February 22, 2025 • 15 mins
Head Coach Scott Satterfield talks UC Football offseason.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
As soon as you did there, Terrence a little back
to back with Biggie and Tupac.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I like it. Let's get to it.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
We've got a special guest on the line now. As
Cincinnati had football coach Scott Ciderfield joins US coach. Were
you were you a big e or a Tupac guy
in the in the mountains of North Carolina?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
I would say probably more Biggie.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Okay, okay, I like that. I like that.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Ye off season rolling along, you had a chance to,
uh to get back into the indoor practice facility this week.
How is that bad boy coming along? And are you
actually at a point where you're like, okay, we'll move in,
let's just start.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Oh yeah, I'm definitely at that point. It's incredible. Every
time we've had an opportunity a chance to go in
and kind of just tour and show some people around,
it's you can see how much work has been done,
even if it's you know, just a few days and
you come back and it's like, man, okay, and it's
starting to get you know, more and more finished. And
some of the rooms are actually you know, putting some
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ceiling tile in this past week, And I'm like Man,
we just put the furniture in here, We're ready to go.
So they started putting gravel down in the endoor, so
you know, you got a base for the for the
turf that's going in. So we're not far off, and
we certainly can see the great progress they've made.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Do you ever, I do this every time I go
by there, I look at that place and go, how
the hell did they fit that thing in that place?
In that spot right there? How did that fit in there?
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yeah? I know, it's a it's a big you get
you get up by it, you know, and if you realize, man,
this thing is huge. You know, you got to miss
one hundred and twenty yard field inside that's that building there,
and then and then all the offices, weight room and
training room and locker room and the missic incredible that
they do fit it right there and in the relatively
tight space. But they made it work. And I'll tell you,
the designers did an unbelievable job with that building and
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the flow of the building. I'm just very impressed with
with all the things that they've done with it.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
We are less than a month from the start of springball. Uh,
what's your take? A lot of teams are canceling their
spring games or you know, moving away from that. Teams
are there's talk about the NFL model with OTAs and
things of that nature.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Do you like the way it is now?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Are you?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Are you open to in an evolution of that calendar? Like?
Speaker 1 (02:17):
How does that sit with you? Is everything changes at
warp speed?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yeah? I mean, you know, I tend to agree with
with what some are saying out there because you know,
what the world and landscape that we're in now when
when you're dealing with you know, several transfers that are
coming in midterm. Also, you know, the trend now is
for the high school student athletes that are coming out early.
You know, we had twelve high school players that came
in January and you're looking, you know, close to thirty
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guy new players and so you know, it's almost a
third of your team. And you know, and I think
teams are gonna you're gonna design your schemes to fit
the talent that you have, and so obviously you're gonna
look a little bit different. And I think teams don't
want to put out there what they're gonna look like.
I mean, this day and age, with all the technology,
we all can find, you know, film of guys that
are potentially in a spring game. And and so I
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see what these these uh, these programs are doing, and
I'm you know, I kind of you know, we I don't,
you know, I believe in what they're doing because you
don't want to show what you got necessarily, and but
also think you you want your fans and you're to
be able to see what you you know, put teams
progress as well. So I see both sides of it.
But I do think the caliard needs to be tweaked
a little bit. We we are, we are trending toward
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the NFL model with everything that we're doing.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
When you think.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
About you know, transfers and nil and all the things
that are happening. And you know, it wouldn't be mad
to go to to so mini camps that they do
and just have ours in the summer and you know,
do some things a little bit different in the spring.
