Football - September 25, 2024

Guests: Phil Lutz, Ty Davis

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
You are listening to the Klondike Kates Blue Hens Football
Coaches Show presented by First Date ORTHOPEDICX, featuring head coach
Ryan Cardy on ninety four to seven WDSD and iHeartRadio
with your host voice of the Delaware Blue Hens, Scott Klanskin,
and now welcome to Klondike Kate's Restaurant and Saloon at
the Heart of Main Street and Newark, Delaware.

Speaker 2 (00:22):
And welcome in the Heart of Main Street, Klondike Kate's
Home of the Blue Hens Football Coaches Show by First
Date Orthopoedix. You're tuned in on ninety four to seven
w DSD FM and iHeartRadio. I'm Scott Classkin, and tonight
we'll look back at the come from behind victory over
Penn on Saturday. That was a fun one at Delaware Stadium,
and we'll look ahead another game at the Tub this

(00:43):
weekend on the show tonight. His one hundred and forty
four yard receiving versus Penn were the most by a
Blue Hen since twenty twenty one.

Speaker 3 (00:51):
Phil Lots is here.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Give up for Phil and his fourth quarter I int
secured a victory for the Blue Hens.

Speaker 3 (00:57):
Ty Davis is here as well give it up for time.

Speaker 2 (01:00):
But first, just as seventh coach in Delaware history to
reach twenty wins, Ryan Carty is here, coach, welcome, thank
you for being here, and congrats on win number twenty
and many more.

Speaker 3 (01:12):
To come for sure, hope.

Speaker 2 (01:14):
So there we all hope as well, one at a
time and through three and oh so far this year
you had to work for it. Against a Penn team.
They came out like a team that had been waiting
three weeks to start the season. You know that they
came out like a team that wanted to play some football.

Speaker 3 (01:30):
They were ready.

Speaker 2 (01:31):
And I think when you play a team that has
been waiting like that and had the three bye weeks
that we talked about, you know, somethings just got to
tip your cap. And they played well. Give them credit
for how they started that football game. Oh yeah, I
think they they played really well.

Speaker 4 (01:44):
You know, we talked about it, you know, throughout the
week in press conferences, and I mean, obviously our players
were ready for a battle. That was a team that
was going to come in here and be extremely well
coached and sound and talented. And they did not disappoint.
And so you know, you know, luck we had a
chance to kind of come out on top and finish
the game really well, and and and played till play

(02:05):
till the end, and had some some players step up
and make some really big plays at the end of
the game. And I think we played clean enough to
win the game. Maybe not clean enough to win every
game that way, but but certainly, you know, played against
a really good football team in Penn.

Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yeah, they were ready to go.

Speaker 2 (02:23):
And I think you had mentioned or commented about the
game in the first half at least outplayed, not out efforted,
And I think like as a as a coach, you'd
rather outplay than the two like outplayed you can fix
as you did in the second half. Out efforted is
a whole nother ballgame. And explain kind of difference to
our listeners.

Speaker 4 (02:41):
Yeah, well, you know, I was. It was in response
to a question asked another time about you know, oh,
we can't make the playoffs. So wow, it's I'm glad
you guys came back. Well, yeah, that's that's that's the
expectation is that we're gonna go out there regardless of
who we're playing and when we're playing. That's gonna be
the most important thing that happens to us that week
and and and so you know, there's no doubt I think,

(03:03):
you know, we have a team that is built on
playing for each other and with each other and and
playing really hard. And I don't think we wavered from
that in the first half. I do think a couple
of things didn't go our way and we got a
little bit possibly out coached and out played in the
first half on on offense and defense. And you know,
I think we we righted the ship at halftime and

(03:26):
made it some adjustments, and really it was really just
about the guys, you know, dialing back in, making sure
they understood that it was one, one play at a
time at that point. You know, we've we've been in
that situation before. It's nothing that we hadn't overcome in
the past. And you know, if we're down ten, you know,
if we can't beat somebody, you know, eleven nothing in
the second half of the game, then then you know

(03:46):
we got a problem. And so that's all it is.

Speaker 2 (03:48):
Well, you talk a lot about a belief, belief in
each other, bleach and the culture and in the program.
So there's no doubt that in the locker room at halftime,
there was belief, like, it just said that you could
win the game. So, but what is your approach at halftime?
Kind of take us into the locker room.

Speaker 3 (04:03):
What's there?

Speaker 4 (04:04):
Are you?

Speaker 3 (04:04):
Are you yelling? Are you calm? Are you motivating? What
is your approach in terms of addressing the team at halftime?

Speaker 4 (04:11):
I think it certainly depends on the situation. You know,
most of the time, it's business as usual. Let's go
out there and and focus up. I think you know,
I'm gonna be honest with you. I think I did.
It was one of my least good halftime speeches. For
being honest. I was a little flustered. I said it
after the game to the the offensive staff, because the
staff usually goes out. I'm usually the only one left,

(04:34):
and I was like, you know what, I wasn't really
on the top of my game. Sometimes I'm you know,
I feel like I got them on that one, And
this time I was just like, you know, we got
to go out there and play one one at a
time right now. And you know, I think the defense
came around the corner. Coach Rojas must have had a
better one at halftime, because the defense came out of
the corner ready to roll and you know, Dylan and
the boys tie and the guys were they were screaming,

(04:57):
and I was like, well, I guess I don't need
the same and I kind of let them, let them
do their thing. And so, you know, I think when
we got out of the tunnel, I think he could
really feel some different energy from than we had leaving
the field for halftime. And so obviously whatever was said
and done and the preparation at halftime by the assistant
coaches and by the players themselves, I think we really

(05:20):
kind of locked back in and made sure that we understood,
you know, what needed to happen, which is really just
to go play one snap at a time, go make
sure that we're playing clean, still playing together, relying on
each other, not trying to do too much. You know.
It wasn't an insurmountable thing, and so we just really
need to you know, kind of go one play at
a time and make make some plays out there. And
we did.

Speaker 2 (05:39):
Yeah, he came out fired in the second half. Let's
talk about some individual efforts, some team efforts.

Speaker 3 (05:44):
In that ballgame.

Speaker 2 (05:45):
Phil Leutz is here, one hundred and forty four yards,
two touchdowns. We talked about his strengths. Last week we
brought it up and he'll be on the show, so
we'll talk about him. So instead, I want to focus
on a Jake Thal. He went to Michigan, so we
know he has the talent. He was part of a
national championship team. But can you do it in a
game at the wide receiver position. That's the question coming
in to this year. And he didn't catch a pass

(06:06):
at Michigan. He was the pump return guy. So he
comes to Delaware nine catches on fourteen targets. He has
a team high twenty three targets on the season. So
he's somebody that Ryan O'Connor is looking for. How is
he growing into a reliable wide receiver for you guys?

Speaker 4 (06:20):
Well, you know, I mean similar to a lot of
the guys that we've had on this show, because I
do think it's a common theme in the people that
we try to bring into the program and the people
that I think it's part of the program and the
foundation that the upperclassmen and the guys who are already
here kind of make sure we indoctrinate into the new guys,
is that you know, Jake's one another one of those guys.
That just he will not make the same mistake twice.

