Carolina Calls Live Updates (Kentucky Week)
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Beamer says they spent Friday afternoon and all of Sunday getting ready for Kentucky after putting the SC State game to bed.
"You guys know about as much as I do," he said regarding Will Levis.
"They pose a lot of challenges regardless of who is at quarterback, but he's a first-round pick for a reason."
"They present a lot of problems. They're a veteran group."
"You guys know about as much as I do," he said regarding Will Levis.
"They pose a lot of challenges regardless of who is at quarterback, but he's a first-round pick for a reason."
"They present a lot of problems. They're a veteran group."
Beamer says that Dylan Wonnum, Darius Rush and David Spaulding all "will play" on Saturday night, but did not offer any upset on the status of Alex Huntley.
"We don't need any excuses about the weather," Beamer joked with the possibility of temperatures being in the 30s on Saturday night in Lexington.
"Our guys are excited. Coming off two wins, we've built some confidence. We've had some really good weeks. It's why I want to coach in the SEC, and it's why our players wanted to come here. To play in a road game at night against a top 15 team. It should be a great environment."
"Our guys are excited. Coming off two wins, we've built some confidence. We've had some really good weeks. It's why I want to coach in the SEC, and it's why our players wanted to come here. To play in a road game at night against a top 15 team. It should be a great environment."
On the offense:
We need to do what we did against Charlotte and SC State. It starts with running the ball.
"If we're not able to run the football on Lexington on Saturday night it's going to be a big, big challenge.
On the pass interferences:
There's no question we've had way too many pass interferences called on us. We've got to be better. We've got big, physical corners. There's a reason why the head of the New England Patriots was at our practice today watching a lot of our guys.
On Marcellas Dial:
He played with confidence, he played with technique and he didn't panic when the ball was in the air. You drill it as much as you can, and you emphasize the technique.
On Kentucky's special teams:
They had some issues with their field goal operation against Ole Miss and had an issue with a punt snap against Florida, but have also made a bunch of plays both in the punt return game and kickoff return game. Our coverage units have a to be really, really good on Saturday night.
Beamer on road games:
He jokes "if it was my choice we'd get up and play at 11 a.m. instead of sitting around all day,"
Says "those questions are going to come up until we win a road games. We need to go win a game in the SEC on the road." he says when talking about the slow starts in road games.
We need to do what we did against Charlotte and SC State. It starts with running the ball.
"If we're not able to run the football on Lexington on Saturday night it's going to be a big, big challenge.
On the pass interferences:
There's no question we've had way too many pass interferences called on us. We've got to be better. We've got big, physical corners. There's a reason why the head of the New England Patriots was at our practice today watching a lot of our guys.
On Marcellas Dial:
He played with confidence, he played with technique and he didn't panic when the ball was in the air. You drill it as much as you can, and you emphasize the technique.
On Kentucky's special teams:
They had some issues with their field goal operation against Ole Miss and had an issue with a punt snap against Florida, but have also made a bunch of plays both in the punt return game and kickoff return game. Our coverage units have a to be really, really good on Saturday night.
Beamer on road games:
He jokes "if it was my choice we'd get up and play at 11 a.m. instead of sitting around all day,"
Says "those questions are going to come up until we win a road games. We need to go win a game in the SEC on the road." he says when talking about the slow starts in road games.
On the crowd at Kentucky:
"They've come a long way. I can remember early in my coaching career where I can remember the biggest cheers was when they would introduce the basketball team between quarters. Not anymore. It started getting going when I was at Carolina, and I remember it ramped up when I was at Georgia in 2016."
"We need a ton of garnet and black. Coach Stoops was talking about all the Kentucky fans who were in Oxford last week and what a difference it made, so we need a ton of garnet and black in Lexington Saturday night."
On Dakereon Joyner's role:
"He's playing at receiver. He's doing a great job on special teams. And I think Dakereon Joyner would tell you he hasn't been 100 percent healthy this season either. Dakereon is a key, key, key part of this football team."
On third downs:
It's obvious, but it starts on first and second down. We've got to have efficient plays on first down and efficient playas on second down. And that starts with running the football.
Todd Ellis drops a stat that South Carolina's average third down distance so far this season is 7.24 yards to go.
On Kentucky's coaching:
"They make you beat them. They don't beat themselves. They just find ways to get games to the fourth quarter and find a way to win it."
Cited the games against South Carolina last year and Florida this year as examples of this.
"We've got confidence in all of our guys playing," he says on the playmakers. "I like the group we have on offense. I think we've got multiple guys who can make plays, and we continue to get better every week."
On applying pressure:
We've got to get them in a passing situation first of all and stop the run so they have to throw the ball.
"We've certainly got to win our battles up front and affect the quarterback."
"They've come a long way. I can remember early in my coaching career where I can remember the biggest cheers was when they would introduce the basketball team between quarters. Not anymore. It started getting going when I was at Carolina, and I remember it ramped up when I was at Georgia in 2016."
"We need a ton of garnet and black. Coach Stoops was talking about all the Kentucky fans who were in Oxford last week and what a difference it made, so we need a ton of garnet and black in Lexington Saturday night."
On Dakereon Joyner's role:
"He's playing at receiver. He's doing a great job on special teams. And I think Dakereon Joyner would tell you he hasn't been 100 percent healthy this season either. Dakereon is a key, key, key part of this football team."
On third downs:
It's obvious, but it starts on first and second down. We've got to have efficient plays on first down and efficient playas on second down. And that starts with running the football.
Todd Ellis drops a stat that South Carolina's average third down distance so far this season is 7.24 yards to go.
On Kentucky's coaching:
"They make you beat them. They don't beat themselves. They just find ways to get games to the fourth quarter and find a way to win it."
Cited the games against South Carolina last year and Florida this year as examples of this.
"We've got confidence in all of our guys playing," he says on the playmakers. "I like the group we have on offense. I think we've got multiple guys who can make plays, and we continue to get better every week."
On applying pressure:
We've got to get them in a passing situation first of all and stop the run so they have to throw the ball.
"We've certainly got to win our battles up front and affect the quarterback."
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