I think would be beneficial for their guys. So it
is very interesting to how how it's changing right before eyes,
you know, in the matter of just a few years more.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Time in the offseason where your players are actually allowed
to pick up a football.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yeah, no question, no doubt about that. They have tweaked
a few of those rules. But I mean, you know,
are and the different times constraints that we have with
these guys. But I mean, these guys many they're here
for us and you know, obviously you get an education,
but but they're here to play some football, you know,
And I think you know, we get our school work
done in the morning time and then the rest of
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the day is football, and that's where they want to
be because they want to get better as individuals. They
want to get better to help their team, you know,
I think now, and they create a lot of value
for themselves. They're good football players and they're going to
make more money. We all know that, and so you know,
they want to be in there to get better and
I think, you know, some of the rules are a
little bit archaic in that regard. And you know, so
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once they're there, I mean, these guys want to meet,
they want to they want to train, they want to
do all those things. So so yeah, we need to
look at it. And I think we have been looking
at the calendar to change that, especially the recruiting calendar
as well. You know, so all these things are will
evolve over time, I think, and will eventually get where
we need to get to.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Speaking of the NFL model, one of the big things
in the NFL model is being able to retain your
own Uh you retained Dante Corleone, you retain Brendan Soresby,
you retain Joe roy or, you retain Gavin Gerhardt. Have
to feel good going into springball that you do have
that core of leadership that you cultivated last year, you
established the culture, and now you have a group of
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guys that are coming back that can help continue to
build upon that.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah. I mean, that's it was huge for us to
be able to get these guys back, and I think,
you know, there's nothing else I mean, you know, getting
back Illic is huge. There are obviously great players and
great leaders for us, but also it tells these guys
that were in the portal, you know what our cultures
like and what our program's like. I mean, because these
guys obviously would have left if they didn't feel confident
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what we're doing in the program. So so that really
helped in order for us to attract some of these
you know, free agents out there to be able to
come get a part of our program. So I mean, yeah,
there there's a lot of aspects. I think that that
was very beneficial for these guys to come back, you know,
But I think above everything else, they just enjoyed coming
every day to the office and trying to put wark
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in to tell the sales continue to develop and get better,
and as individuals and and just being around each other.
I think, you know, these these relationships and these guys
are forged here over the time they've been here, obviously
gonna last them for the rest of their life. And
and I think that's part of the most important thing,
is just the relationships that everybody has with one another them.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
When you look at this league. You spent time at
Louisville adjusting to the ACC. Has it been different in
the Big Twelve because everything is so equal, like there's
there really isn't like a power structure at this point
in the league, and every week is so kind of
its own individual event where there's not a lot of
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we know that these are the teams that are going
to be at the top, and these are the teams
that are going to be at the bottom. How Arizona
State was picked last and almost one a college football playoff.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Games yeah, yeah, it's it's it's very competitive in this league.
I mean, it's certainly different compared to the ACC. I thought,
you know, there were a couple of teams that you know,
better talent than the ACC that kind of stood out
whenever you played them, and then there are just a
lot of teams that were pretty close to the same
and then there are a couple of teams that were
probably not as good in the talent aspect. And so
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with this league, I feel like, you know, everybody's got
pretty good talent, everybody's got good coaches. I mean, it
is it is extremely competitive. You think about all the teams.
Last year, every team lost two conference games. I mean,
if that's not competitive, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
What is right.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
And and what that proves is that, you know, any
given week, you got an opportunity to go out and
win your game. But it also proves you go out
and lose your game, you know, and so you have
to be on point, you know, and a lot goes
into it, I think, because you know, we thinking about
our schedule, you there's there's a bunch of teams you
don't play. Now, now, who knows if those teams are
going to be good that year or not as good.
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And I think and also where are you playing these guys?
You know, are you play them at home or you
play them on the road. And then when you play them,
do you have your your guys? Are they healthy? Are
they are they able to play and help you go
out and win. So there's just a lot of aspects
that going into a season. I think you need. You
need to have some luck. I mean, the ball needs
to bounce your way at some at times, because you know,
we think about how how competitive and how tight the
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games are and they come down to just a couple
of plays and they come down to the fourth quarter,
and so you know, I think all these things you know,
are involved with that. And but it makes it for
some great football I do. I do think you know,
each each week and in the Big twelve, you're gonna
get some good football games. You're gonna get some competitive games.
I think it's great for the fans. But obviously, you know,
we got to come out.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
On top without getting too into the weeds. Give the
people kind of a feel of the transfer portal class
and how you think maybe a couple of these guys
can really step in right away and give you a hand.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Yeah, I mean I think, you know, I think we
all know, we went out and got you know, several
wide receivers, and I think just just off the surface
looking at these guys work out the last month, you know,
they've really kind of stood out. I think, you know,
Cyrus Allen's the guy that really has stood out. You know,
he's got he's got solid you know size as a
wide receiver, but he also has great hands in great speed,
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you know. I think Jeff Calwell creates problems for for
DB's with his size of six five, I mean, extremely
long arms, you know, broad jumped over eleven feet consistently.
