Spurrier kind of took back his harsh words about the O-line struggles during the Wednesday scrimmage after tonights practice. Here are some of his quote's from today:
On the O-line: "I watched the film today (from last night's scrimmage) and it wasn't as bad as I thought," Spurrier said. "They're usually not as bad as you think. Sometimes they're not as good as you think also. . . We have to identify who we think can play and start coaching them to play in the games. We'll determine the scout team. We'll give everyone a chance to be a player in the game."
"We've got the players here," Spurrier continued. "I'm convinced Kevin Young can play football. He's just not playing very well right now. These guys are very similar to the guys we had at Florida. In fact, these guys are probably stronger than the guys we had when we were winning SEC (championships) all the time."
"Our players are physically just as good. We should play better. We're just not playing very well. Hopefully it's just repetition that our guys will understand what we're trying to do. That's why we have a lot of scrimmages, a lot of plays. The guys that learn from their mistakes are the guys that end up playing."
On the pass coverage: "The defense did a good job of playing some good solid zones and forcing us to throw underneath a lot," Spurrier said. "The defense had a good night as far as dropping in their zones."
Spurrier's most pleasant surprise of Fall camp so far: "They're (Beecher and Smelley) pretty doggone good at knowing what to do right now. They're ready to play," Spurrier said. "If Blake goes bad, which I don't expect him to do, they're ready to play. I have confidence Tommy Beecher and Chris Smelley can both go in there and play very well."
Those are some pretty strong comparisons of the Carolina O-line and Spurrier's UF SEC champ teams. Carolina's line is probably stronger than that of Spurrier's UF teams??? WOW! Here's the neat thing though, we only have 2 seniors on the whole 17 man O-line roster! That definitley builds confidence.. It is also awesome that we have 2 back-up QBs that can play if needed. Man, I can't wait for the season to start!!!
15 DAYS LEFT!!!
