Clawson Presser--John Denver Edition

Coach Clawson held his weekly presser this week. I listened. You don't have to. Here are the high points. Everything is NORMAL as we prepare for WVU. OK?  Same schedule, same game plan, same everything.  You have to win individual matchups, and that's what we are preparing to do.

WVU is a very good team.

Coach was asked how we were going to prepare for the big Morgantown crowd.  He said, "we're going to play a lot of John Denver music."  He also said that the children of the 70s are all "closet John Denver fans."  (A closet to stay out of, if you ask me).

The Miami win was nice to get on the road.  Coach enjoyed it until he got home and watched WVU-LSU on TV.

WVU is hard to prepare for on both sides of the ball.  They play a 3-3 stack (as Akron used to) that is tough to prepare for in one week.

As far as injuries, he hopes Samuel, Truss and Robinson will be able to go.  They will all travel and should be game time decisions.

His philosophy is that if they can go and not risk future injury, they are going to go.  He won't sit someone just because it is WVU and a non-conference game.

I didn't realize this, but you can only travel 66 to conference road games but it is unlimited to non-conference road games.

Jack Carle asked about Darrell Hunter.   Coach said he played very well considering he is a true freshman.  He didn't have the "deer in a headlights look."  He didn't play perfectly, but he played well.  He made a key tackle in space on a 4th quarter swing pass, wrapping up and finished the play.