(06:42):
He asks a million questions every time he runs around.
He comes back and asks me, if that's how I
wanted it, if it wants to be a little different,
should we do this on this release? Like whatever it is.
He's trying to be a technician and a perfectionist when
he gets out there. And so I think when you
get to that, you know, situation, when you have talent
and you want to work really that much hard. Similar
to the guys that are sitting to my right here
that are going to be on this show, it's going

(07:04):
to be one of those things that takes care of
itself as the time goes on and the experience comes
to us. And you know, now that he's been in
this offense for a little bit for a few months now,
we're in that situation where you know, he's starting to
really take into you know, obviously he took to the coaching.
Now he's starting to kind of, you know, feel comfortable
with himself as a as a receiver again, and feel

(07:25):
comfortable with Ryan and the other quarterbacks and make sure
that he's certainly capable of making any play with need
him to make him he's a talented guy, and so
you know, I think it was pretty fun to see
him kind of have a coming out party. Yeah, it is.

Speaker 2 (07:37):
I will say it is difficult for me as a
broadcaster when thirteen and fifteen are out there at the
same time to figure out who in the world is
it's got. There's always there's a little there's slight hesitation
on the call caught by then we figure it out.
But a lot of guys were catching passes in the game,
especially in that fourth quarter in winning time. Ryan O'Connor
down the stretch, he completed each of his last seven passes.

(07:58):
He was eleven of fourteen to seven, one hundred eleven
yards and a touchdown in the final sixteen minutes. That's
when you had to go out there and win that
football game. As a play caller, when you see a
guy like Ryan and the confidence that he has, how
does that give you confidence that you know you can
go out there and play whatever, call whatever you need
to call, and he's going to go out and be
able to execute down the stretch.

Speaker 4 (08:18):
Yeah, I think it's less about the streak you know
that he had there. It's more about the confidence that
I have always because of the preparation that he puts
into it. I mean, you know, we're it's a little
unique and that you know, there's times where I always
find it difficult to imagine what it's like to be
a play caller who doesn't coach the quarterbacks, because the
amount of time that we spend, you know, sitting next

(08:40):
to each other and talking about why I might call
this play and what when we're going to call this play,
and this is why, and this is how, and this
is what needs to happen if and so those things,
those conversations happen so many times and for so long
now with it, it's been for three years we've been
sitting next to each other in a meeting. So at
this point, you know, I have confidence in him from
the star and to the finish, regardless of how streaky

(09:02):
he's being at the time, because I know that he
knows why we're doing things. I know that he has
put just as much work into it as anybody else
on that field, and probably more than most of the
people on that field. And so that's what gives me confidence.
Just like we tell the players, we want to make
sure we're not confident because it's a big game. We're
just going to go figure it out. And we're confident
because we can fall back on the things that we've

(09:22):
prepared for, the things that we the repetitions that we've had,
the experience that we've had in practice in other games.
We can recall that and fall back on our habits.
And that's why you would trust a guy like Ryan
because of the amount of effort and time and preparation
he puts into each one of the things, and then
the experience that the production that he's had. You've seen
him do it. Like when you've seen somebody do something,
you know that they're going to be able to replicate

(09:44):
that and do it again in the big time situations.
And I think it's it's also a product of the
confidence that he has in himself at this point. You know,
I think he's playing really confidently and that's pretty special.

Speaker 2 (09:55):
It's a good thing to see out there. Talking about
Penn and some of their personality. Had a wh that
we talked about, a very talented one, and Jared Richardson
got going early. He had three catches in the opening drive,
including a touchdown, but after that score of five targets
in one catch, the rest of the game before obviously
we'll talk about kind of the big play at the
end of the game, but kind of bracketed in between

(10:16):
them or a lot of targets and not a whole
lot of production. I thought Nate Evans was very impressive
and then a Cory lied of course knocked up all
the way that the tie picked off at the end.
What were you seeing from your cornerbacks that you were
impressed with on Saturday?

Speaker 4 (10:28):
Yeah, I mean again, just stay in the course, you know,
not trying to do too much. You can get beat
out there. It's gonna happen. You're on an island, if
you're in man, and especially if you're in pressed man
like we were a couple of times when we got beat,
those things are gonna happen. Now, Is there a technique
that we could do a little better shore? You know,
Are we gonna correct those situations every once in a
while when something happens. Yes, But I mean as an
offensive guy, I know, every once in a while we're

(10:49):
just gonna go make a catch and make a throw
and it's going to be great, right, So we understand
that as a as a defense, that's going to gout
put pressure on people and make sure we're still going
to not shy away from it just because one or
two guys made a play and we just got to
keep staying the course, you know, and out there, you know,
the ones that we feel, the ones that we see
as fans and as and as you know observers, are

(11:10):
sometimes those really bad ones. I mean, you think about it,
those guys are on an island the whole day. We're
talking about seventy seventy plays, forty pass plays. Probably I
don't pen through forty five pass plays. We're talking about
one one or two plays that they got on them,
you know what I mean. So if you think about
you know, stand exactly I think statistically obviously, if we
think about it that way, the amount of of of
great plays that they made, which is really just ones

(11:32):
you see, you know, when they just lock somebody down
and the quarterback had to look other well other the
other way. And so we're really confident in those four
guys that rotate in, you know, and now you're down
behind them. And so those those those five guys I
think can can lock down a lot of people in
this conference. And you know, the safety is being able
to kind of overlap and give different looks and all that.

(11:54):
I think, you know, we really have a secondary that
can that can cause some problems.

Speaker 3 (11:57):
It's a good point.

Speaker 2 (11:58):
Sometimes the best corners don't have all the numbers because
the ball is just not going to their side of
the field. Talking about Richardson, he did set up what
could have been an interesting end of that that ball
game of fifty eight yard pass or richards set up
pen to tie or win the game.

Speaker 3 (12:14):
Jon Nathan Silver scored with one minute and forty.

Speaker 2 (12:16):
Four seconds left the game, And there's decisions all throughout
the contest that a coach has to make. Was there
a thought process of or take me through the thought
process of, you know, we've struggled a bit with the
kicking game so far. We just want to score and
trust our defense. Or was there a thought process of,
you know what, if Jonathan doesn't get in on this play,
we're going to set up go ahead, game winning field goal.

Speaker 3 (12:38):
What was the thought process there?

Speaker 4 (12:39):
Yeah? You know, I as you can imagine, as an
analytical person that we are, we've talked about on the
show a lot. Ice every Friday night, I read twenty
to thirty page reports from our analytics on everything that's
happened in college football in the NFL over the course
of the week, and each week it's their front and

(13:01):
we read through all I read through all the scenarios
and I talk about them with our staff if they
are relevant to other people on the on the on
the staff. But a lot of it is based on timeouts,
two point con versions, you know, when to kick, when
to when to punt, when to go forward, all this
stuff aggression not aggression, and one of the main you know,
end of game stuff is usually a main focus for them.

