somebody's reps, too.
18:23 That is, he's going to be in the week.
18:26 He's going to be in that game and two games.
18:30 I think he showed up.
18:32 He didn't really have any production in the first week.
18:36 You know, I think that probably drove him a little bit, as well.
18:40 But, you know, he was chasing the guy.
18:44 The guy run out of bounds on one of them.
18:46 He just fell down on another one.
18:48 But he played very physically and very hard.
18:53 And it seemed like he was a little bit more
18:57 into the game than he was in other ways, actually.
19:00 But he's got it for good, really.
19:04 Mauryan getting maybe closer to being --
19:07 I know he's injured for a while.
19:09 Mauryan Harris getting maybe closer to playing some
19:12 and getting a little bit darker.
19:15 I know.
19:16 That's where we're at with him.
19:17 We pretty much put him --
19:19 Well, they're doing a little bit of both with him.
19:24 He's closer.
19:26 He's closer. Yeah.
19:31 I'd say you're right. I would say the question.
19:36 He's closer.
19:37 I don't know that he's close enough right now
19:41 to be in any type of rotation.
19:44 But he's closer, yes.
19:47 You touched on it.
19:50 There's not any awards for gunners.
19:53 But, yeah.
19:56 Tyrone has really embraced that role.
20:00 Just your thoughts on him, how well he gets down there
20:02 and was embracing that role when he really hadn't --
20:04 Man, I wish we could get his balls.
20:07 Guy's a good player.
20:10 But, I mean, what are they, 13?
20:13 13 or 19 or something like that.
20:17 He's not in the ball very much.
20:19 It's hard to get a lot of catches that way.
20:21 So, I wish he would --
20:25 I wish we could get him.
20:27 I think he's really good.
20:29 But with what you just said, I mean, he's so valuable.
20:33 This is going to be --
20:35 They got a punter that's punching about 55 yards
20:38 every single time.
20:41 And I don't know if that's --
20:44 I know he's good, you know, about with --
20:46 I don't know if there's any difference
20:47 or all that kind of stuff.
20:49 He's one of the punters involved.
20:51 He's really good. So, Roden's got a big --
20:53 I don't know if they're going to double him or not or what.
20:56 Right now, people can't handle him one-on-one.
21:00 But he's done a really good job.
21:05 And, you know, a transfer kid like that,
21:07 to not be getting the balls that he wants
21:10 and then continue to play like he has since I got here.
21:16 If you're a wide receiver, you're going to play like
21:18 Titania, like a lot of the stuff,
21:20 and how explosive he can be.
21:22 Yeah.
21:23 What are the thoughts on getting him long?
21:25 I don't -- You know --
21:26 The way you do it is great.
21:32 Then you start talking about
21:34 what are you trying to get accomplished.
21:36 In other words, if you go to,
21:38 "We need a better blocker out there,"
21:40 he's willing and all that, but he's not --
21:43 You know, he's not as physical as possible.
21:46 And that probably costs him a few reps,
21:48 you know, out there.
21:51 But we -- Every week, we have a rotation
21:55 that we try to get into with those guys.
21:57 So, I want to see -- Nobody wanted to be 28-6,
22:03 but I still wanted to see some different guys.
22:08 You know, I wanted to see where we're at.
22:11 And his reps kind of got skewed a little bit
22:14 because of the quick throwing.
22:18 But I do -- I think he's very talented.
22:21 You touched on it earlier about the running play
22:23 that perhaps wasn't quite understood.
22:25 Is that one of those things that just has to happen
22:28 and be called in the game,
22:30 sometimes you want to interact with?
22:32 No, I don't -- I think it's a good question.
22:35 I don't think so.
22:36 It all depends on get you to run that look in practice,
22:40 you know, because what they did that was different
22:44 than the week before is they gap move.
22:49 Before, it was just they moved from a gap to head up,
22:53 and then they swiped both a couple times.
22:58 So, I think there's some of that.
23:02 You know, on the short yardage, we missed a run-through
23:05 with the linebacker, things that we practiced.
23:10 I don't think any of our players are difficult, you know.
23:15 But the bottom line is you got problem, you got block.
23:18 You know what I mean? You do.
23:20 And the close and one didn't really have anything.
23:25 We had the run-through, but we let the bench die out.
23:30 We didn't have the block.
23:33 We made the can down.
23:35 I can see that.
23:37 But that's a look that we hadn't seen.
23:41 And we're about to see this.
23:46 Reference to this today about the faster game,
23:49 shorter game, is your data showing
23:51 that your play count is technically lower
23:54 than the number of plays?
23:56 Well, it is.
23:58 And I don't know what we're going to do with it
24:00 because we sure are getting a commercial.
24:03 You know, we did a good job.
24:05 And I don't mean that negatively.
24:06 We just are.
