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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
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“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.
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“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