(13:22):
You know, who did it well and who did it
And so I read through those scenarios all the time,
and that was one of the scenarios right there where
you know, had we you know, could we have set
up a they called a barrier play where we would
have got down to the one yard line, taken a knee,
moved the ball to the middle of the field, kept
draining clock and door timeouts, and then kicked the ball

(13:44):
for the win. Absolutely, And I you know, there's there's
been a time where we've done it. We did it
in Lafayette, you know, the in the playoff game. That
was a situation where I felt like that was the
time to do it based on the way the flow
of the game was going and how we'd been kicking
balls from the middle in a short distance. I wasn't
really confident in that, and I think we needed to
score right there and kind of rely on two things. One,

(14:06):
you know, our offense being good at scoring, and then
two our defense being able to keep them out for
you know, however long that would be seventy yards, and
so you know, we tried to make them have a touchdown.
The two point conversion was obviously huge to make it
a full score, and so that was what went into it,
and those were the decisions we made. We still tried
to drain some clock prior to that, and we did

(14:27):
like that drive started with me knowing that I'm going
to take as much time as possible, but I'm going
for a touchdown.

Speaker 2 (14:33):
And then on the subject of kicking, obviously a frustrating
point of this season in terms of the Pats this year,
each one of the kickers has now missed an extra point.
What is the approach the game plan moving forward after touchdowns?

Speaker 4 (14:46):
Oh, you know, I just gonna find that, I guess, you.

Speaker 3 (14:49):
Know, obviously we like to it's a good problect.

Speaker 4 (14:52):
We like to check opportunity. We like to pick on
anything that we can find. It's a little bit negative,
I suppose, And that's okay. Stein camer can write articles
about at all he wants, you know. The it's we're
talking about extra points here and we're gonna be okay.
We're still hitting them at a sixty nine percent rate,
and we'll we'll get it better.

Speaker 3 (15:08):
There we go, Well, we will.

Speaker 2 (15:10):
The good news is the guy we're gonna talk to
you next, he's gonna give you plenty of opportunities to
find out what the approach will be. And that's Bill Lutts.
He's got four touchdowns on the season. We're gonna talk
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Speaker 1 (17:54):
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Speaker 2 (18:09):
And welcome back in to Klondike Kates where we're talking
you d football. You can do that as well at
the next Blue Hens Touchdown Club meeting on Friday inside
the Bob Carpenter Centers. Carpenter Club doors open at eleven
Lunches Survey eleven fifteen am and the program begins at noon.
You'll hear from defensive line coach Kyrie Hawkins, as well
as Kevin Treeslini from Delaware Online and Sacred Heart's Deputy

(18:30):
Deputy A D.

Speaker 3 (18:31):
Charlie Dowd. He's in the enemy territory, so that could
be interesting.

Speaker 2 (18:34):
MVPs this week for Ryan O'Connor, Gavin Moule, and Noah Vicco.
We are now joined by a guy that certainly could
have been named MVP as well. On Saturday, Phil lots
this here. Everybody it up for Phil.

Speaker 3 (18:45):
Thank you, sir.

Speaker 2 (18:46):
Thank you for being here at La Casa Pasa last year.
So now we got you here at Klonde Kates, thank
you so much for joining. I'm throught some stats for you.
First Blue Hens receiver in ten years. With back to
back one hundred yard receiving games, It's just the sixth
time in the last twenty years that a player has
had one hundred and forty yards receiving and two touchdowns

(19:06):
in a game for a Delaware A pretty impressive day
he had on Saturday. Not that you need to know
any of these names before our fans he joins the club.
David Bowler, Vinnie Papali, Mark Duncan, Michael Johnson, and Aaron
Love are the five others that did it before him.
That's pretty good company for Delaware wide receiving history. So
I say congrats on the start to the season. That
must have been fun, not only a getting some individual accolades,

(19:28):
but helping your team win a ballgame, sir, so tell
us about you know what that feels like to be
out there and obviously in the locker room. We talk
about belief, and we talk about the belief and things
we talked about with Coach Cart going into that locker
room and just knowing, hey, we're down ten, let's figure
this out. We're gonna figure out and just take us

(19:48):
inside that locker room, which you guys were talking about.

Speaker 10 (19:50):
Yeah, man, I mean, the most important thing in a
situation like that is just to stay confident and just
even keeled. You can't let your emotions get the best
to you. So you know, you got to trust your preparation,
trust what you can do, and trust the guys around you.

Speaker 3 (20:04):
And that's what we did and come out with the win.

Speaker 2 (20:06):
Tell me about that first touchdown number four, Devin mullloy
the corner, he I think he thought he was sitting
there on I int he was ready to catch that thing,
and then you just came in this frame and took
it from made two defenders collide, and then you were
able to get into the end zone.

Speaker 3 (20:20):
What were you seeing on that play.

Speaker 10 (20:21):
Yes, sir, well, one of the most important things is
a receivers attack in the football. So when it's in
the air, you see it, you got to go get it.
It's either I'm gonna get it and no one's gonna
So that was kind of my mindset seeing that pole
in the air.

Speaker 2 (20:31):
Well, we're glad that you were the one that that
got it. Then you got yourself into the end zone.
Second year on this team, you are now more of
a veteran in terms of the wide receiver group. How
is your rapport with Ryan O'Connor built over the last
year or so. It's your second year being in the system,
second year of being friends, I'm sure outside of the

(20:51):
football field and just kind of knowing one another house
that built up with Ryan.

Speaker 3 (20:55):
It's been great, man.

Speaker 10 (20:55):
I mean the more time you spend with someone, the
better your relationship is going to be, both on and
off the field.

Speaker 3 (21:02):
So yeah, I mean, coming into a new system, a new.

Speaker 10 (21:04):
Quarterback and new receivers are competing against it, it's always tough.
But over the past year, I mean, you gained that
confidence in each other. That's more important too, having that
confidence in one another.

Speaker 2 (21:14):
So well, he's got the confidence in you, and coming
into that game, you led the nation in yards per receptions.
We talk about you being a deep threat, but you
play a little slot at toughs. You played the different positions.
You're versatile in your wide receiver, You're ready to do
whatever the coach asked you, and where you need to
be on the field. Really impressive stuff. I mentioned your
career at Toughs.

Speaker 3 (21:34):
How about this.

Speaker 2 (21:34):
There are two players in Division one playing right now
in FCS or FBS that have over one hundred and
seventy five catches, twenty seven hundred career yards, and over
twenty touchdowns, doing it in less than forty games. There's
only two of you that are playing right now. You've
had quite the career. It started at Toughs. You talk
about football is a confidence game. You said that, and

(21:56):
so take me back to twenty nineteen when you make
the rosters but you don't necessarily play, and then twenty
twenty is canceled because of COVID. Back then do you
think that, hey, I'm gonna finish with with you know,
knock on wood two hundred career catches. Take me back
to that guy at Toughs thinking about how your career ahead.