24:08 And, well, the thought of using 40 seconds
24:15 against a team that's a big underdog,
24:19 here's my, especially if you've got a first-rate team
24:22 that will notice how light you are.
24:26 So, we discussed that today.
24:29 And I'm just asking, you know, if you decide to do that,
24:32 how would you talk to your team about it?
24:35 Would they believe you that this is the best way to win?
24:39 Or would they believe that you're going to thank them?
24:41 You know what I mean?
24:43 Which is why I'm asking.
24:44 But we're glad to pull things off in the perfect year.
24:49 You know?
24:51 So, I don't know.
24:53 But we had a pretty good discussion today.
24:55 You said you kind of told Dan,
24:58 let's just establish our running game.
25:00 So, in other words, maybe it felt like some passing stuff
25:03 was there, but you wanted to keep going.
25:06 Well, we wanted Jack to go in and catch him.
25:10 You know, I just thought that we could come around
25:16 with the different things we had talked about,
25:17 especially around the backhand.
25:19 We could come around and get some positive learning.
25:23 You know, so, that part of it now,
25:27 you're trying to make something happen,
25:29 which I've seen with everybody.
25:31 I feel like, for example, this time,
25:32 we're doing a little more than that.
25:34 So, that's what I'm saying.
25:39 Keep the possibility of going on fourth and going at 30.
25:42 You know what I mean, right?
25:43 I mean, you don't want to just say --
25:45 Well, I mean, as you saw, I went forward on fourth and four.
25:48 I've gone for more fourths down this year
25:51 than I have in my entire time here.
25:55 And we've scored points off of it.
25:56 I guess the first game we scored a couple.
26:00 Everybody's going on fourth and goal, but the other time,
26:03 and then we scored the other day on,
26:05 I think it was fourth and four.
26:06 We scored on that, so I'm becoming a believer
26:10 of it a little bit now, but not in that situation.
26:14 Can I ask Nate's question right there?
26:17 This Saturday's game, Marquette,
26:18 this is a big name opponent for both teams.
26:21 Do you anticipate both teams perhaps preparing
26:24 with increased urgency compared to their first two game weeks?
26:28 You know, what's amazing in the first two game weeks,
26:32 what's amazing is that you prepare for the first game,
26:38 and it's like, when is it going to get here?
26:41 You know, at some point.
26:43 If you prepare about nine days out,
26:46 you're assuming that your guys are going to be hyped up
26:50 because it's the first game of the year.
26:54 Your second game of the year, I felt like there was no --
26:57 We prepared -- You can prepare them all you want,
27:02 as urgent as you want.
27:03 They have to accept that there's a reason for urgency,
27:06 and then they do, and sometimes it's simply
27:10 because of who you're playing.
27:12 You know, I forget if everyone had questions about BYU
27:17 and how I'm doing, what we did.
27:20 But BYU, I know this.
27:21 Last year, BYU was an urgent game.
27:23 It was a must-win for us and all those type things,
27:26 so it is now.
27:28 Again, I'd say it's hard to beat a team that hasn't lost.
27:33 Both of us haven't, so some of us are going to have to,
27:35 but I think our kids understand the urgency of this game.
27:41 Isaac and Andrew, you talked about the contested catches
27:44 they're making all the time, but to make a contested catch,
27:47 there's got to be good coverage.
27:48 Are you seeing the separation maybe from the receivers
27:50 that you got to at this point in the season?
27:53 Well, yeah, I think so.
28:00 I don't really know if we catch a couple of those days
28:09 of badminton that I would go, we're not able to get over.
28:13 You know what I mean?
28:14 KJ threw the run into just an area.
28:18 You know, catch the one guy.
28:21 They had it. They had two hundred.
28:24 So, no, I'm not too worried about that right now.
28:27 I just, you know, we caught the ball really, really well game
28:33 one, and we got a couple of drops, you know,
28:36 that hurt us, so we just got to catch them.
28:38 I think we're, I think KJ's holding the ball too long.
28:42 Games coming up, start of the season.
28:47 You have preferences.
28:48 One's home and one's away.
28:50 You have a preference like the home game, away game,
28:52 anything like that?
28:54 Yeah, you know, it depends on who you're playing,
28:57 but obviously, you've got a hyped up situation,
29:04 game, whatever it is you'd like to play it at night.
29:07 You know, at home.
29:09 And you'd like to play that another 11 o'clock on the road.
29:13 It's not really a concern today, but I guess it is.
29:20 It's a good thing.
29:23 You go at night, you go over there at night,
29:26 you know, and you're on the road, you know.
29:32 But that's how it goes.
29:35 Who'd you say what, you know, LSU or who might go to BYU?
29:39 They're coming off of their schedule,
29:41 and you can't hang your diary at night, that's what I'd say.
29:45 But if I had my girl, we'd go at night.
29:49 Away game.