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10/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 15, 2008
Wednesday's Sit Down with Coach Schnellenberger and Players
Howard Schnellenberger
On FAU
Since the beginning this group has practiced well. They have done everything we have asked them to do and they continue to do that. It is unfortunate that we have turned the ball over too much and have squandered opportunities in the "red zone" and made errors in the kicking game.
On the Season
This season will be remembered by the last six games. If they remember the first six that means we had trouble with the last six.
Western Kentucky
I think their team is very capable for a team that is in transition. They have played some very good team very close. The game with Virginia Tech was eye opening and at Kentucky it wasn't until really late that they started getting points.
Mood of the team
We're looking at these last six games as a new season. We're going to take it one game at a time and just keep pushing to see what happens at the end of the year. It's a long season, it's a disappointing first half, and we're trying to see if we can get a lot of positive out of the second half.
What would a win mean to the team?
A win this week would be real big and it would get us in the direction that we need to go. We've been kind of down with these disappointing losses. A win this week would be good. Everybody's still has a positive attitude, and we're still working hard as if we were still going for a National Championship.
Adding more fluidity to the offense
We touched a lot on the basic stuff. We go back to day 1, getting the steps down correctly, going full speed through the whistle and giving that extra effort.
Western Kentucky's defense.
They've got a very good defense. They've played against a lot of great teams. They're not doing something that we haven't seen, so we'll be prepared for whatever they bring at us.
Can you guys turn things around?
I think we can turn things around. I know we've probably said this every week, we're changing things now, we're really committed. But I think this year things aren't going our way. Last year every single thing went our way, we got the breaks; we got the interception at the right time. We had a couple of games that we could've lost this year that could've made it a totally different season. And I think we've had the opposite going for the first six games. But I think that in these last six games I think things will turned around. I think our focus is very good right now, I just think that we've got our backs against the wall right now and almost nothing to lose, I think we'll pull out something to finish strong.
Western Kentucky's offense
They have a lot of good athletes; they're very, very fast. They have a very athletic quarterback; they have some fast running backs. They play the spread offense a little differently than some of the other teams we've faced; they've got a couple of different twists to it. But when they're moving well they're a very good offense. The biggest thing I think we have to prepare for was how athletic their quarterback and running backs are.
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