September 16, 2025 • 7 mins
More on the loss, but who played well for the Huskies Saturday
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Back with Jim mor the Yukon Football Coaches Show on
Mike Christino. A few final details on the Delaware game.
I'll tell you what if you're just a football fan,
and I know you can't be a football fan because
you're the head coach, but that was pretty exciting stuff
that first half. If you like offense, My goodness, the
(00:21):
ball was going up and down the field like a
pinball machine both teams. I like the way Yukon bounced back.
Four times you were down in that game and four
times you rallied to get the lead. I mean, that's
got to say something, I think to the coaching staff
about what this team's about.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I was proud of the resolve and resilience we showed,
especially on offense, our ability to respond over and over
again and you know, put up forty one points. It's just,
you know, those questions are so hard for you, Mike,
because you know, and I'm not a pessimist. I'm an optimist.
I'm a glasses half full guy. But I always go
back to, like you know, we were talking about the
last segment, the fourth and one or the overtime, you know,
(01:00):
getting it done at the most important time. You know,
but all those times are important. You're right, and it
does give you. It's like I said, that's why I
have a sense of optimism is because I believe that
we've got some talented players on offense that really really care.
I believe we've got some talented players on defense that
really really care. We've just got to make sure that
we've become more consistent defensively and maintain consistency and even
(01:24):
develop more consistency offensively. But to be able to respond
on the road against a good football team, a good defense.
The way we did offensively is certainly is something that
we've got to build on.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah, and the way that you as an offense spread
the ball around was I thought very very significant because
I mean Joe Finiano twenty eight of thirty eight three
forty six, he hit ten different receivers. Not many football
games you look at the team and say, well, ten
different guys caught passes. Because to me, now, when you
(01:56):
have to defend you Kona through the air, you've got
to look at a lot of ass fix of the
way the Huskies play offense.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Well, you know it's not Skyler's one of the leading
receivers in the country. But he's not the only guy
on his team, and so you know, you know, the
team's going to focus on Skyler, and so you have
to have other guys that can make plays. And we've
got other guys that can make plays. We've got a
quarterback that understands coverages and when they're trying to take
someone away and can get it to other guys. And
you know, we played most of that game without Juice Vereen,
(02:24):
which was you know, he was a big part of
the plan and we lost him. So but then you
have Lou you know, who has become a very dependable
player for us here at Yukon in his two years,
you know, kind of filling the role that Juice was
going to play. In that game, you got Ty Bowman,
you got Ray Mello, and John Nider shows up big.
You know, he made two tremendously big catches for us.
(02:44):
And he had four catches, I believe, but two that
were huge. So there's there's some guys, you know, and
there's some names that you know, a guy like Chris Parker,
who I don't know that he's well, he caught some
balls against Central Connecticut, but you know he's a guy
that's starting to show up in practice and we're getting
him more reps in the game and guys like Karen Smith.
You know, so there's some there's some guys that can
make plays for us. If guys get hurt or if
(03:07):
they focus on one player, like you know teams are
doing with Sky, We've got other guys that can go
make plays for us.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Juice, Fariene Jim. You listen him as a tight end.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
I look at him when he comes out on the
field and I say, I don't know, he could be
a slot guy.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
He could be a wide out. I mean, he's so
versatile and he's so talented. I love watching him play.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, I do too. I like those in between guys
that they're hard to define. So I think they're hard
for the defense to define and how they're going to
cover them. You know, they they post problems for coordinators.
You know, you want to treat him as a tight end.
You want to treat him as a wide out. You know,
you can put him out at number one, you can
put him in the slot so he can create some
matchup issues for us. And you know, fortunately he was
(03:49):
back out of practice today and expect him to play
on Saturday because he's a he's a guy that we
we really like, you know, we really like trying to
design ways to get him the ball.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Before we get off the offense.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
For a second, just want to mention the fact that
the tight ends I believe and I'm going to check
my notes here seven catches by the tight ends or
maybe even more. I mean, that's pretty impressive. You're getting
the ball to those guys who can really rumble, and
you got a touchdown pass thrown to Hanig Alex Honick,
and then you got, as you mentioned, Lou Hanson. The
transfer from Michigan is like he's got glue hands. I mean,
(04:25):
he didn't drop anything. So I mean the tight Ends
now become a factor every time a team lines up
to take on Yukon.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
And that's what you want, you know, you want that
versatility in terms of different types of bodies, skill sets.
Joe has a lot of confidence in those guys. You know,
they're they're bigger, they're easier to find, they're bigger targets.