He can run with those long strides. And Caleb Goodie
has has some winks as well. He can really run.
So I really think those guys that have shown themselves
over the last you know, last month, you know, and
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also the DB's. You know, we went out and got
several dv's, and I think those guys have come in
and looked really good to running around the doom. His
smooth out there playing the corner position, you know, and
in those safeties you're thinking about, you know, Christian Harrison,
Tayden Barnes, Xavier Williams. You know, those guys have looked
there really good also, So I mean I do think
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all these guys, I mean, if you go down the list,
I mean Tyee Walker and you know Tarren t Zo
and Patrick Gurr who just got here a couple of
weeks ago and has already received this black shirt. So
I mean, yeah, we're excited about these guys we brought in.
They really kind of fit right in. They've bought a
great work ethic amongst those guys that have come in,
and they really fit right in with the team and
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love what they're bringing to our guys right now.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
I don't think people realize this because generally for offensive lineman,
if you don't hear their name, they're good. If you
hear their name, things aren't going great. How big of
a loss was John Williamson And how hard is it
to replace a starting left tackle that gave you the
type of season he did because he just went about
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his business. We could hardly get him to talk to
the media, Like you'd ask him to come over to
the media and he'd look at you like, I really
have to do this. But he was the model of
consistency last year at left tackle.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
He was, and he's probably one of our most improved
players from the year before. You know, he came in
and you particularly a left tackle, that's a spot where
everybody you knows you have to be good there. You know,
it's the backside of the quarterback and protection that he
had an outstanding year and so good of a year.
In fact, he wasn't on anybody's NFL radar going into
the season, and then once we started playing games, he
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got on everybody's radar and everybody coming in wanted to
talk about him. And then you know, now he's going
to the combine here to come next week, I guess.
And so you know, he's really improved and helped himself out,
and so he will be difficult to replace just with
that experience. And you could really see the growth from
from his you know, two years ago to this past
season in the Big twelve play and he really played
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with great poise. I mean, just watching some cut ups
to day of the way he was playing was outstanding.
And it'll it'll be that'll be something that we're going
to have to replace. And and you know, we've got
several guys and several candidates that will be there to
try to do that and and potentially that to be
a spot, you know when we get into the spring portal,
you know, where we're maybe maybe try to bring another
lineman in so that that's that's one spot that we're
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certainly looking at.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
As we go through spring, and maybe in the spring
portal you can say, look, we're replacing a guy that
you know, we just got drafted. Once you come in
here and yeah, get drafted here as well.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Well, that's right, yeah, no question about it. And that's
certainly uh, you know, with three guys going to combine,
that's that's that's great for us in our program. And
I feel like, you know, with all the NFL attention
that came in last year, and I feel like we're
gonna have many more this year. And you know that
maybe it did. We've Hadden in a while, so we're
looking forward to these guys that are coming back that
we all think, you know, have great NFL potential.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Since that he had football coach Scott Siderfield one one
more before I let you go. Brendan Soresby hot start
to last year, things kind of cooled in that back
half going over the tape, what what what were you
guys able to identify as as maybe some some things
that didn't go according to plan as according to plan
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as they did in the first half of the season.
And when you look at what you've got coming in
and the ability to maybe help him out a little bit,
how do you take the lessons learned from that back
half of the season and translate them into making him
better in year two?
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Yeah, And I think probably the biggest thing is once
we got into that, you know, last half of the season,
you know, we're playing some real some really good defenses.
