Jack Bicknell
Jack Bicknell
Jack Bicknellis a retired American football coach, most recently known for his long involvement in NFL Europa and its predecessor, the World League of American Football. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1976 to 1980 and at Boston College from 1981 to 1988, compiling a career college football record of 77–90–2. In 1984, Bicknell coached his Boston College Eagles team to a 10–2 mark including a victory in the Cotton Bowl Classic. His...
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It'll be a good diversion for everyone. Each day gets better. Just the mere fact that everybody knows about everybody now is a huge thing and a big relief.
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It's a combination of things. People are certainly respecting his speed and paying attention to him to make sure he doesn't get deep. They're trying to not let us get the ball to him. Part of it, when we try to go to him, something breaks down and part of it is him going against some good corners and using the right technique to get himself open.
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We've tried to stress to our players that they shouldn't think the worst. No one is having any success calling people in these areas. Our No. 1 priority is the well-being both physically and emotionally of these young men. This just wouldn't have been a good day to practice.
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We're basically back to where we were last year. Matt Kubik will start based on the fact he played the most last year. Donald Allen will play early on and we'll leave it at that and see where we go from there.
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The fact that the team really pitched in, I think the people up here appreciate that. One thing I know for sure, you appreciate what you have. A simple dorm room became everything. Just being able to have a bed and three hot meals and four walls and a roof, that's something to really be thankful for.
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We didn't run the ball as well as we have. Offensively we didn't do a great job today.
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We definitely need to find ways to get Patrick and Weldon on the field, ... We've been working on different things to try and get the ball in their hands.
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Overall we saw some good things and some bad things, just like you do every scrimmage, ... The good thing is that I feel like we're farther along at this point than we've been in the past, mainly because we have a better understanding of our base offense and defense. The players are comfortable with what we're trying to do, so now we just have to try to make sure everyone is healthy and ready to go against Florida.
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A lot of our players have lost everything. It really hits home.
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They have an innovative offensive scheme that is tough to defend, ... Defensively, they have some tough blitzes for us to pick up.
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They have some good outside rushers. We have a tackle that has a bad ankle and just couldn't block them. But it was everyone, and I'm not using the bad ankle as an excuse.
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They have some good outside rushers, ... We have a tackle that has a bad ankle and just couldn't block them. But it was everyone, and I'm not using the bad ankle as an excuse.
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As far as their character, you can't beat either of those two guys, ... Both of them bring something and having two starters is a positive. You don't have to worry about the first guy going down.
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The bottom line is both of those guys are going to be playing like we did last year. They're both going to get an opportunity.