You know, you mentioned Alex and Lou. You know they're
(04:55):
they're a little bit more inert. Notter had a nice catch,
you know down the scene. You know you talkalk about
with guys like Alex and Notter. There's you know, there's
six six sixty seven, two hundred and sixty five seventy
pound guys. He can catch the ball well that you know,
they're not just big slug tight ends, Lou. You know,
we play them at full back, we play them at
tight end, we play them at the h back. So
(05:16):
when you have those body types that have the ability
to catch the ball in space, and you want to
utilize them, and I think that our offensive staff does
a really good job of that.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yeah, we're going to talk to Noder Church a little
bit later on.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Played some defensive end in high school, but it looks
like he's going to have a future as a tight
end with that size and his good hands.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
So on the defensive side, Brian Parham, and we're going
to talk to him later in the show. Three sacks.
I think he's got four second I'm not sure in
the season something like that.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Anyway, Five Mike, I think you're right. I think he's got.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Five second game in a row though the team has
had four sacks, So you're you're able to put pressure
on people, and in my mind, when you see that
from the defense, subside, and it's guys that aren't the
down lineman that's tricky for quarterbacks to handle because you
don't know where they're coming from.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Is am I right in saying that?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, I think Matt does a really good job of
designing pressures to shake different guys free. And I think
that it is a real credit, real credit to Kenny
mcclennon and our defensive line that they are so unselfish,
because I've been in places where defensive linemen if they
aren't getting the great opportunity to come free, they don't
(06:30):
like it, and our guys embrace it, and that is
a real positive. But Brian has really played well for us.
You know, the sacks stand out because you see him
and their obvious plays, but the other things that he
does for us that are so impressive or like his attitude,
his work ethic, his presence, his energy, his study habits,
(06:50):
and then his production on Saturdays. I mean, he's becoming
a guy that you know, has opened a lot of
eyes here hopefully you know, people at the next level
seeing him. And I mean, I'm so glad he's on
our football team. So glad he's on our football team.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
I think he had nine tackles in the game. One
final thing before we go to break. Ben Smiley did
not play in the game. You mentioned he was close
during the week last week. Was he back at practice Tuesday?
Speaker 3 (07:17):
He was the only guy that wasn't back at practice today.
You know, we had a bunch of guys that got
nicked up in that game and had to leave the game.
Carston has our tackle, had to leave the game. Vincent
Jackson had to leave the game, although he was able
to come back. We mentioned Juice he had to leave
the game. Tyrese Mills he left the game. He didn't
come back. Everyone was back at practice today except for
(07:37):
mel who had surgery having surgery, had surgery on Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
All right, back in a moment, we'll start looking at
ball State with Jim Morra. This is the Yukon Football
Coaches Show on lear Field.
Back with Jim mor the Yukon Football Coaches Show on
Mike Christino. A few final details on the Delaware game.
I'll tell you what if you're just a football fan,
and I know you can't be a football fan because
you're the head coach, but that was pretty exciting stuff
that first half. If you like offense, My goodness, the
(00:21):
ball was going up and down the field like a
pinball machine both teams. I like the way Yukon bounced back.
Four times you were down in that game and four
times you rallied to get the lead. I mean, that's
got to say something, I think to the coaching staff
about what this team's about.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
I was proud of the resolve and resilience we showed,
especially on offense, our ability to respond over and over
again and you know, put up forty one points. It's just,
you know, those questions are so hard for you, Mike,
because you know, and I'm not a pessimist. I'm an optimist.
I'm a glasses half full guy. But I always go
back to, like you know, we were talking about the
last segment, the fourth and one or the overtime, you know,
(01:00):
getting it done at the most important time. You know,
but all those times are important. You're right, and it
does give you. It's like I said, that's why I
have a sense of optimism is because I believe that
we've got some talented players on offense that really really care.
I believe we've got some talented players on defense that
really really care. We've just got to make sure that
we've become more consistent defensively and maintain consistency and even
(01:24):
develop more consistency offensively. But to be able to respond
on the road against a good football team, a good defense.
The way we did offensively is certainly is something that
we've got to build on.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
Yeah, and the way that you as an offense spread
the ball around was I thought very very significant because
I mean Joe Finiano twenty eight of thirty eight three
forty six, he hit ten different receivers. Not many football
games you look at the team and say, well, ten
different guys caught passes. Because to me, now, when you
(01:56):
have to defend you Kona through the air, you've got
to look at a lot of ass fix of the
way the Huskies play offense.
Speaker 3 (02:03):
Well, you know it's not Skyler's one of the leading
receivers in the country. But he's not the only guy
on his team, and so you know, you know, the
team's going to focus on Skyler, and so you have
to have other guys that can make plays. And we've
got other guys that can make plays. We've got a
quarterback that understands coverages and when they're trying to take
someone away and can get it to other guys. And
you know, we played most of that game without Juice Vereen,
(02:24):
which was you know, he was a big part of
the plan and we lost him. So but then you
have Lou you know, who has become a very dependable
player for us here at Yukon in his two years,
you know, kind of filling the role that Juice was
going to play. In that game, you got Ty Bowman,
you got Ray Mello, and John Nider shows up big.
You know, he made two tremendously big catches for us.