You know, three of those top teams on the road
at night, and you know, difficult environments and and but
their players were pretty good that we played and and
and I thought we had a we had a hard
time of getting our our receivers away from their dbs
and and there, you know, and we did not We
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couldn't push the ball down the field. And when you're
watching the film, and if you can't push it down
the field, then you're gonna get even tighter coverage. And
it just made it a lot more difficult to throw
the football. I do think that's one of the things
while we went out in this offseason trying to get
more speed on the outside, and we were able to
We're able to get some of those guys that can
really run, and so hopefully we'll be able to stretch
the field more this year, you know, and I think
he'll be able to showcase that. And we did the
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first excuse me, first half of the season, and and
I certainly we got to be able to do that
next year. You know, you got some great underneath targets
when you think about Joe Royer, Tylie Walker coming out
of the backfield, Evan Pryor coming out of the backfield,
and then we just need some of those guys on
the outside to push the ball down the field. And
at times I thought, you know, Brendan just you know,
pressed too much, and you know, he's got to take
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what the defense gives him and not trying to make
a play when it's not there. And he got us
in trouble with the West Virginia game. Saw only a
game that we easually could have won that game with,
you know, if we could take care of the ball.
So he just got to play within himself and just
end up describing the football. But we do have to
help help him out a little bit with you know,
getting some guys that can get open also. So that's
sort of the things that we're working on this off
season as we head into the spring practice. That'll be
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a you know, one of our major emphasis coach.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
I appreciate it. We Uh sorry, I was one segment late.
I I my brain doesn't work. Great, it's awesome. It's
the basketball has got me all messed up.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Coach.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
I just figured you just got to talking a little
bit longer than you needed to and to fifteen minutes.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
It's all good.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
We got to call her Mike from LA Mike is
in hospice. He's been a long time caller of the show.
So I was chatting with Mike and then I looked
down and saw Stipid texted me, and I was like, oh,
I gotta go.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
It's all good man.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
You know I talk a lot, coach, You know I
talk a lot.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
That's right. That's right.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Appreciated coach. Thanks, and we'll see in a couple of weeks.
Appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Are you?
Speaker 1 (15:00):
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to back with Biggie and Tupac.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
I like it. Let's get to it.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
We've got a special guest on the line now. As
Cincinnati had football coach Scott Ciderfield joins US coach. Were
you were you a big e or a Tupac guy
in the in the mountains of North Carolina?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
I would say probably more Biggie.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Okay, okay, I like that. I like that.
Speaker 1 (00:27):
Ye off season rolling along, you had a chance to,
uh to get back into the indoor practice facility this week.
How is that bad boy coming along? And are you
actually at a point where you're like, okay, we'll move in,
let's just start.
Speaker 3 (00:41):
Oh yeah, I'm definitely at that point. It's incredible. Every
time we've had an opportunity a chance to go in
and kind of just tour and show some people around,
it's you can see how much work has been done,
even if it's you know, just a few days and
you come back and it's like, man, okay, and it's
starting to get you know, more and more finished. And
some of the rooms are actually you know, putting some
(01:02):
ceiling tile in this past week, And I'm like Man,
we just put the furniture in here, We're ready to go.
So they started putting gravel down in the endoor, so
you know, you got a base for the for the
turf that's going in. So we're not far off, and
we certainly can see the great progress they've made.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
Do you ever, I do this every time I go
by there, I look at that place and go, how
the hell did they fit that thing in that place?
In that spot right there? How did that fit in there?
Speaker 3 (01:29):
Yeah? I know, it's a it's a big you get
you get up by it, you know, and if you realize, man,
this thing is huge. You know, you got to miss
one hundred and twenty yard field inside that's that building there,
and then and then all the offices, weight room and
training room and locker room and the missic incredible that
they do fit it right there and in the relatively
tight space. But they made it work. And I'll tell you,
the designers did an unbelievable job with that building and
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the flow of the building. I'm just very impressed with
with all the things that they've done with it.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
We are less than a month from the start of springball. Uh,
what's your take? A lot of teams are canceling their
spring games or you know, moving away from that. Teams
are there's talk about the NFL model with OTAs and
things of that nature.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Do you like the way it is now?
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Are you?
Speaker 2 (02:13):
Are you open to in an evolution of that calendar? Like?
Speaker 1 (02:17):
How does that sit with you? Is everything changes at
warp speed?
Speaker 3 (02:22):
Yeah? I mean, you know, I tend to agree with
with what some are saying out there because you know,
what the world and landscape that we're in now when
when you're dealing with you know, several transfers that are
coming in midterm. Also, you know, the trend now is
for the high school student athletes that are coming out early.
