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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I'd love to tell you there's a whole bunch of difference, but it seems to be just a whole bunch of back and forth right now. We're done with our two weeks. We're trying to make some decisions. We'd love for one guy to rise up above the other, but right now they're both kind of going back and forth. If that's the case then they're both going to play. If not, then we'll name a starter. But right now we're not prepared to do that.
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I though the defense did all right, but they got fatigued pretty early, ... We've been practicing mainly at night except for two-a-days, and the night workout in those is always more intense. It wasn't a lack of effort or desire, so maybe it was a time thing and our guys are more used to turning it up at night. But with this hot, muggy morning, they got tired in a hurry.
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Freddie has done a great job. He's had a great camp and spring and he's a guy we look to provide a spark for us. I think he's going to have a good year.
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We have some guys that may not have been recruited as heavily because of the location of their high school or whatever, but these players are just as good. And some of them have already gotten bigger and better since we recruited them.
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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.
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I've got to figure out who is the best guy to give us an opportunity to win,
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To me, the key (for us) is the secondary, only because it's a scary position, ... If a lineman gets beat, it usually isn't a touchdown, but if a safety doesn't get deep enough, it is. That's what makes it scary ... but I believe we have excellent players there and I'm looking forward to seeing what happens.
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Turnovers. That's always my No. 1 answer. We also have to contain their special teams because they do a good job with that. Obviously, we also have to make plays on offense.
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We've really got to look at it and see what gives us the best opportunity to make plays.
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We are going to give Donald the start and let Matt come off the bench. Offensively, we didn't play well last week and that wasn't Matt's fault or any one person's fault. It was a combination of a great Florida defense and us not executing across the board offensively.
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We have got to get back to work and get better. To me, we've got to be able to throw the ball and make plays with the pass.
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I don't know what to say to someone who doesn't know what's going on with his mom and dad.
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NFL Europe is a whole new world for college quarterbacks. This is a step down from the NFL, but it's a big step up from college. When you get to the pros, it's hard to get used to how well everyone at every position can run. Quarterbacks make throws into the seam that used to get there in college and now they're getting picked. You get an education over here you can't get holding a clipboard.