Speaker 10 (22:15):
Yeah, I wasn't looking too far ahead at that point.
I mean, I haven't played my freshman sophomore year for
various reasons, but I kind of try to take it
every day by day, year by air, game by game,
So you know, you got to just work as hard
as you can. And when you do, and you, like
you said relationships with oci, I had that with my
quarterback at Toughs as well, So we had that connection

(22:35):
and ended up working out for you.

Speaker 3 (22:37):
Yeah, you've got yourself.

Speaker 2 (22:38):
It's quite the career, a lot of accolades, and we
hope there are a whole lot more to come in
this season. We talked last year he had a six
touchdown game at Tufts versus Middlebury. But more impressive is
to even get into Toughs and graduate from from a
university like that. When football is done and hopefully we've
got a long career ahead of you even after this, what.

Speaker 3 (22:58):
Do you want to do with all your education? I'm
still searching right now.

Speaker 10 (23:04):
I've been shadowing a bunch of different people in different
industries and stuff, So I think I ultimately want to
be a trader somewhere. That's That's what I'm leading towards,
and that's what I'm trying to pursue at the moment.
Hopefully as football thing works out, that's right, That's that's
my main goal.

Speaker 4 (23:17):
But I have a pretty good backup if if.

Speaker 3 (23:20):
That doesn't work.

Speaker 2 (23:20):
You are impressive on and off the field, that's for sure.
Let's get you our our final five questions.

Speaker 3 (23:25):
Have some fun with it.

Speaker 2 (23:26):
At one point in time, you have and maybe you've
done it several times. I don't know, but you've jumped
out of an airplane? What's next? What's next on your
risky adventure list? After football's done and you know you're
not gonna injure yourself? Is there anything else here? Are
you a thrill seeker?

Speaker 3 (23:42):
I am?

Speaker 10 (23:44):
I'd say something I would love to do is to
go skiing out of a helicopter.

Speaker 3 (23:49):
Skiing, drop out of a helicopter, helicopter, go skin.

Speaker 10 (23:52):
Yeah, I've been skinned since I was a little kid,
so that's something I love to do, So I think
that'd be awesome.

Speaker 2 (23:57):
My goodness, that is that scares me just thinking of
the visualization of that. Stay with me on this one.
This is both a fun fact and a question coming up.
NFL broadcaster Noah Eagle he graduated from your high school
the year before you started at that high school. He
calls the NFL Nickelodeon games. That's kind of what he's
known for in the NFL. What was your favorite Nickelodeon
show growing up? Nickelodeon show or cartoon show or you

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watch your a little kid.

Speaker 3 (24:22):
I got to say SpongeBob. Spongebobs.

Speaker 2 (24:23):
I feel like somebody was talking about SpongeBob in the
crowd or earlier today.

Speaker 3 (24:27):
So good call.

Speaker 2 (24:29):
Uh you're by yourself in the car windows or up?
What song are you singing out loud to yourself?

Speaker 11 (24:34):
Oh?

Speaker 2 (24:37):
What's a song or an artist that you'd like to
jam out to? I love Old Dominion, Old Minion's. I'd
say Memory Lane is a great one.

Speaker 3 (24:45):
That's a that's a WDSD favorite.

Speaker 4 (24:47):
There we go.

Speaker 2 (24:48):
I was gonna say skiing or snowboarding, because I know
you like to do skiing.

Speaker 3 (24:51):
Are your snowboarder as well?

Speaker 4 (24:52):
I used to I.

Speaker 2 (24:53):
Dab a little bit skiing ski Back to s number one.
What's the best part of playing at Delaware Stadium?

Speaker 10 (24:58):
The fans man, the it's awesome ever in front of
the fans man, I love we all love you guys,
and it's amazing playing in front of you guys.

Speaker 3 (25:05):
Really is well.

Speaker 2 (25:06):
You give us a lot to cheer about. Thank you
so much for coming on. Appreciate keep up the great work.
Of course, thank you, all right, that's Phil Lots everybody.
We'll take the time out. We come back more with
our head coach, Brian cart.

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Thanks Dad and grumble thanks for coming to watch.

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Speaker 2 (28:01):
And Welcome back into the Blue Hens Football Coaches Show,
which has been by First State Orthopedics, a team of
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Ryan Carding. Before we get into some things, Coach, I
want to show some love and appreciation to Bill and Wendy.

Speaker 3 (28:20):
Harris who are here.

Speaker 2 (28:21):
Wave if you will. I'm gonna embarrass them. I know
they don't want any attention, but they were honored at
the game.

Speaker 3 (28:27):
A very cool.

Speaker 2 (28:28):
Bill has been to two hundred and fifty two now
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That's home and away games South Dakota, Iowa.

Speaker 3 (28:40):
He is on bend to Montana, so really cool.

Speaker 2 (28:43):
Awesome to be that big of a fan of Bill
and then Wendy the real MVP for allowing it to happen.
So give it up for two big fans. That's pretty neat.
They've been going a game since since you were playing.
That's unbelievable.

Speaker 3 (28:55):
It is impressive stuff.

Speaker 2 (28:57):
So I wanted to give some love, and probably the
street the coaches show as well. They've been coming for
years as well. Let's talk more about the game. Continuing
on that and all the moving pieces on the offensive line.
We came into the season noting that one hundred and
seventy seven career games were played by the projected offensive line.
That number is not growing as rapidly as we'd hope for.

(29:19):
Each has missed some time in the first three weeks,
and then not only that, but guys are playing different
positions and war played right tackle and left tackle.

Speaker 3 (29:26):
Colch Snyder has played left tackle and left guard.

Speaker 2 (29:29):
I think there was a play even when I saw
Bradley lose his helmets, we had to come out and
somebody else had to swap in there.

Speaker 3 (29:34):
So there's been different combinations.

Speaker 2 (29:36):
Describe the job that coach Rogers and his players are
doing to be prepared and ready to go no matter
what injuries are thrown at him.

Speaker 4 (29:43):
Yep, that was Anthony coaches. I had to go in
for Ba in there. Yeah, those guys have done such
a great job, and you know it was one of
the positions that we were leaning on prior to the
season because of the experience, but also because of the depth.
And so you've seen that show up now too. You know,
you've seen the and we've talked about it so many
times here, like the next man up only really works

(30:04):
when you got a good a good person who's prepared
and ready to go and talented enough to go in
there be the next man. And those guys have done
a great job, you know, really buying into that to
know that they're going to rotate in there. They're going
to make sure that there's no stepping back the minute
they get in the game and being versatile is really important.
And that's the way coach that's what's special about Coach Rogers.

