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O c T O B E R 2 2 , 2 0 1 7 B L U E W H I T E O N L I N E . c O M 7 C O A C H S P E A K • E X C E R P T S F R O M J A M E S F R A N K L I N ' S P O S T G A M E P R E S S E R Why did you think the new offen- sive wrinkles you put in would work and be effective against Michigan? I think, just the fact that we were able to put in some new looks that we hadn't shown. Lining up in empty and staying in empty, we hadn't really shown that, and that was a big self-study deal. Being able to disguise which side Saquon [Barkley] was on with the mo- tion across and then the motion across and back. The wildcat was mainly just because I know how much everyone loves the wildcat. … Where we did a great job is, we didn't show it. So in- stead of lining up and putting the quar- terback out wide, we're able to shiB to it at the last minute so they can't go to a wildcat check. We had some wrinkles in there. We also watched film and felt like… we could get Saquon matched up on a linebacker. That's what they had shown on film and that's what we were able to do today, and I thought that cre- ated some opportunities for us. In the past you, said you wanted to see more physicality from those guys on the offensive line. Is that what you saw tonight, and have you seen that in the last couple weeks? I thought Will Fries played a really good game. I thought the whole unit did. You know, we gave up some pres- sures and we gave up a few negative- yardage plays and things like that, but you could probably spread the criticism around on that a little bit. But I thought our O-line obviously played really good. That's a defense that hadn't given up any yards and any points really to any- body. So I'm very proud of them. DaeSean Hamilton finished with six catches for 115 yards. What did you think of his game tonight? I thought the play he made on their sideline where he went up and the ball's a little short, and he went up and caught it in traffic – they're the plays you have to make in these types of games, espe- cially against this style of defense. You've got to be able to make them pay for playing so aggressive. And I thought we did a really nice job, because they play a lot of man coverage, outside leverage man and try to funnel every- thing to the help, the safety. We beat them outside a few times, also on long balls, and then they adjusted even wider and then we went to running slants. So then we hit DaeSean Hamilton with the slant, which was a nice adjustment. We didn't even really have that in the game plan. It was just that we were able to make an adjustment at halBime.

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