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Texas A&M Football
"Slive and I go back a long way, all the way back to the 80s and we’ve been friends for a long time. There’s no question, I’ve always respected him, he’s always been very up front and very honest, that’s the way he does business.”
“What's happening in Mississippi is amazing, because first of all you look at the number of players in the state and you have to divide them up amongst three schools, including Southern Mississippi, and then you realize you’re in between Alabama and LSU. LSU takes quite a few, Alabama and then Tennessee comes down. So you’re surrounded by teams that can come in there and fight for the best players.“
“Alabama’s defense is only allowing 68 rushing yards per game. That’s pretty stout. But then you come down and look at the rest of the defense, and then their offense and the turnovers. Then you look at the kicking game, we’ll see two great punters on the field Saturday, but they're not a barn burner in the kicking game.”
“Then you try to match up the two common opponents, Arkansas and Mississippi, and then add the scores up, they only averaged 15.5 over the two games while we averaged 27.5. However, they only gave up an average of 18 points and while we averaged 31.5 points. I don't know what the point spread is but it can't be very large."
“We’ve got to get better play out front. From the very first game, you look at how good the offensive line was and how good Hill's production was, but then starting with the first half against Arkansas and then Mississippi State ... there were 10 pressures and four sacks.”
“Just looking and watching the tempo of the game, A&M is much better offensively when they’re in their fast tempo. I think mentally their better, they get rid of the ball quicker and Hill isn't having to sit there and read and have pressure put on him. When you have to sit back there and make reads, your offensive line has to protect you.”
Jackie Sherrill dissects A&M's issues, previews Alabama contest
Key quotes from Jackie Sherrill interview
“I think everyone was anticipating Mike Slive would step down at some point, and he kind of indicated that a couple of years ago that he wasn’t going to be there forever. What a great job the commissioner has done.”"Slive and I go back a long way, all the way back to the 80s and we’ve been friends for a long time. There’s no question, I’ve always respected him, he’s always been very up front and very honest, that’s the way he does business.”
“What's happening in Mississippi is amazing, because first of all you look at the number of players in the state and you have to divide them up amongst three schools, including Southern Mississippi, and then you realize you’re in between Alabama and LSU. LSU takes quite a few, Alabama and then Tennessee comes down. So you’re surrounded by teams that can come in there and fight for the best players.“
“Alabama’s defense is only allowing 68 rushing yards per game. That’s pretty stout. But then you come down and look at the rest of the defense, and then their offense and the turnovers. Then you look at the kicking game, we’ll see two great punters on the field Saturday, but they're not a barn burner in the kicking game.”
“Then you try to match up the two common opponents, Arkansas and Mississippi, and then add the scores up, they only averaged 15.5 over the two games while we averaged 27.5. However, they only gave up an average of 18 points and while we averaged 31.5 points. I don't know what the point spread is but it can't be very large."
“We’ve got to get better play out front. From the very first game, you look at how good the offensive line was and how good Hill's production was, but then starting with the first half against Arkansas and then Mississippi State ... there were 10 pressures and four sacks.”
“Just looking and watching the tempo of the game, A&M is much better offensively when they’re in their fast tempo. I think mentally their better, they get rid of the ball quicker and Hill isn't having to sit there and read and have pressure put on him. When you have to sit back there and make reads, your offensive line has to protect you.”
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