RichRod Presser
In advance of the articles, here are some things now being said at the presser:
- mikerothstein Rodriguez at podium. Comp at rb is still open issue.
- MVictors RichRod presser: he continues his ask that college teams get a scrimmage/preseason game.
- chengelis Rodriguez on Fitz Toussaint -- neck stinger sore knee. Held out of um practice today
- nicoleauerbach: Rodriguez: QBs will know Friday night (Sept. 3) who will start vs. UConn. Everyone else will find out at game.
- MVictors RR had more praise for Cam Gordon, but said he didn't play his best in the scrimmage,
- MVictors Not any closer on kicker, it's been up and down. Kickers are practicing on the new turf at the Big House.
- mikerothstein RR: been encouraged by kickers, but not yesterday.
- mikerothstein RR: woolfolk had surgery. Done for the year.
- chengelis Woolfolk had surgery. Now faces "quite a bit of rehab" RR
- michdailysports Rodriguez says There's no reason Woolfolk won't be 100 percent this time next year.
- michdailysports Rodriguez believes Woolfolk will come back for a fifth year, but ultimately it's Woolfolk's decision.
- MVictors RR would hope that a guy or 2 would emerge at RB, but not overly concerned. "We'll be ok."
- mikerothstein RR: "have a grasp, pretty well, certainly offensively." About offense
- mikerothstein Rodriguez singled James Rogers as a corner possibly opposite Floyd
- chengelis RR says the three qbs are head to head to head
- mikerothstein Rodriguez said any of Forcier, Robinson, Gardner is capable of starting.
- MVictors Started the installation for UConn game, next few days will work on all 3 phases.
- chengelis RR: moundros may be starter at lb
- mikerothstein Rodriguez has eight or nine guys at offensive line. Would like to play at least eight.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:23 PM ^
Always appreciated by those of us bored at work...
August 25th, 2010 at 4:24 PM ^
Hmm.. I'd think the team should know before the game who the QB was. There is a legit advantage to knowing that. Focusing on blocking schemes, which routes you may run primarily, how long to stay on blocks... I guess these adjustments can be done gametime, but I know when I played, I would visualize a lot the night before while going to sleep. Wouldn't hurt to know which guy will be utilized the most...
August 25th, 2010 at 4:25 PM ^
maybe by "everyone else" he means the fans. i too hope the team is told.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:30 PM ^
I expect the fans to find out via the scoreboard starting lineups like last year. Certainly makes it more dramatic. I still remember how everyone went crazy when Tate's picture and name were flashed up as the starting QB...
August 25th, 2010 at 4:27 PM ^
Pretty sure they're going to need to be ready for both Tate and Denard regardless of who the "starter" is.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
Remember how hard it was to sleep before the day of the season opener when we played high school football?? I never played college ball, but if those guys get any sleep on the night of Aug 3rd, I would very suprised. Heck, I won't hardly sleep that night and I"m just a fan.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:36 PM ^
"I never played college ball, but if those guys get any sleep on the night of Aug 3rd, I would very suprised"
I slept well on August 3rd thank you (sarcasm), but I do know what you mean. Even playing minor league ball I couldn't sleep before the opener
August 25th, 2010 at 4:53 PM ^
I played D3 ball and usually slept quite good before games. The bigger the game, the bigger the anxiety, but all in all I remember being very relaxed Friday nights. But I definitely wanted to be alone to visualize and clear my head the night before. We didn't have the money or luxury of being in a hotel for home games, so I usually drove 2 hours one way to watch my bro play high school ball. I got in late but had time to mentally prepare after 4 hours on the road.
The week of practice usually had a lot to do with how well we slept on Friday night. We were usually very well prepared(at least we thought so) so that also lowered the anxiety.
The hard part was keeping breakfast down Sat. morning. That is when the nerves came into play.
August 25th, 2010 at 5:11 PM ^
I took it to mean that the starting QB would be named Friday night, while the other starters wouldn't be named until Saturday, as opposed to the QBs would know who was starting but no one else would until the next day.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:24 PM ^
i can't imagine woolfolk wouldn't come back.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:28 PM ^
James Rogers starting.....mark me down as nervous.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
|
CB or or |
18 24 22 |
James Rogers Cullen Christian Terrence Talbott |
6-1 6-0 5-11 |
183 187 171 |
Sr. Fr. Fr. |
August 25th, 2010 at 4:48 PM ^
James Rogers has never had live action at CB, so isn't he pretty much a freshman except for maybe a higher level of maturity?
August 25th, 2010 at 4:40 PM ^
Thanks for the update. Happy for Moundros, but I am kinda wondering about Ezeh. Is he just falling apart, or is he going to be a great option to come in and help out? Hopefully he will have a breakout game or two and get back into the starting role to play to his hype and potential like he was able to a few years ago.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^
I vote we put Tate and Denard in the backfield for the first play and let Molk decide who he snaps it to.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:42 PM ^
Wow. I know -it has been said he was running was the first group, but I find this news unsettling.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:44 PM ^
T-Wolf will be back. He is an outstanding young man, I wish him the best in a speedy recovery. As for the QB decision : Though RR says he will tell them the night before the game he also said late last week that they will concentrate the reps toward the first team in the week prior to the game. So while we might guess, the team probably already knows. Whoever it is, I'm ALL IN!! GO BLUE
August 25th, 2010 at 4:52 PM ^
Sorry, please ignore.
August 25th, 2010 at 4:53 PM ^
Not worried about Moundros for some starnge reason. if he can at the worst read and react quickly that already puts him ahead of Ezeh in that department.
Knock on Ezeh was it would take him way to long to react to plays and always found himself about 2 steps behind every play. If Moundros can read and react and at the worst be at the point of attack quickly then the calvary can get there quick enough to hold a lot of runs.
Not to mention i truly believe that Moundros is probably light years more physical of a player than Ezeh ever will be.