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have probably one of the best defensive lines in the conference. We went into this year having lost our captain on the offensive line, and moving two defen- sive linemen over, one of whom was a starter going into the season. So we talked about it. I know everybody is looking to find answers and reasons. Did we have high expectations and stan- dards of who and what we wanted to be? Yes. But am I also trying to be real- istic going into the season of what it was? That as well. We tried to talk about these things ahead of time, and the question always went back to Christian Hackenberg. I kept bringing up to you guys that it was going to be about surrounding Chris- tian. So really, you keep asking me, but the answer's not going to change. I un- derstand it. We're going to evaluate everything, and I understand the disap- pointment. I know you said before the season that John [Donovan] would call plays. I'm just curious, what input do you have on the play-calling throughout a game, if any? Are you guys trying to limit the playbook to help these play- ers kind of streamline stuff? I'll answer this question the same way I've answered it all year long. We sit down throughout the week as a staff and come up with a game plan and make recommendations. We watch formation tapes. We watch down-and-distance situations. We watch situational and ex- plosive play tapes. We watch every play that we possibly can to get a feel for who and what they are. Then on game day, I'll make recommendations, I'll make suggestions on things that I'm feeling or seeing or thinking that we need. It was a little different in the past when he was up in the booth and I was down on the sideline because sometimes you don't get the feel from the players of what you need at the time. So that's kind of how it's been. We do it more in the game plan. I've mentioned to you guys before, I think there are four to six calls a game that are important calls. I think the rest of them are basically what you've decided all week you're going to call on first down, what you're going to call on second down and on third down, and it's everybody's input, and the of- fensive coordinator and myself put that thing together and we go from there. Looking at the tape from last week, what did you see on special teams? Obviously a couple things didn't go the way you'd like them to. Were there changes you can make or just mental errors that can be addressed from week to week? The PAT [length] field goal – Keiser [had been] our holder. I think [Chris] Gulla has done a great job coming in and replacing Keiser. We didn't do a great job in that situation. Bobbled a snap The kickoff [to open the second half] was as freakish a play as I've seen. I know everybody's saying that we should have moved up here, and we should have. But you'll see even if you watch the tape, when the kick came, they all backed up because it was hit well and it was going. If you were standing there, it literally got to a point, and I've never seen anything [like it]. It spun, stopped and dropped straight down. So I think that was a freakish play. N O V E M B E R 2 5 , 2 0 1 4 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . C O M 14 FRANKLIN CONTINUED FROM 13 Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Hey Sports Fans ...Get 15% Off your hotel stay! 15% discount lioncountrylodging.com When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Hey Spor Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ts Fans ...Get Hey Spor Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê ts Fans ...Get 15% Off your hotel stay! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê your hotel stay! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê your hotel stay! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê 15% discount Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount 15% discount Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! lioncountr lioncountr lioncountr lioncountrylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com ylodging.com lioncountr Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê When travelling ...think of us in Carlisle! Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê Ê

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