You know, we had twelve high school players that came
in January and you're looking, you know, close to thirty
(02:43):
guy new players and so you know, it's almost a
third of your team. And you know, and I think
teams are gonna you're gonna design your schemes to fit
the talent that you have, and so obviously you're gonna
look a little bit different. And I think teams don't
want to put out there what they're gonna look like.
I mean, this day and age, with all the technology,
we all can find, you know, film of guys that
are potentially in a spring game. And and so I
(03:06):
see what these these uh, these programs are doing, and
I'm you know, I kind of you know, we I don't,
you know, I believe in what they're doing because you
don't want to show what you got necessarily, and but
also think you you want your fans and you're to
be able to see what you you know, put teams
progress as well. So I see both sides of it.
But I do think the caliard needs to be tweaked
a little bit. We we are, we are trending toward
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the NFL model with everything that we're doing.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
When you think.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
About you know, transfers and nil and all the things
that are happening. And you know, it wouldn't be mad
to go to to so mini camps that they do
and just have ours in the summer and you know,
do some things a little bit different in the spring.
I think would be beneficial for their guys. So it
is very interesting to how how it's changing right before eyes,
you know, in the matter of just a few years more.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Time in the offseason where your players are actually allowed
to pick up a football.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
Yeah, no question, no doubt about that. They have tweaked
a few of those rules. But I mean, you know,
are and the different times constraints that we have with
these guys. But I mean, these guys many they're here
for us and you know, obviously you get an education,
but but they're here to play some football, you know,
And I think you know, we get our school work
done in the morning time and then the rest of
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the day is football, and that's where they want to
be because they want to get better as individuals. They
want to get better to help their team, you know,
I think now, and they create a lot of value
for themselves. They're good football players and they're going to
make more money. We all know that, and so you know,
they want to be in there to get better and
I think, you know, some of the rules are a
little bit archaic in that regard. And you know, so
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once they're there, I mean, these guys want to meet,
they want to they want to train, they want to
do all those things. So so yeah, we need to
look at it. And I think we have been looking
at the calendar to change that, especially the recruiting calendar
as well. You know, so all these things are will
evolve over time, I think, and will eventually get where
we need to get to.
Speaker 1 (04:54):
Speaking of the NFL model, one of the big things
in the NFL model is being able to retain your
own Uh you retained Dante Corleone, you retain Brendan Soresby,
you retain Joe roy or, you retain Gavin Gerhardt. Have
to feel good going into springball that you do have
that core of leadership that you cultivated last year, you
established the culture, and now you have a group of
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guys that are coming back that can help continue to
build upon that.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Yeah. I mean, that's it was huge for us to
be able to get these guys back, and I think,
you know, there's nothing else I mean, you know, getting
back Illic is huge. There are obviously great players and
great leaders for us, but also it tells these guys
that were in the portal, you know what our cultures
like and what our program's like. I mean, because these
guys obviously would have left if they didn't feel confident
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what we're doing in the program. So so that really
helped in order for us to attract some of these
you know, free agents out there to be able to
come get a part of our program. So I mean, yeah,
there there's a lot of aspects. I think that that
was very beneficial for these guys to come back, you know,
But I think above everything else, they just enjoyed coming
every day to the office and trying to put wark
(06:01):
in to tell the sales continue to develop and get better,
and as individuals and and just being around each other.
I think, you know, these these relationships and these guys
are forged here over the time they've been here, obviously
gonna last them for the rest of their life. And
and I think that's part of the most important thing,
is just the relationships that everybody has with one another them.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
When you look at this league. You spent time at
Louisville adjusting to the ACC. Has it been different in
the Big Twelve because everything is so equal, like there's
there really isn't like a power structure at this point
in the league, and every week is so kind of
its own individual event where there's not a lot of
(06:41):
we know that these are the teams that are going
to be at the top, and these are the teams
that are going to be at the bottom. How Arizona
State was picked last and almost one a college football playoff.
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Games yeah, yeah, it's it's it's very competitive in this league.
I mean, it's certainly different compared to the ACC. I thought,
you know, there were a couple of teams that you know,
better talent than the ACC that kind of stood out
whenever you played them, and then there are just a
lot of teams that were pretty close to the same
and then there are a couple of teams that were
probably not as good in the talent aspect. And so
(07:12):
with this league, I feel like, you know, everybody's got
pretty good talent, everybody's got good coaches. I mean, it
is it is extremely competitive. You think about all the teams.