(30:25):
How you know, when we teach things on the offensive
side of the ball, you see it at the receiver position,
you see it at the at the tight end position,
you see it at the at the offensive line position,
and you see it when you know, in particular, certain
running backs are in there and Marcus is in there,
and you see them playing different positions. We do try
to teach things as holistically and as conceptually as possible

(30:46):
and not just hey, this is what you have on
this play, right, this is what we have on this play,
and this is what this play means, this is why
it's installed, this is how it's installed. And then this
is what you would have if you were any of
these positions. And so if we get things to that
kind of foundational knowledge of an offense playing positions that
are different on the upfront, are going to be different

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technically also. But for the most part, as long as
we can communicate and we understand each other that we're
standing next to us, and we understand the call at
the center's making, you know, we can usually make it
happen as long as we're talented enough. And so I
think that's, you know, a product of how you know
how tight that group is, and that's from the top
down there with coach Coach Rogers and coach Ferguson.

Speaker 2 (31:27):
It came out and did a great job once again,
only two sacks in three weeks of football for an
offensive line that again has been moving parts. The defensive
line was banged up a little bit or a lot
bit because I think Jack Hall is a big difference
maker on that defensive line. Not only that, but you
might have gone up against the best running back that
you're going to see all season. Malachi Hoseley was the

(31:48):
Ivy League Rookie of the Year a season ago. He
rushes for one hundred and seventy six yards. Your team
had done so well against the run so far this season.
What were you seeing Maybe that allowed him to obviously
a talented back, but allowed him to to get going
against you guys.

Speaker 4 (32:01):
Yeah, you know, I think I think he's a good
football player. I think they had a good scheme. They
did a couple of things that we hadn't seen. Again,
we didn't really know one hundred percent what they were
going to be. It was the first game of the
season with a new offensive coordinator who had some ties
and you know, I think ran a similar system, but
it was certainly different. And you know, I think we
get that a decent chunk anyway, because our defense is

(32:21):
a little different, we get some different wrinkles each week.
It takes us a second to adjust to him, and
then we do you know, I think you know, and
then some of that is is also you know, the
same as any other football player. We need to do
what we're supposed to do as well. There's gonna be
some times where our eyes aren't in the right spots,
our communication might not be great, and they might we
might fit a gap the wrong way. We you know,
we have to go ahead and coach that and see

(32:43):
it and then you know, make sure that the next
time we're right there to make that tackle. And I
think those are the things you saw sometimes in the
difference between the first half and the second half on
both sides of the ball. It was just a couple
of things. You know, one or two people not may
maybe doing exactly what they were supposed to do, and
then you know, we get it corrected and make sure
that you know, we don't do that same thing.

Speaker 2 (32:59):
Twice, and he did slow down in that second half.

Speaker 3 (33:03):
Again.

Speaker 2 (33:04):
One player that made a huge difference defensively. We're to
talk to him a little bit, is Ty Davis. I
want to talk about his game saving interception. You know,
we spoke last week about a turnover circuit and we
mentioned Anthony Crenshaw and how he was able to rip
the ball out of the North Carolina A and T's
defenders hands. But you had talked about the tip ball
drills that you do so and of course you practice

(33:27):
it and then you see it on the field. For
a head coach and for a position and skilled position
coaches to go out there and practice it and then
see it come out in a big way in a
game speed, that's got to be pretty rewarding for everybody.

Speaker 4 (33:39):
Yeah. Yeah, Well for coaches, it's just a way for
us to you know, act like what we're doing matters.
And then you know, obviously I think it's really important
for the players, Like I think when those things kind
of come to fruition, and I think what you're seeing
in a three and ozero team right now is our
foundational things that we believe in really hard and we
preach a lot. I think you're seeing them work into

(34:03):
you know, it doesn't always work this way. It's beautiful
when it does, and then you can gain some confidence
in that and knowing like, look, if we take care
of the things that we practice, you know, then we're
gonna go out there and win a game. And so
that kind of does make and put more of an
importance on those things in practice, and it's a little
easier to get. It's harder when you're a coach to
get kids to buy in when things aren't you know,
you're not seeing it. You know, maybe you're you're have

(34:24):
no turnovers and you're losing a game. Well, that's hard
to that's hard to keep harping on the turnovers. Then
at that point right where right now you're seeing what
it what we preach really come to fruition out there
on the field. And so it's I think it's giving
our players confidence as well. And sure, yeah, it's it's
great to see, you know, when we work on things
and we make you know, i mean really really big

(34:45):
emphasis on things, and you know, those are the things
that obviously come to you know, come back to help us.
It's really fun to see you know, the guys buy
into it because it's it obviously means that there's belief
in what we're doing, there's belief in each other, and
that we're gonna go ahead and make that play when
this happened, you know, and then obviously you have to
make sure that there' are the right people out there
and make those plays where you can just make tip

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ball drills as you want. If you don't have somebody
with as good ball skills as Tied, he's not gonna
catch it. And so those are the things that you know,
you really need the right player and the right system
and the right coaching and the right belief in that
system and coaching.

Speaker 2 (35:19):
And he was able to make a great play. We're
gonna talk to Tie it in just a little bit.
I want to take a step away from football just
for a moment, coach, because on Sunday we.

Speaker 4 (35:28):
Were talking about the Mets.

Speaker 2 (35:29):
I was absolutely if you look at my script here
in front of me, we got the Mets right there.
And on Sunday you tweeted, let's go Mets. We've got
five games left, they're all on the road to were
against Atlanta. You are a half game up on the
Braves and the Diamondbacks.

Speaker 3 (35:44):
How are we feeling, coach.

Speaker 4 (35:46):
Well, I'm feeling good until last night, and last night
was a struggle. And now right now they just postponed
the game. Okay, right, you know these two games we're
playing right now, it's going to be a Monday doubleheader,
the day before the wild Card star It's going to
be unprecedented and chaotic and actually exactly where the Mets belong.
That is exactly the type of thing that the Mets

(36:07):
would do, all right, and have to play some playing
game right before the the operation when they basically change
the playoff system to stop having playing games. We're gonna
do it anyway, And I appreciate that about the Mets.

Speaker 3 (36:18):
And you are. But for those who don't know, I
think we mentioned before, I mean you are. You are
a diehard.

Speaker 4 (36:22):
I am. It's pretty much the only thing in professional
sports that I care about. It's it's bizarre people asking
about the NFL all the time. I don't hardly watch
any games in the NFL. We're always game playing, and
you know, the NBA isn't isn't for me, and I
don't really care about the NHL too much, and so
it's become and I don't, to be honest with you,
I don't really watch Major League Baseball either. I just
watch the Mets, but I watch almost every game.

Speaker 2 (36:44):
I'm with you, I'm a Red Sox fan when they
when they matter, and I don't.

Speaker 3 (36:48):
Want the rest of it.

Speaker 2 (36:49):
Also, just throw away question here because we got a
minute left on this segment. I'm watching the press conference, coach,
and after the game against Ben, no less than five
pens and markers came out of your pocket when you
were empty in your pocket? What is what is your
game day set up? What is and what do you
need to feel comfortable on the field? And why so

(37:10):
many different markers and pens psychosis, I suppose.

Speaker 3 (37:14):
But do you have a certain I feel ready, I
have this, this, and this.

