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August 30th, 2010
UConn Game Week Monday Presser
For the 2010 season I will be posting a summary from each Monday and Wednesday press conference as it happens. It’s essentially a regurgitation of several twitter feeds from those that are fortunate enough to have jobs that entail them being at the pressers. Here we go…
I will be updating below as I get more info…
On the depth chart…
- The depth chart is out. X is Stonum or Hemingway. OL is Huyge, Schilling, Molk, Omameh, Dorrestein. TE is Koger. Y is Roundtree / Grady. Z is Odoms. At QB – all three are listed.
- Starters at CB are JT Floyd and James Rogers
- More starters on D – DE is Ryan Van Bergen. NT is Mike Martin. DT is Greg Banks. OLB is Craig Roh. MLB is Moundros or Ezeh. Weakside LB is James Mouton.
- Carvin Johnson is listed as the Hybrid on the depth chart. SS is Kovacs and FS is Cam Gordon. (Can’t say that I expected to see Carvin Johnson on the depth chart as the Hybrid – Interesting)
- Carvin Johnson and Punter Will Hagerup are the only two projected starters that are true freshman
Rich Rodriguez…
- Devin Gardner not going to redshirt. “prob going to play”
- All three QBs may not play in opener, but can see all three playing during the year. Devin will probably not redshirt
- On playing all 3 qbs in opener: “don’t know yet. See scenarios of all three playing during the season”
- Tackling well is the biggest key defensively against UConn on Saturday. Wants to see guys on the ground
- RR: Schemes in Big Ten and Big East are similar. Big East is “underrated as far as talent.” Big Ten has more tradition
- Freshmen on depth chart will likely not redshirt. Gardner is on depth chart
- RR: “More confident offensively.”
- “there’s not a whole lot of our guys touted for anything” right now. He hasn’t talked specifics about many players
- Rodriguez says he has an idea which QB is going to start, but coaches might not know
- About how he’s going to tell QBs, Rodriguez: I don’t need some Dr. Phil moment with the (QBs)
- RR on Gardner not redshirting: “Devin is mature mentally.”
- “Next few days will sort exactly what our gameplan will be.” In regard to Qbs
- Toussaint is questionable this week
- RR expects UConn to take “deep shots” early on, maybe first play of the game
- On players’ nerves on Saturday, “Big Jonny will probably have to bring some extra pairs of pants” (laughs)
Roy Roundtree…
- “have to wait ’till Saturday” to see what QB throws the best ball
- Roundtree on the anticipation for the unveiling of the renovation, “It’s going to be wonderful”
- “I don’t think no team on our schedule is a warm-up game”
- On RR – “He never lied to me like other coaches did”
Steve Schilling…
- Schilling on what offense does best: “We hope to do everything well.”
- On Tate, working really hard and he’s “excited to see what he can do this year”
- More on Tate: “Gained a lot of respect back for Tate.”
Darryl Stonum…
- Darryl Stonum: Devin (Gardner) throws probably the fastest ball. He’s a Brett Favre type (of QB)
Too Funny… I had to add this in here. Watch this back just give up on this play.