Last year, every team lost two conference games. I mean,
if that's not competitive, I don't know.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
What is right.
Speaker 3 (07:25):
And and what that proves is that, you know, any
given week, you got an opportunity to go out and
win your game. But it also proves you go out
and lose your game, you know, and so you have
to be on point, you know, and a lot goes
into it, I think, because you know, we thinking about
our schedule, you there's there's a bunch of teams you
don't play. Now, now, who knows if those teams are
going to be good that year or not as good.
(07:46):
And I think and also where are you playing these guys?
You know, are you play them at home or you
play them on the road. And then when you play them,
do you have your your guys? Are they healthy? Are
they are they able to play and help you go
out and win. So there's just a lot of aspects
that going into a season. I think you need. You
need to have some luck. I mean, the ball needs
to bounce your way at some at times, because you know,
we think about how how competitive and how tight the
(08:08):
games are and they come down to just a couple
of plays and they come down to the fourth quarter,
and so you know, I think all these things you know,
are involved with that. And but it makes it for
some great football I do. I do think you know,
each each week and in the Big twelve, you're gonna
get some good football games. You're gonna get some competitive games.
I think it's great for the fans. But obviously, you know,
we got to come out.
Speaker 1 (08:28):
On top without getting too into the weeds. Give the
people kind of a feel of the transfer portal class
and how you think maybe a couple of these guys
can really step in right away and give you a hand.
Speaker 3 (08:41):
Yeah, I mean I think, you know, I think we
all know, we went out and got you know, several
wide receivers, and I think just just off the surface
looking at these guys work out the last month, you know,
they've really kind of stood out. I think, you know,
Cyrus Allen's the guy that really has stood out. You know,
he's got he's got solid you know size as a
wide receiver, but he also has great hands in great speed,
(09:01):
you know. I think Jeff Calwell creates problems for for
DB's with his size of six five, I mean, extremely
long arms, you know, broad jumped over eleven feet consistently.
He can run with those long strides. And Caleb Goodie
has has some winks as well. He can really run.
So I really think those guys that have shown themselves
over the last you know, last month, you know, and
(09:25):
also the DB's. You know, we went out and got
several dv's, and I think those guys have come in
and looked really good to running around the doom. His
smooth out there playing the corner position, you know, and
in those safeties you're thinking about, you know, Christian Harrison,
Tayden Barnes, Xavier Williams. You know, those guys have looked
there really good also, So I mean I do think
(09:45):
all these guys, I mean, if you go down the list,
I mean Tyee Walker and you know Tarren t Zo
and Patrick Gurr who just got here a couple of
weeks ago and has already received this black shirt. So
I mean, yeah, we're excited about these guys we brought in.
They really kind of fit right in. They've bought a
great work ethic amongst those guys that have come in,
and they really fit right in with the team and
(10:06):
love what they're bringing to our guys right now.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
I don't think people realize this because generally for offensive lineman,
if you don't hear their name, they're good. If you
hear their name, things aren't going great. How big of
a loss was John Williamson And how hard is it
to replace a starting left tackle that gave you the
type of season he did because he just went about
(10:30):
his business. We could hardly get him to talk to
the media, Like you'd ask him to come over to
the media and he'd look at you like, I really
have to do this. But he was the model of
consistency last year at left tackle.
Speaker 3 (10:43):
He was, and he's probably one of our most improved
players from the year before. You know, he came in
and you particularly a left tackle, that's a spot where
everybody you knows you have to be good there. You know,
it's the backside of the quarterback and protection that he
had an outstanding year and so good of a year.
In fact, he wasn't on anybody's NFL radar going into
the season, and then once we started playing games, he
(11:03):
got on everybody's radar and everybody coming in wanted to
talk about him. And then you know, now he's going
to the combine here to come next week, I guess.
And so you know, he's really improved and helped himself out,
and so he will be difficult to replace just with
that experience. And you could really see the growth from
from his you know, two years ago to this past
season in the Big twelve play and he really played
(11:24):
with great poise. I mean, just watching some cut ups
to day of the way he was playing was outstanding.
