Carroll McCray
Carroll McCray
Carroll McCrayis the head football coach at Gardner–Webb University. He was previously the head coach at Austin Peay State University from 2003 through 2006 and at North Greenville University in 2012...
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We are very excited about him. You wonder about the learning curve because they throw a lot of defenses at you, but he is focused in there. (Offensive line coach Steve Haywood) has done a good job helping him learn things and I think that has helped him get considerable playing time with that first group." ()
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We didn't play assignment football at the end like we should have defensively to stop the option. We attacked the quarterback pretty well in the third quarter, but then the fullback got us on some bend-backs late in the ballgame. We had people in the right positions, but I'm disappointed in the missed tackles." ()
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They've got a really good football team. Today we got beat by the strength of an older, more experienced football team. They run through tackles on offense and come at you downhill. On defense, they have a lot of speed on the outside and pressured our young players." ()
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(Athletic Director and head basketball) coach (Dave) Loos did a really fabulous job working that first game out for us. He spent a lot of time on the phone trying to make it work for Austin Peay. I've very appreciative of that. We're going to be able to have a home game in our transition year in the opener here at Governors Stadium and it just comes form his hard work. How we'll play, we'll know on the second (of September). But I know, we're excited about the opportunity." ()
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The officials told me that they got locked up and both of them were too active with their arms or their feet in a negative way, and said they are not going to be able to play anymore. I haven't had a chance to talk to Joe and I am not going to pass judgment until I see the video tape and talk to him." ()
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Drake is coming up next week, which will make a four-day week for us. We will have to regroup quickly. They are a good team and will offer a big challenge for us." ()
bad guys snap took wind
That took a lot of wind out of our sails. A lot of guys said 'Oh my' after that one. It was a bad snap and a bad punt." ()
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We had a couple that couldn't get out here, but it was good to get out here and get day No. 1 under our belts. We've got a lot of spring break still in us. I saw some positive things, but I've got to see a lot more. But it was good to go ahead and get on the surface and work our way back into conditioning. We worked on our agility quite a bit and got a few things done offensively and defensively." ()
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We put ourselves in a position to win the game in the fourth quarter. We just couldn't finish it." ()
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Joe is one of the finest football players in our program. I think if you get pinned down there, you try to get up. He kind of got cross ways in a situation, but I didn't see anything that was flagrant that showed something unrepresentative of what we want to see at Austin Peay." ()
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He's been invaluable so far. ... Just the fact that when you get down there on that 25-and-in and you have somebody who has shown that he can get points means a lot. Certainly, in the punting game, field position is key to everything we do." ()
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I'm pleased with what we've done so far. But this is a big, big week, to see how much more we can improve. Every individual group has goals we're working on. I thought we got good work today; we picked it up more at the end in live competition. I think it's important we have segments every day where we put them in competitive situations, while working hard on our fundamentals." ()
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I am very, very pleased with our football team that they could shake off what happened to us the last 14 days and come out here and execute even when adversity hit us a little bit. I hope that says something about our team that we can grow." ()
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I didn't think our execution was as good today. ... Maybe camp is getting to us a little, about 10 days in with about four to go. But I just didn't think our concentration was as good. It has to be much better, much quicker." ()