Karl Dorrell
Karl Dorrell
Karl Dorrellis an American football coach, former player and the current Wide Receiver coach for the New York Jets. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator at Vanderbilt University, a position he assumed in January 2014 until December 1, 2014. Dorrell served as the head football coach of the University of California, Los Angelesfrom 2003 to 2007, compiling a record of 35–27. He led the UCLA Bruins to five bowl appearance in five seasons, but did not coach in...
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That was a focal point. It has been since our game against USC. We wanted to get our running game going and keep that (Wildcat) offense off the field.
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When you try to arm-tackle runners like him or even throw a shoulder pad on them, it doesn't affect those kinds of guys. He's a dynamite player. We're just hoping to keep him healthy every step of the way.
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They throw the ball very well and run the ball very well. The third dimension is their quarterback. He's very mobile and that's always difficult. Most of the time, you don't count on the quarterback being a key contributor in the run game.
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They run the ball very effectively. They have all the tools over there to be successful.
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They tried pressuring us quite a bit in the first half, and Drew saw most of the pressure that was coming and threw the ball to the right person, ... He played well. Our offensive line has played well and protected him well and has allowed some running room for our running backs.
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Robert Cleary played well, ... We didn't skip a beat in there, in terms of blocking for the run or the passer.
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Their offense spreads you out effectively with the run and pass, but they have that third dimension in a quarterback who runs very effectively. When you defend, you don't count on the quarterback being integral in the run game. His decision-making, when to hand off or keep it himself, worries me. He does that as well as anyone I've seen.
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We just tried to reduce our thinking before that first touchdown, let's just get one series.
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We had such a rough start, being down so early, by so much and still keeping our composure. We just kind of reduced our thinking before that first touchdown: 'Let's just get one series.' Then we reduced it even further to 'let's just get one positive play.' Then start the energy going in a positive fashion over the course of that series of play. We did that and our confidence started to kick in.
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We won a game up there last year that was a barn burner, that went down to the last seconds, so I'm sure in their minds, they have something to prove. In our minds, we have something to prove about the caliber of team that we are and the steps that we've made so far this year.
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We got the bad taste out of our mouths and we are excited about the momentum in our program. We are ready to take our best shot.
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We got some recognition in our program, which was good to see, from a national standpoint,
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Drew has played all the way through, from training camp to (the OSU game),
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Our defense has been coming up with big stops, ... They had their best game of the season. They did a tremendous job of limiting Oklahoma's rushing attempts, particularly Adrian Peterson.