And it'll it'll be that'll be something that we're going
to have to replace. And and you know, we've got
several guys and several candidates that will be there to
try to do that and and potentially that to be
a spot, you know when we get into the spring portal,
you know, where we're maybe maybe try to bring another
lineman in so that that's that's one spot that we're
(11:44):
certainly looking at.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
As we go through spring, and maybe in the spring
portal you can say, look, we're replacing a guy that
you know, we just got drafted. Once you come in
here and yeah, get drafted here as well.
Speaker 3 (11:55):
Well, that's right, yeah, no question about it. And that's
certainly uh, you know, with three guys going to combine,
that's that's that's great for us in our program. And
I feel like, you know, with all the NFL attention
that came in last year, and I feel like we're
gonna have many more this year. And you know that
maybe it did. We've Hadden in a while, so we're
looking forward to these guys that are coming back that
we all think, you know, have great NFL potential.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
Since that he had football coach Scott Siderfield one one
more before I let you go. Brendan Soresby hot start
to last year, things kind of cooled in that back
half going over the tape, what what what were you
guys able to identify as as maybe some some things
that didn't go according to plan as according to plan
(12:40):
as they did in the first half of the season.
And when you look at what you've got coming in
and the ability to maybe help him out a little bit,
how do you take the lessons learned from that back
half of the season and translate them into making him
better in year two?
Speaker 3 (12:56):
Yeah, And I think probably the biggest thing is once
we got into that, you know, last half of the season,
you know, we're playing some real some really good defenses.
You know, three of those top teams on the road
at night, and you know, difficult environments and and but
their players were pretty good that we played and and
and I thought we had a we had a hard
time of getting our our receivers away from their dbs
and and there, you know, and we did not We
(13:16):
couldn't push the ball down the field. And when you're
watching the film, and if you can't push it down
the field, then you're gonna get even tighter coverage. And
it just made it a lot more difficult to throw
the football. I do think that's one of the things
while we went out in this offseason trying to get
more speed on the outside, and we were able to
We're able to get some of those guys that can
really run, and so hopefully we'll be able to stretch
the field more this year, you know, and I think
he'll be able to showcase that. And we did the
(13:38):
first excuse me, first half of the season, and and
I certainly we got to be able to do that
next year. You know, you got some great underneath targets
when you think about Joe Royer, Tylie Walker coming out
of the backfield, Evan Pryor coming out of the backfield,
and then we just need some of those guys on
the outside to push the ball down the field. And
at times I thought, you know, Brendan just you know,
pressed too much, and you know, he's got to take
(13:59):
what the defense gives him and not trying to make
a play when it's not there. And he got us
in trouble with the West Virginia game. Saw only a
game that we easually could have won that game with,
you know, if we could take care of the ball.
So he just got to play within himself and just
end up describing the football. But we do have to
help help him out a little bit with you know,
getting some guys that can get open also. So that's
sort of the things that we're working on this off
season as we head into the spring practice. That'll be
(14:20):
a you know, one of our major emphasis coach.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
I appreciate it. We Uh sorry, I was one segment late.
I I my brain doesn't work. Great, it's awesome. It's
the basketball has got me all messed up.
Speaker 2 (14:31):
Coach.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
I just figured you just got to talking a little
bit longer than you needed to and to fifteen minutes.
Speaker 2 (14:37):
It's all good.
Speaker 1 (14:38):
We got to call her Mike from LA Mike is
in hospice. He's been a long time caller of the show.
So I was chatting with Mike and then I looked
down and saw Stipid texted me, and I was like, oh,
I gotta go.
Speaker 3 (14:50):
It's all good man.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
You know I talk a lot, coach, You know I
talk a lot.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
That's right. That's right.
Speaker 2 (14:55):
Appreciated coach. Thanks, and we'll see in a couple of weeks.
Appreciate it.
Speaker 3 (14:59):
Are you?
Speaker 1 (15:00):
Cincinnati head coach Scott Sadderfield getting ready for uh springball
as we roll into the twenty twenty five season, stick
a break, Taran, Are we just going straight to our two.
Speaker 2 (15:12):
You were done, okay.
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