Jack Bicknell
Jack Bicknell
Jack Bicknellis a retired American football coach, most recently known for his long involvement in NFL Europa and its predecessor, the World League of American Football. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1976 to 1980 and at Boston College from 1981 to 1988, compiling a career college football record of 77–90–2. In 1984, Bicknell coached his Boston College Eagles team to a 10–2 mark including a victory in the Cotton Bowl Classic. His...
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I though the defense did all right, but they got fatigued pretty early, ... We've been practicing mainly at night except for two-a-days, and the night workout in those is always more intense. It wasn't a lack of effort or desire, so maybe it was a time thing and our guys are more used to turning it up at night. But with this hot, muggy morning, they got tired in a hurry.
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It'll be a good diversion for everyone. Each day gets better. Just the mere fact that everybody knows about everybody now is a huge thing and a big relief.
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I know those people are looking forward to coming over, watching the game and seeing their sons. I think it'll be a nice diversion for everyone.
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Seneca did a wonderful job (against Kansas). They don't know, but they say he's very doubtful for New Mexico State. We're discussing (all our options) now and will go through it the next couple of weeks.
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They have an innovative offensive scheme that is tough to defend, ... Defensively, they have some tough blitzes for us to pick up.
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A lot of our players have lost everything. It really hits home.
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He said, 'Coach, the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders.
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I'd love to tell you there's a whole bunch of difference, but it seems to be just a whole bunch of back and forth right now. We're done with our two weeks. We're trying to make some decisions. We'd love for one guy to rise up above the other, but right now they're both kind of going back and forth. If that's the case then they're both going to play. If not, then we'll name a starter. But right now we're not prepared to do that.
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I'm going to let him play. He's going to start and we'll go from there.
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I thought he did a great job, ... He missed a couple (of passes) and he forced one that was a bonehead play. Other than that, he did a great job running the offense.
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We have got to get back to work and get better. To me, we've got to be able to throw the ball and make plays with the pass.
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We're basically back to where we were last year. Matt Kubik will start based on the fact he played the most last year. Donald Allen will play early on and we'll leave it at that and see where we go from there.
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We've tried to stress to our players that they shouldn't think the worst. No one is having any success calling people in these areas. Our No. 1 priority is the well-being both physically and emotionally of these young men. This just wouldn't have been a good day to practice.