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Full updates coming from William Muschamp's 12:30 press conference. Updates will be in this post, so all you have to do is refresh.
--Has a great opportunity against a good Auburn team. They take advantage of Auburn's athleticism. Schwartz is one of the fastest players in college football.
--Seth Williams is a very difficult matchup. Tank Bigsby is a feature back and they're obviously familiar with him after recruiting him.
--Kevin Steele will put a good defensive plan out there.
--They have their "work cut out."
--No players are going to have to quarantine after the Vandy game. The team tested Sunday and again Tuesday and feel comfortable with the protocols. Team won't do anything extra this week in terms of protocol.
--Tank Bigsby is a "wonderful young man" and comes from a great family. End of the day, said he had great opportunities. Said players who get recruited by multiple SEC schools have a lot of good options. Bigsby stayed a little bit closer to home with his mother and brother. Said he totally understands the decision.
--Said with some running backs you have to limit touches to keep back healthy, but none of their backs have that. They think all of the backs get stronger as the game goes on.
--Generally it's game by game in how much man coverage they're facing. Vandy did a good job dropping a safety on Shi's side and mixing man and zone. That's a game to game. They have to continue to develop more guys against man coverage. They have to continue to work on that but they feel comfortable with the guys they have.
--Winning helps. "Food tastes better, your wife likes you more, your girlfriend likes you more if you have one." Said team enjoyed the win but came in ready to work on Sunday to fix some of the miscues.
--Kevin Harris is competing at a high level, and is really consistent. Said there's not a lot of ups or downs and that means he plays a lot. Said he's talented and at the "end of the day he's a really good football player."
--Mike Bobo is doing a good job mixing and stressing defenses with his wrinkles, shifts and multiple formations. Said he's creative in the run game and doing things to try and scheme guys open in the pass game.
--Asked about Auburn's offense, said Morris and Malzahn are pretty similar. Said there are different tendencies. Some of the run and pass concepts are similar to what Auburn's run in the past with Malzahn.
--Said it's "nerve wracking" every day and he's holding his breath every time he gets a call from the training staff. Said they've had "a lot of issues" with it and going through this season in a pandemic is hard. Said every team has to deal with it and make the most of a situation that's largely out of their control.
--On what a Friday night looks like pregame, said the team quarantines in the hotel and is given their own space to work. For food, South Carolina nutritionists serve the food and players aren't allowed to serve themselves.
--He thinks Keir Thomas, Jaylin Dickerson and Izzy Mukuamu should be available this week.
--They don't know who's going to start at right tackle this week. Could move Dylan Wonnum there and Turnetine to left. Jakai Moore, Vershon Lee and Jaylen Nichols are all options as well.
--Asked about Cam Smith, said cornerback is one of the hardest position to play in Muschamp's defense because they try to play a lot of man coverage. It's hard to play and guys have to learn from their mistakes. Cam Smith has. He's come back with the right mentality. Even after playing on Saturdays, he comes out on Sunday and goes through the young player practices to get more reps.
--On Jazston Turnetine, said getting spring cut short really affected his development and Turnetine didn't stay in as good of shape as he needed to be. He had a hard time "sustaining and with assignments." It's taken a while to get him back into good shape and in good conditioning.
He's a great person and player and worked his butt off.
--No update on Jalen Brooks or his appeal. Still working through the appeal process. Hopeful for a decision in the next few days but they don't know.
--All three guys who opted out are still enrolled in school and they'll evaluate things in January about when they'll come back.
--Has a great opportunity against a good Auburn team. They take advantage of Auburn's athleticism. Schwartz is one of the fastest players in college football.
--Seth Williams is a very difficult matchup. Tank Bigsby is a feature back and they're obviously familiar with him after recruiting him.
--Kevin Steele will put a good defensive plan out there.
--They have their "work cut out."
--No players are going to have to quarantine after the Vandy game. The team tested Sunday and again Tuesday and feel comfortable with the protocols. Team won't do anything extra this week in terms of protocol.
--Tank Bigsby is a "wonderful young man" and comes from a great family. End of the day, said he had great opportunities. Said players who get recruited by multiple SEC schools have a lot of good options. Bigsby stayed a little bit closer to home with his mother and brother. Said he totally understands the decision.
--Said with some running backs you have to limit touches to keep back healthy, but none of their backs have that. They think all of the backs get stronger as the game goes on.
--Generally it's game by game in how much man coverage they're facing. Vandy did a good job dropping a safety on Shi's side and mixing man and zone. That's a game to game. They have to continue to develop more guys against man coverage. They have to continue to work on that but they feel comfortable with the guys they have.
--Winning helps. "Food tastes better, your wife likes you more, your girlfriend likes you more if you have one." Said team enjoyed the win but came in ready to work on Sunday to fix some of the miscues.
--Kevin Harris is competing at a high level, and is really consistent. Said there's not a lot of ups or downs and that means he plays a lot. Said he's talented and at the "end of the day he's a really good football player."
--Mike Bobo is doing a good job mixing and stressing defenses with his wrinkles, shifts and multiple formations. Said he's creative in the run game and doing things to try and scheme guys open in the pass game.
--Asked about Auburn's offense, said Morris and Malzahn are pretty similar. Said there are different tendencies. Some of the run and pass concepts are similar to what Auburn's run in the past with Malzahn.
--Said it's "nerve wracking" every day and he's holding his breath every time he gets a call from the training staff. Said they've had "a lot of issues" with it and going through this season in a pandemic is hard. Said every team has to deal with it and make the most of a situation that's largely out of their control.
--On what a Friday night looks like pregame, said the team quarantines in the hotel and is given their own space to work. For food, South Carolina nutritionists serve the food and players aren't allowed to serve themselves.
--He thinks Keir Thomas, Jaylin Dickerson and Izzy Mukuamu should be available this week.
--They don't know who's going to start at right tackle this week. Could move Dylan Wonnum there and Turnetine to left. Jakai Moore, Vershon Lee and Jaylen Nichols are all options as well.
--Asked about Cam Smith, said cornerback is one of the hardest position to play in Muschamp's defense because they try to play a lot of man coverage. It's hard to play and guys have to learn from their mistakes. Cam Smith has. He's come back with the right mentality. Even after playing on Saturdays, he comes out on Sunday and goes through the young player practices to get more reps.
--On Jazston Turnetine, said getting spring cut short really affected his development and Turnetine didn't stay in as good of shape as he needed to be. He had a hard time "sustaining and with assignments." It's taken a while to get him back into good shape and in good conditioning.
He's a great person and player and worked his butt off.
--No update on Jalen Brooks or his appeal. Still working through the appeal process. Hopeful for a decision in the next few days but they don't know.
--All three guys who opted out are still enrolled in school and they'll evaluate things in January about when they'll come back.
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