Speaker 4 (37:17):
So it's really more about being able to take notes
during the game, which has become extremely hard. It was
much easier when I was in the booth than I
could spread out and all that stuff. You know, as
a play caller, it's a little harder. I think you
really get a better feel for the game when you're
on the ground, but you can't see a thing and
it's hard to take notes. And so thank God for
the iPads. Now at least we can watch what we're
seeing and not. The seeing part has changed and gotten corrected.

(37:41):
The notes part is still hard. I do Actually, the
the ops team is making fun of me today because
I did have I do have some colored pencils that
I just got in the mail last night. And literally
I think I'm goett an nil deal for Zach Marker.
He's a Crayola Markers guy, and you know we're so.
I do have a new system, so you'll see some

(38:03):
different things come out of my pocket next Prescott.

Speaker 2 (38:05):
It is something to look forward to. I'm looking forward
to talk with Ty Davis. Heat and I are on
the show, so we are excited to talk with it.

Speaker 4 (38:10):
Ty.

Speaker 2 (38:10):
We're to take a time out and we come back.
Ty Davis will be up here on ninety four to
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thank you so much for being here. Appreciate I think
a Wednesday night class has kept you away from the
show over the last couple.

Speaker 3 (41:30):
Of years, so thank you so much for joining it.

Speaker 11 (41:31):
Appreciate it that we've.

Speaker 3 (41:32):
Been waiting to have you on Big Fan.

Speaker 2 (41:34):
And I'm not gonna go too far into this segment
without asking about that interception, because I'm sure everybody wants
to hear about it, and from your perspective, you get
secure at the wind for Delaware. Take us through that
play and the emotions after you get the I int.

Speaker 18 (41:48):
Yeah, so we had we had twins called a little
cover too, So we had that hard corner, Corey Lyde
playing that running back on the swing. And I mean
one thing we preach is just run the ball. I
mean that's the biggest thing in our program, in our defense.
So I saw the ball come out after we got
some pressure. I dlined did a great job and pressing
the pocket ball came out. I just ran the ball
and I was lucky enough that Corey live tipped it
up and red in my hands.

Speaker 3 (42:08):
I think more than Locke had to do with that one.
What's your emotion?

Speaker 2 (42:10):
You catch it and you kind of know that a
hard fought game is gonna end with a with a victory.

Speaker 3 (42:14):
What's going through your mind?

Speaker 6 (42:15):
Yeah?

Speaker 18 (42:15):
There was something about that game, like so much passion.
I wanted to win that game so bad, like for
our fans, for our team, the culture we have here,
Like one of our biggest goals is going eleven and
O this year, and you got to go three and
o to go eleven and oh, so we gotta win
every game. And I mean it was just a lot
of passion for the win and for my teammates and
for the love I have for them, and celebrated a
little too much for Coach Carty's liking.

Speaker 2 (42:34):
But I didn't I didn't notice that far. I know
the passion. I saw the passion come through though, and fantastic.
I love what you said about the goals and win
each week. Not the first time though, that Tyan Davis
an interception has put a team away. You had one
at stony Brook, took that one back to the house.
Do you feel like you just have a knack for
coming up with the big play when it matters most.

Speaker 18 (42:55):
I mean, it's all Coach Gardy says, it's all about energy.
Energy finds the ball, and if you're running the ball
when it tips up in that situation, you're gonna get it.

Speaker 11 (43:01):
You're gonna catch it and make the play.

Speaker 18 (43:02):
So just like stony Brook, I mean, I'm just breaking
on the ball and I'm getting lucky enough that it
gets tipped up to me and I'll make a play.

Speaker 3 (43:08):
And you're there.

Speaker 2 (43:09):
You're a hard working ball player and it all started.
Correct me if I'm wrong with the Navy game, right,
Joe Zuba Laga, he goes down and in comes red
shirt freshman Ty Davis. And not only do you step
up in a big game in a huge win, you
make a couple of tackles in that fourth quarter. Some
big plays did that game, and that moment when you're
thrown right in the mixer as a red shirt freshman

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kind of make you feel like, all right, this is
I can play at this level and I'm here.

Speaker 11 (43:34):
Yeah.

Speaker 4 (43:34):
It was great.

Speaker 18 (43:35):
I mean I remember it like it was yesterday. It
was an awesome Navy game. It's all about being prepared
and just when your time comes. It happened to me
back in high school my first shot.

Speaker 11 (43:41):
I got it.

Speaker 18 (43:41):
Just when someone goes down and you step up, you
gotta be ready. So that's what happened in the Navy game.

Speaker 11 (43:46):
Stepped up.

Speaker 18 (43:46):
I was very nervous. I think my legs were shaking.
I was certainly scared out there. But I just gotta
have trust and belief in yourself and your commitment to
the team and your commitments are working, and kind of
just believe in yourself that you can make the plays
out there.

Speaker 2 (43:56):
Well, we weren't be able to tell that you were
any nerves coming out out of you at that game
against Navier or any game since you have been playing
multiple positions in this Delaware defense that has a lot
of multiple looks out there.

Speaker 3 (44:08):
Describe your skill set for our listeners.

Speaker 18 (44:10):
Yeah, I mean I came in as a corner. Some
people don't know that I never played a corner, but
I came in for like the first six months here.
I played corner before moving to safety, and then obviously
played safety for two years. And now I'm an outside
linebacker hybrid, and I feel like just coming from a
defensive background, it kind of gives me a skill set
and that some linebackers might not have that could make
plays on the ball and kind of be loosen their
hips and make stuff happen like that.

Speaker 2 (44:32):
Coach Carty has said that you have the ball skills
to play wide out. So has there been any conversation
phills here? Is there any conversation about getting in that
wide receiver.

Speaker 11 (44:41):
Room as well? No, I wouldn't mind scoring some more touchdowns.

Speaker 3 (44:45):
But you're content. That is good.

Speaker 2 (44:46):
We like you where you are, but a great compliment
talking to Ty Davis, an excellent linebacker for this team.
You're six three, two hundred and fifteen pounds right now,
but at birth two pounds twelve ounces, and so obviously
you're too young to remember any of that, but I

(45:07):
did read that you have felt like that may have
shaped your outlook on life of moving forward.

Speaker 3 (45:14):
How how so?

Speaker 18 (45:14):
Yeah, I mean I'm just blessed to be in the
position I am today. I mean a lot of people
that are born that early and that's small have a
lot of complications growing up, and my parents always remind me,
but I was blessed enough to not have any Some
people deformed lungs kind of like not working hard, it's
just problems with their body. And I mean I never
had a problem and never really occurred to me growing
up until I was like probably conscious in like twelve. Yeah,
that was born two months early and.

Speaker 3 (45:33):
That's like not regular.

Speaker 18 (45:34):
But for me, it hasn't been really something I looked
at too much. It's just I've always been a functioning
human and I'm blessed to be because of it.

Speaker 2 (45:41):
Absolutely, never take anything for granted. After your big game
on Saturday, former team into Yours, a monte Struthers commented
about your work ethic and how well deserving of a
moment like that.

