Coach Rhule Press Conference Notes: -Rahmir Johnson dislocated his shoulder, done for the year -Gabe Ervin dislocated his hip, done for the year -Dwight Bootle shoulder injury, will redshirt, done for the year -After Anthony Grant, Emmett Johnson is ready to play -Quinton Ives will have to step up too -Emmett is similar to Rahmir, 3rd down back -Anthony Grant has worked on protecting the ball, which is why he played a lot vs NIU -it’s Anthony Grant’s show now -always going to play the guy that gives the best chance to win, talking about QB’s -gives props to NIU DL once again -likes how FB’s Lindenmeyer and Liebentritt came in and stepped up -likes Fidone’s block on Billy Kemp’s TD -Coach Osborne talks about 1.5 knockdowns per play, we had a lot of them -Phalen Sanford is an EXCELLENT special teams player, runs a 4.3 40 -special teams has been good and bad, haven’t had enough of the “wow” plays -Expect Cam Lenhardt to have a chance to practice TOMORROW -offensively LA Tech will be a challenge, doesn’t seem concerned about the defense -LA Tech plays man and pressure on defense -a lot can be better on defense. Coach Tony and Coach Coop are not result based, they’re process based -not taking the ball away enough, “as hard as we’re hitting people, we gotta punch the ball out” -Teddy Prochazka is getting closer and closer -guys are accelerating because they’re getting game reps -a lot of the players had belief before they won, even more belief after the win -Coach Rhule’s experience at memorial stadium was “unlike any experience he’s ever had” -great for recruiting -Heinrich Haarberg has a connection Fidone -Heinrich is respected by his teamates -Coach Rhule never will beg anyone to stay, but will try and explain the vision to players -Called Jimari Butler when he entered the portal and said “what are you doing, of course we think you’re a good player” -Fleeks can do anything he wants if he puts his mind to it -Thomas Fidone is a way different player than he was weeks ago -wants the younger guys to watch film with the older guys -Marques Buford started individual drills yesterday, in a perfect world, would love for him to play the last four games and redshirt -grass is better than turf -Coach Rhule and Coach Cook went to the rodeo together #GBR