UAB Blazers College Football Pregame Quote, 09/06/2022

First off, I’d like to thank the fans for coming out and giving us a great gameday atmosphere. It all starts with the Blazer Walk and we want the Blazer Walk to be a tradition to set the tone for the gameday atmosphere. We had a great crowd, our fans came out, our students came out. I think that was the first time our student section was packed and that was great to see and I greatly appreciate it. It’s always great to start the season with a win, we were able to play a lot of different guys in the second half. I thought we played well in all three phases. We have a lot of things to clean up, a lot of things to get better at as we progress through this season going into Week 2. I thought our players played extremely hard. They played with passion, tremendous effort. We played with excitement, we played together, it was a great start to the season.

On the team’s injuries heading into Week 2:

We expect to be fully healthy. Trea Shropshire, Kadeem Telfort and Dewayne McBride all practiced yesterday.

On the benefits of getting extra rest:

It was very beneficial to have the two extra days to heal up, to rest up, to really be able to self-evaluate our football team and know what we got to do moving forward.

On Liberty’s offense:

Hugh Freeze is one of the best play callers in college football. We’ve got our hands full with two dynamic running backs. They’re explosive, they’re fast, they’re tough. We’ve got to be prepared for tempo, we’ve got to be prepared for both quarterbacks, tackle well, we’ve got to communicate well on the defensive side of the ball.

On the evolution and depth of offense:

Everybody on this team has a role. If we can understand our roles, embrace our roles, be about the team, we can evolve, grow and develop into something special if we embrace that role.