Notes from Coach Curry's Press Conference

Interesting things of today's press conference:

-Rosevelt Watson is still starting RB: "[Watson] remains the starter because he is excellent in pass protection. When you see us sprint the quarterback out, he can drive on the corner and knock people down. He catches the ball well and just does everything well."

While not as statistically impressive as guys like Travis Evans, I knew this was the case because the passing game seems more fluid when #3 is in the game.  Not a knock on the other RBs but passs protection is something that has to be taught.  That attitude though, that's something that fires from within.  Can we grab like 5 more guys from South Florida please?  Just sayin'...

-Just how good is Drew Little's knowledge of the playbook?  "Since Drew [Little] has mastered the system and knows the calls so well, then that puts a lot of pressure on the defense.

That's tremendous praise for a RS Freshman folks.

One Savannah State's defensive formations: "They play mostly with a free safety and will play cover three or they will be in man-free. They have tried an awful lot to stop people from running on them. They will have eight or nine in the box.

Umm, que up the home run ball in our offense.  I send Sidney Haynes, Albert Wilson and Arthur Williams on go routes.  I see several long throws on the docket on Saturday.

On Star Jackson: “Try to put yourself in Star Jackson’s shoes. You come to a little-bitty, first-year program and you are a megastar. Your visits in college were Alabama, LSU, Oregon, etc. and you end up at Georgia State.  Everybody just thinks that he is going to run out on the field and be the savior. That is not the attitude he came over here with, though.  He came over with a marvelous attitude. He has had moments of frustration, but I’d frankly be disappointed if he hadn’t. He is a feisty guy. I am a feisty guy. I don’t like to see people smiling while they are on the bench. As for his attitude, he came back with the same positive attitude and came back Sunday. He was out there working hard, making the right reads and getting the ball to the right place.   Because of this, he will get another opportunity in due course.”

We'll likely see him on Saturday and I expect a better effort.  Good to here the high praise for Star and his attitude is much better than a month ago.

On the program 5 games in: “I’m thrilled. I’m not thrilled with our performance, but we have a real program. When we get off the bus at the Georgia Dome, we have a real band playing, and they are really good. I can tell you right now, when you have that sort of excitement and enthusiasm, it makes a big difference. When our fans get loud, that feels really good to us.  It feels loud. We really appreciate the boost. This team is mostly freshmen, and although I have gone out of my way not to make the excuse of youth for this team, we have very few people who have played in actual college games and we are still subject to the environment.  Hopefully when we mature, it won’t matter what is going on in the stands. Right now, we are still subject to what is around us and it has been a huge help to have the kind of support we have had. So, I’m thrilled to have the type of program we have. Naturally, I’d love to be undefeated, but we weren’t good enough to be undefeated. We are 3-2 and we will go from there and hope to play our best and do it all the time regardless of circumstances.”