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Seg 4 - FB Show 9-29 w Jason Candle · Coaches Corner

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to UConn Football Coaches Show. Jason Candle with
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  Speaker 1: us each and every week as the Huskies plow through
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  Speaker 1: the schedule. A third of the way through the schedule, 2-2.
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  Speaker 1: A big one coming up with Syracuse. The Orange come
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  Speaker 1: in 1-2. A couple of losses in the ACC, most
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  Speaker 1: recently against Pittsburgh, 27-13. Orange fell behind 17-0, 24-10. Pittsburgh
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  Speaker 1: ran the ball very well, Jason, this past week. how
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  Speaker 1: does that figure into game planning when you look at
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  Speaker 1: the previous game and what teams did to your opponent?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it always starts there. You know, unique
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  Speaker 2: situation this week. I mean, the defensive coordinator at Syracuse
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  Speaker 2: was my defensive coordinator at Toledo for the last five,
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  Speaker 2: six years. So, you know, we know each other very well. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I just know that they're going to have
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  Speaker 2: a good plan and they're going to, you know, be
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  Speaker 2: really stout in what they do. Big inside of defensive tackle.
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  Speaker 2: very good on the edge with a couple of good
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  Speaker 2: pass rushers, very long in the secondary. Um, you know,
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  Speaker 2: it was a good defensive unit, you know, and you
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  Speaker 2: know how a particular team, you know, had success that,
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  Speaker 2: you know, beforehand, you know, they're going to work really
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  Speaker 2: hard at fixing those mistakes to see on tape. So
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  Speaker 2: you're going to see if they got them fixed. And
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  Speaker 2: then if they did, you got to move on to
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  Speaker 2: something else. And that's just the game within the game.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, you mentioned it earlier when we were talking in
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  Speaker 1: this show that, uh, they threw two quarterbacks out there
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  Speaker 1: against Pittsburgh, Steve Angeli, we know about, uh, Arthur to
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  Speaker 1: come back against the Huskies, uh, up in, uh, Syracuse
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  Speaker 1: recently and overtime they won. And then, then they brought
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  Speaker 1: in Amari Odom off the bench. All he did is
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  Speaker 1: go eight for eight. So how do you prepare for
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  Speaker 1: two quarterbacks? Not one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that, you know, um, you gotta, you
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  Speaker 2: gotta do your, your due diligence on both of them. Um,
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  Speaker 2: I think that, you know, I, and I, and I
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  Speaker 2: do think we'll see both, honestly, I think that we'll,
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  Speaker 2: you know, we will, There will be, you know, a
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  Speaker 2: mixture of both. Or I don't know, you know, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know how it will all play itself out. So
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  Speaker 2: you got to really, you got to dig through and
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  Speaker 2: you got to spend the time and, you know, dissect
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  Speaker 2: the tape and see what you see and try to,
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  Speaker 2: you know, put the plan together to affect whoever their
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  Speaker 2: guy is out there, I guess is the best way
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  Speaker 2: to put it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, we've got about a minute left with Jason Candle.
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  Speaker 1: Their wide receivers are pretty impressive. Darius Johnson, Jawan Johnson,
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  Speaker 1: nine catches between them. When you're looking at a unit
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  Speaker 1: like that by the opposition, do you look at, you know,
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  Speaker 1: the patterns they run, the athleticism? What's the first thing
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  Speaker 1: you kind of try to analyze when you look at
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  Speaker 1: the opposition's wide outs like that? All of it.
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  Speaker 2: You know, for me, you know, that position is all
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  Speaker 2: about can you create separation? And they can, you know,
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  Speaker 2: and then I think from there you got to ask yourself, like,
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  Speaker 2: can you play man to man coverage? No, you can't.
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  Speaker 2: how much can you play without really sacrificing what you
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  Speaker 2: have and, you know, and the guys that you have.
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  Speaker 2: And again, that goes back into the pressure plan and
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  Speaker 2: what that looks like. And, you know, I'm really trying
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  Speaker 2: to affect the clock of the quarterback and, you know, the,
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  Speaker 2: you know, the timing and rhythm with the receivers is
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  Speaker 2: a major part of that timing, you know, of that clock. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you, you pick your spots, you try not
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  Speaker 2: to live in, you know, one specific thing the entire
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  Speaker 2: game where the quarterback can get a beat on what,
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  Speaker 2: what to expect prior to the ball getting in his
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  Speaker 2: hands after the snap. And, you know, try to live
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  Speaker 2: with it that way. And if, again, you get into
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  Speaker 2: the game and you've got to make some adjustments and
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  Speaker 2: you've got to, you know, try to challenge a specific
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  Speaker 2: guy because you feel like that's their go-to matchup for
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  Speaker 2: this entire game, for this entire plan of the game,
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  Speaker 2: you've got to be able to adapt and adjust on
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  Speaker 2: the fly. And I think that's, you know, that's why
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  Speaker 2: we all love pro football because there's so much, you know,
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  Speaker 2: there's a chess match every weekend as it pertains to matchups. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, that's no different here sprinkling down to the
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  Speaker 2: college game in today's day and age.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, looking forward to it. I'd say this is going
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  Speaker 1: to be a big one. Syracuse and UConn coming up
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  Speaker 1: on Saturday, noon kickoff. Coach, we appreciate your time. Best
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  Speaker 1: of luck. Go get them. Beat the Orange. Thank you.
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  Speaker 1: Appreciate it. All right. Jason Kendall, back with more. Tommy Warner,
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  Speaker 1: Matt Reagan coming up of the Huskies here on Learfield.