Charlie Strong Press Conference Notes

Quick notes:

• Offense played well in 3rd scrimmage after being dominated in scrimmage #2 on Wednesday
• Beck is healthy and he and McNeal are holding down TE.  I believe Beck is the #1 TE right now, but it's clear there are big plans for DeAndre
• McNeal is a big mismatch - most oversized WRs don't want to accept that they've grown out of their WR body and need years to come around on that fact. McNeal accepted it immediately
• Ridgeway is back.  The coaches told him to just concentrate on running to the ball.  Ridgeway's back injury pretty much has him being treated as a NFL veteran in camp.  The coaches were smart to nurture him along
• Tyrone Swoopes will take the first snap against Notre Dame.  Heard will play
• Swoopes is trying to win the team in how he carries himself.  He's not throwing interceptions and his body language is better
• Certain starters on the OL are Flowers, Doyle, Perkins.  Connor Williams is
• Marcus Johnson, Armanti Foreman, Daje & Burt are our first four at WR
• Gray didn't scrimmage today.  Nagging injuries but nothing serious
• The DL has excellent depth.  We have a legit two and three deep
• Santos hasn't practiced due to his injury
• The three freshmen cornerbacks are long with great body control.  Very difficult to win jump balls against them
• Antwuan Davis and Echols have both improved and are more focused with the increased level of competition
• As we get more and more elite players into the program, that effect will occur at every position
• Notre Dame specific preparation begins Monday
• Notre Dame has only two night games this year - Texas and USC.  That tells you what games they have circled on the schedule
• Peter Jinkens is a completely different player right now
• Multiple upperclassmen have volunteered for special teams
• The team has Sunday off

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