(02:44):
And he had four catches, I believe, but two that
were huge. So there's there's some guys, you know, and
there's some names that you know, a guy like Chris Parker,
who I don't know that he's well, he caught some
balls against Central Connecticut, but you know he's a guy
that's starting to show up in practice and we're getting
him more reps in the game and guys like Karen Smith.
You know, so there's some there's some guys that can
make plays for us. If guys get hurt or if
(03:07):
they focus on one player, like you know teams are
doing with Sky, We've got other guys that can go
make plays for us.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
Juice, Fariene Jim. You listen him as a tight end.
Speaker 1 (03:16):
I look at him when he comes out on the
field and I say, I don't know, he could be
a slot guy.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
He could be a wide out. I mean, he's so
versatile and he's so talented. I love watching him play.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, I do too. I like those in between guys
that they're hard to define. So I think they're hard
for the defense to define and how they're going to
cover them. You know, they they post problems for coordinators.
You know, you want to treat him as a tight end.
You want to treat him as a wide out. You know,
you can put him out at number one, you can
put him in the slot so he can create some
matchup issues for us. And you know, fortunately he was
(03:49):
back out of practice today and expect him to play
on Saturday because he's a he's a guy that we
we really like, you know, we really like trying to
design ways to get him the ball.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
Before we get off the offense.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
For a second, just want to mention the fact that
the tight ends I believe and I'm going to check
my notes here seven catches by the tight ends or
maybe even more. I mean, that's pretty impressive. You're getting
the ball to those guys who can really rumble, and
you got a touchdown pass thrown to Hanig Alex Honick,
and then you got, as you mentioned, Lou Hanson. The
transfer from Michigan is like he's got glue hands. I mean,
(04:25):
he didn't drop anything. So I mean the tight Ends
now become a factor every time a team lines up
to take on Yukon.
Speaker 3 (04:33):
And that's what you want, you know, you want that
versatility in terms of different types of bodies, skill sets.
Joe has a lot of confidence in those guys. You know,
they're they're bigger, they're easier to find, they're bigger targets.
You know, you mentioned Alex and Lou. You know they're
(04:55):
they're a little bit more inert. Notter had a nice catch,
you know down the scene. You know you talkalk about
with guys like Alex and Notter. There's you know, there's
six six sixty seven, two hundred and sixty five seventy
pound guys. He can catch the ball well that you know,
they're not just big slug tight ends, Lou. You know,
we play them at full back, we play them at
tight end, we play them at the h back. So
(05:16):
when you have those body types that have the ability
to catch the ball in space, and you want to
utilize them, and I think that our offensive staff does
a really good job of that.
Speaker 2 (05:25):
Yeah, we're going to talk to Noder Church a little
bit later on.
Speaker 1 (05:28):
Played some defensive end in high school, but it looks
like he's going to have a future as a tight
end with that size and his good hands.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
So on the defensive side, Brian Parham, and we're going
to talk to him later in the show. Three sacks.
I think he's got four second I'm not sure in
the season something like that.
Speaker 3 (05:45):
Anyway, Five Mike, I think you're right. I think he's got.
Speaker 1 (05:48):
Five second game in a row though the team has
had four sacks, So you're you're able to put pressure
on people, and in my mind, when you see that
from the defense, subside, and it's guys that aren't the
down lineman that's tricky for quarterbacks to handle because you
don't know where they're coming from.
Speaker 2 (06:07):
Is am I right in saying that?
Speaker 3 (06:09):
Yeah, I think Matt does a really good job of
designing pressures to shake different guys free. And I think
that it is a real credit, real credit to Kenny
mcclennon and our defensive line that they are so unselfish,
because I've been in places where defensive linemen if they
aren't getting the great opportunity to come free, they don't
(06:30):
like it, and our guys embrace it, and that is
a real positive. But Brian has really played well for us.
You know, the sacks stand out because you see him
and their obvious plays, but the other things that he
does for us that are so impressive or like his attitude,
his work ethic, his presence, his energy, his study habits,
(06:50):
and then his production on Saturdays. I mean, he's becoming
a guy that you know, has opened a lot of
eyes here hopefully you know, people at the next level
seeing him. And I mean, I'm so glad he's on
our football team. So glad he's on our football team.
Speaker 1 (07:07):
I think he had nine tackles in the game. One
final thing before we go to break. Ben Smiley did
not play in the game. You mentioned he was close
during the week last week. Was he back at practice Tuesday?
Speaker 3 (07:17):
He was the only guy that wasn't back at practice today.
You know, we had a bunch of guys that got
nicked up in that game and had to leave the game.
Carston has our tackle, had to leave the game. Vincent
Jackson had to leave the game, although he was able
to come back. We mentioned Juice he had to leave
the game. Tyrese Mills he left the game. He didn't
come back. Everyone was back at practice today except for
(07:37):
mel who had surgery having surgery, had surgery on Tuesday.
Speaker 1 (07:42):
All right, back in a moment, we'll start looking at
ball State with Jim Morra. This is the Yukon Football
Coaches Show on lear Field.
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