Ketch: with arch struggling do you lean more into the run game?
Sark: yeah, we are doing that especially with more designed runs for arch also finding out a lot about the rest of the guys in the RB room, they did a lot of that. "left a lot of meat on the bone" in the rungame last week. You wanna adapt in game, you lose an RB and they adjust the scheme, the QB not playing well they adjust to that. Going to need the run game, it needs to get better.
Anwar: Guys want to get their buddies from the depth chart on the field? How do you think they are going developmentally.
Sark: I'd love to play as many of them as we can. Gave a lot of awards out this week for that group, they are doing a great job. They are earning more opportunities because of the work. They want to play, and we want to play them and in order to do that we have to do a better job than we did the last few weeks.
cole hutsond oing alright is anyone else cross training for that role?
Sark: we had a lot of continuity at that front for a long time, now it's a bit different and we are going week to week. He had a great week of practice, but we are week to week. When you play a defense like last week where they have a ton of moving and guys jumping around and everyone coming from everyewhere "unconventional style" runners have to run that way too. It's not how you draw it up ont he board. Saturday was about repeating calls and see the differences and banking those reps and seeing more stuff like that carry it over to practice and the next week of work. There's a lot to learn from in the film. Connor played 17-18, cruz capable at center, stroh works out at center. It's the most important position on the OL - constantly training people in that position
102k people expect a performance every saturday.
Sark: yes and no, part of what we do we are entertainers in some aspect. We sell out our stadium every year, season tickets growing, etc. thats a byproduct of the the brand and the style around here that they are accustomed to. We raised the bar should serve as motivation and they need to play to the standard and exceed it. Make it better than its ever been before
Overall non-con question it's been 25 years since FCS game is it CDC or you
Sark:
What is he doing that maybe some true freshman can't do and do it immediately
Sark: football is the most important thing in his life. he wanted to do this from when he got here. With freedom you have priorities and stuff. He's focusing on football every day early and often. Byproduct of the mindset he came in with from day 1, it wasn't stars highschool whatever didn't recruit him very long after 2.5 months came in workman like mentality and it shows for him
from the sack totals do you need to see a bit more of that or the edge guys
1.8 seconds was ball release on average for UTEP. We've all got holes in our game and we have them as a team, they wanna attack the holes in our games. Strengths are our edge and pass rush - anticipate what they are going to do to combat that. SJSU missed about 3 or 4 sacks, which changes that number quickly. Not how many opportunities you get, but what you do with them to get them on the ground
Danny AAS: accuracy quality taking a dip with arch.
Sark: Arch had a good practice this morning, what happens is you focus on yourself think of yourself etc. Lets not self inflict wounds on ourselves lets take it out on them, lets go after them and not after ourselves Shift the frustration to them over there. He came back today with the energy that he's accustomed to. He's going to right the ship quickly and thats a testament to his team around him.
message to the fanbse about taffe saying you gotta give them a reason to cheer
Sark: thats back to the standard we set for ourselves they are coming to games spending money and sitting in the heat. Fans offer so much support for us, if they were booing imagine how we were feeling abou the way we were playing Dont' give up on us too quick we have a pretty good team