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Monday Morning with Head Football Coach Charlie Partridge
8/31/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
Aug. 31, 2015
BOCA RATON, Fla. - Opening Remarks
I'm excited to finally be in game week. Three weeks of school prior to the first game is unique. I think the kids have handled it well. I think it has been good for us in terms of getting our legs back from the start of camp and practicing every day and I think that has been good. From a health status, right now Derek Moise is projected to be out for the season (knee). Jakobi Smith, right now all indicators are that he will practice tomorrow (Tuesday). Probably in a limited fashion and will work his way through the week. Raekwon Williams continues to work his way back and is probable for the game. We have a number of other guys with treatments for things that are just a part of football. Trey Hendrickson â€" sounds like he will do everything tomorrow in practice. So, good signs in terms of where we are. Kemar Downer will be non-contact early in the week but will be available for the game.
Tulsa
Tulsa, certainly will be a challenge for our first road game. I'm excited to see where we are in terms of our goals. One of them (goals) is to win a road game. I'm excited to see how we perform and prepare from that standpoint. They provide plenty of challenges. He (Philip Montgomery) is a heck of a football coach. All you have to do it read his bio. It speaks for itself. They will have a powerful offense. Tops in the country the last several years (at Baylor). All indicators are that he will be calling the plays from everything I have read.
The thing about Tulsa is their talent with their two receivers and the compliments to them. Their strengths play right into what I know Montgomery is going to want to do. Play as fast as he can possibly go and put the ball up. It will be a challenge from that standpoint. Defensively, they have a defensive lineman up front that got some all-conference honors for them last year â€" in Derrick Alexander, a 290-pounder that has talent. We have challenges this week. I will release the depth chart tomorrow afternoon.
On Last Week's Expected Storm and if it Effected Anything
We went earlier yesterday (Sunday) than we normally would have. We reversed a practice one day because of pending weather. But, I have to give a ton of credit to all of our support people and on campus also. There were a ton of people ready and on call. We had a couple of cities in play if we had to go somewhere. We had a facility down in Davie on call, early in the morning. We would have had to be there early but would have had a chance to practice in the bubble. I really appreciate all the people putting the work in, but to answer your question more directly, we really got everything in that we hoped we would.
Heat and Cramping
We have had a couple of guys cramp up. The heat down here is real. There were a couple of days that I went to John (Burnside, Head Athletic Trainer) and the heat index is in the lower 110s. That is significant. We did have a few guys cramping and that will be a tremendous challenge for us, especially on the defensive side of the ball anticipating somewhere between 80-100 plays, based on their tempo. I will be better able to answer that question after the game on Saturday.
Expected number of guys to play in the first game
If you go by math. I came from a place where 63-64 was a lot of plays. Then, I come here and obviously the tempo is a little different. We are potentially going to be 70, 80, 90 plays on our offense and the same on the other side. So, you are at a game and a half. You will have to have multiple people playing so you are strong in the fourth quarter. We will play a decent number of people on both sides of the ball.
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