Speaker 3 (45:52):
Where does that work ethic? It stem from.

Speaker 18 (45:54):
I think it was just I grew up. I was
doubted a lot of growing up. I was when I
was a freshman in high school, I was six foot three,
one hundred and forty pounds and not a lot of
people saw a lot of potential on me and playing football,
and back then I played baseball too, And it's just
something I always grew up with. I had a chip
on my shoulder. A lot of people doubted me, A
lot of people didn't believe in me. But my family
and my foundation of myself, I always believe myself. And
that's kind of where that comes from.

Speaker 2 (46:14):
Well, I know your family has never doubted you. Because
you go to a game and you see Davis Jersey
in the stands, you have a great support. Just so
what's it like for you to have your family and
friends at games?

Speaker 4 (46:25):
Cheerity?

Speaker 11 (46:25):
Yeah, I appreciate that.

Speaker 18 (46:27):
It's like no other I love seeing them up in
the stands. My dad gets a little too loud sometimes
but just because he loves me and he's a lot
of passion.

Speaker 11 (46:32):
For the game.

Speaker 18 (46:33):
But I mean, see my family and my friends and
the stands coming out to swarm me and really does
mean a lot.

Speaker 11 (46:38):
I look up to them every time I go out there.

Speaker 2 (46:39):
You've had some big games at Adelaware. But I want
you to take me back to May twentieth, twenty twenty
one a Lennape High School taken on Paul the Fifth
and ty Davis.

Speaker 3 (46:51):
You're playing baseball. In this game.

Speaker 2 (46:53):
You have three at bats, you have two home runs
for RBI in the game, and a stolen base that
show heyo tying right there?

Speaker 11 (47:02):
Did you find that one? You know?

Speaker 2 (47:03):
I try to do my research, Tye. And do you
remember tell us a little bit of what type of baseball.

Speaker 3 (47:08):
Player you were?

Speaker 18 (47:09):
Yeah, I mean I've always loved baseball growing up. It
was it was my first love. I love football more,
but baseball was my first love. I started playing when
I was five and I played ever since and until
my junior high school. I alwis sugh baseball as what
I would do in college.

Speaker 11 (47:19):
Then COVID hit.

Speaker 18 (47:20):
I kind of lost love for baseball and turned it
into football once I start getting attention with coaches, and
I ran with football since then.

Speaker 2 (47:25):
Well, you got a lot of attention as a football player.
It seemed like you got offers from every school up
and down the Northeast and in the mid Atlantic.

Speaker 3 (47:32):
Why was Delaware the right fit for you?

Speaker 18 (47:34):
I just loved the culture here. I loved the stuff
they had here. I mean I came here and visited.
I loved the stadium. I love whe they're building the Whitney.
When coach Rojas he recruited me at Lafayette first, and
then when I heard he was getting the job at Delaware,
it made too much sense for me. My mom went
here and then close to home. It worked out perfect for.

Speaker 3 (47:50):
Me, fantastic. It worked out perfect for all of us
as well. Let's get his final five.

Speaker 2 (47:53):
We mentioned your dad and your family having those cool
Davis jerseys on in the stand.

Speaker 3 (47:58):
What was your first jersey that you had?

Speaker 11 (47:59):
What play?

Speaker 3 (48:00):
Do you remember?

Speaker 4 (48:00):
What jersey is tough?

Speaker 18 (48:01):
I'm trying to I think it was as a mini
Deshaun Jackson jersey grown up.

Speaker 3 (48:05):
I love what snack?

Speaker 2 (48:07):
Could you eat the whole bag or a box of what?
What snack when you're not training for football?

Speaker 18 (48:12):
Let's have a cheap day that stuff. I gotta think
about that one. There's these I think it's these honey
cheese cheese buffs.

Speaker 2 (48:17):
They're pretty good organized, A lot a lot of eyes
on whatever you order tonight.

Speaker 18 (48:21):
I love me some pasta. It's a little Rickattoni pasta.

Speaker 11 (48:24):
It's it's been great.

Speaker 3 (48:25):
Come next week we're at La Consta Pasta. What position
did you play in baseball?

Speaker 18 (48:29):
I played all over growing up. I played second base
when I was a little smaller, a little skinnier. Then
I moved to short stop, and I played center field
for travel baseball, and I kind of moved all over
the places, something.

Speaker 2 (48:38):
Just like in football around common theme for you here
playing football as well. You have a linebacker position, tough guys,
big pits. Who on this team is surprisingly more reserved
or or calm.

Speaker 3 (48:50):
Off the field?

Speaker 11 (48:52):
You gotta think about that one.

Speaker 3 (48:54):
Is there is there a gentle giant that you can dembo?

Speaker 11 (48:59):
All right? Great guy, great kid. I mean I've never
seen him not happy. I love that kid.

Speaker 2 (49:03):
He's doing a great job this season. And the same
question I asked Phil, what's the best part of playing
being a blue Head and play at Delaware State?

Speaker 18 (49:09):
I mean the stadium like this last weekend. I mean
it was unreal. Like the fans, it was booming. I
mean that's why I was so excited when I got
that pick. And that's so much passion for us because
the stadium was the loudest I might have ever heard it,
and that was some of the best attendants I've seen
since I got here for a regular Saturday night game.

Speaker 2 (49:23):
Well, the good news is you get through it again.
This Saturday was taking Heart coming to town and I'm.

Speaker 3 (49:27):
So glad I've got you on the show.

Speaker 2 (49:28):
Thank you so much, Thank you so ty Javis, everybody,
We'll take a time out, we come back. We talked
about Sacred Heart with our head coach, Brian Card. You're
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The Blue Hens Football Coaches Show with Delaware head coach
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Speaker 2 (52:21):
Saloon and welcome back in to Klondike Kates the Blue
Hens Football Coaches Show. Remember next week coach show we
held at Lakasu Pasa. We love to see you there.
Let's get ready for Saturday talk about Sacred Heart with
our head coach Ryan Carty and coach. Their offense has
improved scorings of points over the last couple of weeks,
but their defense has been strong all season long. Tenth
in scoring defense, fifteenth in total defense, fourth in passing

(52:45):
yards allowed. All due respect everybody they played. I don't
know if they've taken on a guy like Ryan O'Connor yet,
but they're only allowing one hundred and twenty four yards
passing so far. Multiple in their fronts and coverage. What
do they do well defensively that you'll be going up again?

Speaker 11 (52:58):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (52:58):
I think you mentioned it. I think the more simplicity
helps you know. They they they're schematically I don't wanna.
I don't want to say all over the place, because
they're not. But they do a lot of things like
they have multiple fronts, multiple blitzes and pressures, multiple coverages,
and they'll run you know similar Uh, you know, different
coverages behind similar pressures, and so I think they do

(53:21):
add a lot of preparation to a you know, a
game plan and to a quarterback in particular when he's
trying to decipher and you know, kind of dissect what's
going on. And then they have the talent to back
it up. They have a couple of good pass rushers,
guys in the secondary run around and make players on
the ball. They you know, created what five turnovers against Georgetown, Like,

(53:43):
they have that that ability to to kind of be
a big play defense, and so you know, you really
just have to dial in and play sound and uh,
you know, worry a lot about you know, your responsibility
and and who you know, who we are as an offense.

