Good Morning. Miami Hurricanes Coach Mark Richt joined the Joe Rose Show for his weekly interview. I haven’t live tweeted one of these in a while, and I was motivated this morning (you know why) so here is the tweetcap of the live tweets that I tweeted live.
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Let’s go:
Good morning.
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Back with the live tweets of Mark Richt on the Joe Rose Show for FSU week. @560WQAM right now. And, of course, this timeline.
Let's get it.
Rose and CMR start with greetings.
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Convo starts with recap of the UNC win
CMR: The defensive scores "helped a lot". Notes that Miami only had 45 offensive plays, and 12 passes.
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Also says Miami ran the ball well.
"Story of the day was the 6 turnovers, 3 defensive scores"
Rose and CMR still reliving the greatness from Thursday.
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CMR "In the first half, I thought we played about as good as we could play"
CMR "They popped a couple runs on us." Also notes QB run issues.
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CMR notes that a kick got blocked and that that needs to get fixed
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CMR "Kosi graded well. very accurate." Also said he missed a couple reads.
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"I thought he handled it well. I thought he did really good"
CMR "The interception, quite frankly, was pass interference."
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Also says Perry has to squeeze the ball tighter when hit so no more fumble issues
Rose asks what went into making the switch at QB
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CMR "really, it was the cumulative effect of Kosi growing up and getting better." Says suspension slowed the transition
CMR "I saw that coming from a while away".
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So yeah, the QB change has been on the horizon for a while.
"Perry is going to be the starter this week and he's going to prepare for that moment"
Asked about DeeJay Dallas, CMR "Yeah he's doing well. And so is Travis Homer."
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Says both make defenders miss. Says Homer "finishes runs" a bit more physical than DJD at this time.
Says both are good in pass pro but Homer get special praise.
Rose asking about the development of Harley and Thomas
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CMR "some is hard work, some is that Berrios (former starting slot) is gone" so reps are up and performance is too
CMR "Harley is a machine as a blocker" Says he's the best blocker on the outside of anyone in the WR group.
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CMR says defenders want to fight Harley because he's such a tenacious blocker
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CMR "We as an offensive group of receivers did no block as we should" that's BIG because Miami's WR's are among the best blocking group in America.
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CMR "We gotta block better on the perimeter on a consistent basis" Says WR coach Dugans will get them right
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CMR "It's hard when you only throw 12 times to keep everybody happy" but also notes that there will be games with much more passing
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CMR "Jaquan Johnson is closer (to playing) than Ahmmon Richards right now"
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Says "It will be a while until Ahmmon is ready"
Also notes that Shaq Quarterman "should be okay"
Is it easier to be motivated for FSU week?
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CMR "it's an unbelievable rivalry" and everybody wants to do well.
CMR "Last year we had that huge play by Langham, got the touchdown and the victory". Says the win "stopped the bleeding" vs FSU and that was huge for Miami as a program.
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CMR "It's a pride game, it's an ACC game, and we're looking forward to it"
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Rose asks about Joe Jackson
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CMR "yeah, that was fun."
CMR says he promised Joe Jackson 2 jump balls as TE or WR. And if he catches them, he'll throw more.
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"And that's my promise to him....for NEXT SEASON".
I see you working, CMR
Always. Be. Crootin’.
Rose asks about improvement on OL
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CMR "much better." Notes Boulware and Scaife as being very good players on the 2nd unit who are pushing the guys on the 1st unit
CMR "That's the beauty of competition, and we're starting to get some of it" up front.
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Rose asking about the passion shown by the crowd for every turnover chain
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CMR "yeah, that's why we went non-verbal (cadence) at home" BECAUSE IT WAS SO LOUD
Rose asks about FSU QB Francois
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CMR "He's a big time play. It doesn't matter how tough or how physical it gets, he'll stand in there and make plays. He's a special player"
CMR notes the goal is to stifle the FSU run game, and that will (hopefully) affect their offense on Saturday night
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Rose asking about the close connection of players on Miami and FSU's roster
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CMR "It means so much to them. Just, pride." Mentions guys have played with and against each other since optimist/youth ball
And that’s that.
Plenty to digest. I’ll probably break individual items down in separate pieces today.