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Bri'onte Dunn will miss Saturday's game with a non-surgical MCL sprain but Etienne Sabino will return and start.
Urban Meyer spoke to the media and addressed where the team is at following the bye week as well as what we can expect from the Wisconsin game Saturday:
“Teams either get better or get worse and obviously the team we’re playing this week got a lot better.” - Urban Meyer
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“Yeah, I can’t tell you what percent he’s at, but Sabino is in the starting lineup.” So much for the depth chart.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“Well the three that starting lineup today is Shazier, Boren, and Sabino. Storm Klein will play as well. Still not near the depth we need”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“They do a multitude of shifts, formations, and motions that make it hard to get gap control and gap security.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“They didn’t throw much last week because they didn’t have to…That #4 is a heck of a player for them.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“Excellent day today… I don’t want to say I was surprised but sometimes you have to beat it out of them… Not today.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“We go plus one today. We go real hard. We were full pads today. Probably our most physical practice of the week will have been today.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“I grab practice schedules from how we did in our best years post-bye weeks and measure it from there.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
Meyer jokes that talking about Linsley’s improvement is like “talking about a pitcher throwing a no hitter” during the no hitter.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“The Pounceys are probably the most famous guys that moved to center. Mike struggled at first but really came on.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“We’re doing the best we can to play a really good team on the run.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“Probably fits his style a little bit. [Boren]’s been a stabling force for our defense… Our defense is not Silver Bullet-ed yet.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“[Boren] was not a very good leader in the spring but has developed into one of my very favorites all-time in my coaching career.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“This game and the one after it are games you have to watch it.” Meyer on teams getting too rah rah before the game.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“I could lie to you and say I don’t every once in a while but not as much as I thought.” On how Meyer thinks about not playing in a bowl.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“You know I haven’t for some reason… I have not even addressed that…” On using an AP National Title (lol) as a carrot.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“I really like coaching this team right now and that’s not worrying about the nonsense.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
Meyer calls the rivalry with Wisconsin “interesting”. Talks about Wisconsin “stealing a season” from the Bucks (2010 ostensibly).
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“Travis [Howard] was not a good player; he and his coach have worked themselves into being a very good player.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“Same page? I have a lot of respect for his team. Other than that, we’re fine.” On bad blood between Meyer and Bielema.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
Meyer calls #44 on Wisconsin one of the best players in the Big Ten. “They’re a team that’s extremely well coached.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
That player being Chris Borland, ILB.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“We have talked about when they announced we could win our division. I guess we’re co-winners? That’ll be brought up.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
Meyer says Montee Ball will be a very good NFL back.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“I would still grade us on a C-to-C-minus on developing plays.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
Says “We should have 40 guys like that,” on what Corey Brown’s developed into.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
“Linsley’s still a bit banged up. Orhian Johnson got dinged a bit in the game. He was good to go today. Bri’onte Dunn’s out. Hurt his knee.”
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
Says Dunn’s injury is a non-surgical MCL sprain. They hope to get him back for the Michigan game but that’s not a certainty.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
Says the team gets Armani Reeves back. Calls him a very good special teams player.
— Land-Grant Holy Land (@Landgrant33) November 12, 2012
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