Speaker 2 (53:56):
And then offensively for Sacred Heart, you're gonna see two
players that are in the top fifty in rush yards
in FCS football. Jalen Madison is rushed for three hundred
and thirty five yards, he's a captain. Xavier Lee Is
rush for two hundred and eighty seven yards. And then
he got a quarterback in John Machowski who's rushed for
one hundred and sixty nine yards, a top fifteen rusher
in the country.

Speaker 3 (54:16):
Amongst quarterbacks.

Speaker 11 (54:17):
So what does that do?

Speaker 2 (54:18):
How does that throw a wrinkle into things when you
got to be ready for the quarterback to run the
ball as well?

Speaker 4 (54:23):
Yeah, well it's always hard, you know, I as again
as looking at it from an offensive perspective. Also, when
you can add that hat, it's always makes it harder
on a defense because now obviously they have to worry about,
you know, that many more gaps right now, it's another gap.
And now when we get into a third and short situation,
now we have to worry about the quarterback run. And

(54:43):
then we get into a ball inside the ten, you know,
going in red zone situation, now you have to worry
about you know, usually you gain that hat by the
extra defender being the goal line. Now all of a
sudden they're gaining a hat on offense as well, and
so it does add a different dimension. But really again
it's the same thing we talk about all the time.
It's can we just be gap sound? Can we make
sure we're running to the ball, you know, those pursuit

(55:04):
things that are really gonna help us, you know, track
down somebody if it if it turns into it's really
about angles and gaps, right, and so We'll be fine
because you know, we're gonna play smart and play hard
and play physical and play fast.

Speaker 2 (55:17):
That's what you do looking for your team to do
to four and oh and get a win over Sacred
Heart obviously, but in a win, what do you want
to see from your team if we look at the
end of the game and say, yeah, we won, happy
that we won, but I'm glad because we're able to
get there by doing this, what do you want to
see from from your team on Saturday?

Speaker 4 (55:35):
I really want to see him play hard. I mean,
that's that's pretty much number one. You know, if it's
not statistical, it's about effort. So I want to see,
you know, a team that goes out there and plays
for each other, with each other, you know, passionately, intensely,
and you know, obviously sound and clean would be nice too.

(55:57):
So obviously it comes back to the same things we
talk about on the show a lot right turnovers first,
explosive play second, you know, creating havoc on defense and
making sure that you know, we do it together and
do it sound.

Speaker 3 (56:10):
That was my Alternati approach, asking keys to the game.

Speaker 2 (56:13):
You know, we usually get there some way, shape or form,
delaware has this second or has two times the amount
of attendance of all but one team in the CIA
that the stadium has been rocking, and you had mentioned
you thought the crowd really had a big input on
the game. On Saturday, it's going to be a sold
out crowd for parents and family weekend. I'm sure it's

(56:34):
gonna be rocking once again. But take me back to
Saturday and just your thoughts on that atmosphere.

Speaker 4 (56:38):
Well, I think the effect that the crowd had was
a little undeniable. I mean, I know, the one huge
play was the false start on the act on the
field goal that turned it into a miss. You know,
five yards back. That's hard to do. I know that.
You know, every time we were backed up that way,
it was a little bit harder to score. Every time
we scored going that way, it was a little bit

(56:58):
more energetic, you know. I think you know that the
student section did a great job. We were so thankful
that they stayed, you know, throughout the game, and man,
it was it was. It was rock and when we started,
you know, kind of putting it together there at the end,
I think it really you know that the I'm thinking,
you guys, know, the analytics guy, right. But they you know,
they try to tell you there's no such thing as momentum,

(57:19):
and it's one of the things that I kind of
disagree with and I feel it. You can feel it
when you're out there. And I think crowds have such
a play and a hand into momentum in a football game.
And you know, we can't thank you know, the fans
enough in Delaware Stadium. You know, we got to flood
the tub again. I know this one's a I'm pretty
sure this one's a sellout. And so we're excited about
about Saturday and and you know, just excited to win

(57:43):
with the fans. I mean, that's the thing. I mean,
the community has always been behind us, and you know,
to to act like it's us winning and them cheering,
it's not really how it works. And so you know,
we do this thing together and we need to make
sure that we continue to do it together.

Speaker 3 (57:56):
It's parents and family.

Speaker 2 (57:57):
We can always a big weekend to that in homecome,
I'm sure are the two biggest in terms of attendance
and tailgate in chemistry.

Speaker 3 (58:04):
In the community.

Speaker 2 (58:05):
Does it change anything for the players in terms of
either probably not before, maybe after, But did the players
get to spend some time with their families coming in
or is it all football.

Speaker 3 (58:14):
All the time?

Speaker 4 (58:15):
Yeah, I mean pregame, it's washer AND's repeated last week.
You know, there's no difference. I'm sure postgame, you know,
there might be a few more. You know. Somebody asked
me that about do I have any It might have
been Nick Alison DRENI asked me if I had any
memories of my family weekends, and you know I was.
I was fortunate enough, similar to Tie, you know, you know,
my family was a couple hours away, so I got
to see them a decent chunk. You know, they came

(58:36):
to a lot as many games as they could, you know,
when my dad wasn't playing on a Saturday, and brothers
weren't playing you know, wherever they were playing in college,
and so you know, I got a chance to see
them a lot. And so I do know that when
our families are here, I know, it turns into a big,
big social gathering post game, and it's awesome. It's just
there's nothing like you know, the the family atmosphere that

(58:57):
we have around here, and that and that college sports
kind of brings out out in you know, in the
fans and and in the players so well.

Speaker 2 (59:04):
We look forward to hopefully a great atmosphere after a
win on Saturday to spend with some family and the
loved ones. And we are looking forward to Saturday's game
with the Hens, a chance to go four and oho
on the season. To do so, I have to take
on a sacred Heart team coming into town on parents
and Family weekend.

Speaker 3 (59:20):
We are excited for that one. Thank you so much
coach for talking about it.

Speaker 4 (59:22):
Appreciate you, Scott.

Speaker 2 (59:24):
All right, that's our head coach, Ryan Cardy. Best of
luck on Saturday against the Pioneers. I'll do it for
tonight's show. Thanks everybody for coming out. Great crowd on
hand at Klondike Kates. Next week is back at the
Coasa Pasta in Newark for the Coaches Show, so join
us there. Make sure to follow and download The Blue
Hens Coaches Show on iHeartRadio or wherever you get your podcast.
Thanks again to Ryan Carty, Phil Lutz, and Ty Davis

(59:45):
and everyone that came out and joined the show in person.
For our producer Jay Hollihand back in the studio, I'm
Scott Patskin saying good night, thanks for listening, and as
always go ahead.

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