Scott Highsmith, has worked with Walden before at ETBU and was with Hal Mumme in the Air Raid...

Rick Minter hired as a defensive analyst Southern Miss.
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Walden:
Upset that the guys did not get a chance to compete this week.
This is a year of adapting to change and kids have done a great job of that
Team practiced a little longer on Sunday due to game being cancelled
UTEP is a good team will be tough on the road
Coach Walden expects to have more scholly players available for this game than last, not gonna give a number yet
Tim Jones is still day to day and so is OL Foxworth
TE and RB depth will be better but he gave no names
UTEP is much better defensively and have hot on a lot of JUCO, they are stingy on defense. The WR and QB are really good. Their RB runs hard. They are a very physical football team.. Much better than in years past. Sun Bowl is a tough place to play. They have also had consistency on their staff and that makes recruiting much better. They hit the Texas and California JUCO harf the past few years.
Getting Tim back with his playmaking ability will help with completion percentage and him and JAck have great chemistry.
LPS has stepped up in a huge way. HE played really well against UNT. They are proud of LPS. When Clopton gets back it will be great to be 2 deep there.
Minter (Defense) great D mind, who knows about Southern Miss. Is a great person who is a veteran type coach who can help the staff and give wisdom. His knowledge of the game is unbelievable. Coach Highsmith (Offense) was on Hal Mumme's staff knows the state well. He has a lot of wisdom in the passing game. Great christian guys who can help a young head coach put sometimes.
Walden has started getting more comfortable on gameday when it comes to coach's chemistry. The communication has gotten so much better. They UNT game was the best this season.
This team has gone though so much and Coach Walden is so proud of this team and their "next man up" mentality. There has been a lot of PDA's (player driven actions) that he has seen more every week. It is a testament to team growth and they will do anything the coaches throw at them.

Kubik:
Offense was disappointed not to play, wanted to get back out there.
Guys realle enjoyed the escape room on Saturday
Nice to watch some football Saturday
This UTEP defense is good. JUCO guys are playing well. They hit on a lot of JUCO players. They have been tugh on defense.
He hopes there is more back on offense. Todd has been doing a good job.
Ragsdale should be back, Clopton and Foxy are still up in the air.
There was much better execution on the offensive line. LPS gives the Eagles depth when Trace comes back.
They run a Tampa 2 Coverage with a DB standing in the middle of the field. That hampers the RPO game and be patient and sustain drives.
Gunter had a great job catching against UNT, Cavallo has been dependable, especially with Baker out. TE is thin right now.
Kubik has to do a better job of getting Jack into the flow of the game and he is becoming more comfortable with WR's.

Pecoraro:
UTEP is a very talented offense. They run the football hard. QB does a good job of getting the ball to his playmakers.
The young guys and backups have done a good job of stepping up and playing good.
TQ Newsome is going to get more snaps. HE took advantage of his opportunities and will get some more. Portlock did the same thing.
Maples has done a great job of being adaptable. HE can play inside and outside, wherever they need him to play. HE played literally every snap against UNT.
Barnes was injured early in camp ans it continuing to grow. He does a good job in the running game.

Tyler Barnes said Coach Walden does a great of bringing energy to the whole team. Barnes has used YOGA to get better.

Jack Abraham:
Disappointing not to play but it does give the offense a chance to heal up.
HE is really building better chemistry with the WR and there has been an open line of communication. When they get TIM back, they will be more explosive.
LPS was awesome and he brought energy all day. HE played well and there was no communication issue. HE is such a smart guy that he was able to adapt to anything in the game.
Coach Walden is the same guy he has always been and the team loves it.
There was no big changes to the offense it is Kubik's system but Coach Walden has had some thoughts and adjustments to it.

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Friday. Thinking this is going to be one of the best teams we have ever had. Very exciting, thinking about the upcoming baseball season. Wish we could get a new scoreboard/video board for this upcoming season. Would add to the atmosphere at The Pete.

Has anyone heard any word on the status of Saturday's game? Cancel, time change, or whatever.

Want to know what grade you give him and why?

Me B+ He is 1 centimeter away from being 2-1 and 2-0 in CUSA play. Team seems to be having more fun, playing with more emotion, and is getting better every week. I would still like the defense to play better, but got to get a pass rush and you need pass rushers to do that.

Heath...Can you give us an update on who will be cleared to play Saturday against UTEP? Tim Jones/Bozeman/Latham...

I can't find anything regarding the subject matter. Doesn't the season start next month? It could be after this weekend football game there may be a lot more interest.

FAU cancelled because of Covid-19 reasons according to Southern Miss. Here is the release:
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Due to precautionary measures concerning the availability of student-athletes for Florida Atlantic, Southern Miss announced Thursday that this weekend’s football game against the Owls has been postponed.

The institutions, along with Conference USA, will work together to reschedule the contest for later this season.

"We understand this COVID-related decision made by Florida Atlantic to not play our game this weekend and appreciate the consistent communication with our athletic department during the week," Southern Miss Director of Athletics Jeremy McClain said. "We are disappointed for our student-athletes who will not get a chance to participate, however we will work with Florida Atlantic and Conference USA to reschedule this game for later in the season."

The Golden Eagles return to action when they travel to El Paso to face UTEP, Saturday, Oct. 24. Game time is set for 6:30 p.m., CT and can be seen on ESPN2.

I understand this hiring for them....not for us...but any concrete salary news?

Aint gonna rain.

Have 2 tickets. If someone wants, I can transfer thru the ticket office. Let me know.

Walden:

Appreciate everyone's support
Incredible sideline energy
Team persevered through injuries and setbacks
Team stepped up and took pride in this team
Staff did a great job preparing
Guys didn't tap out and played through anything.
Team is playing with 54 scholarship players
Coahj Kubik called a great game
Being able to run the football was important to sealing the game at the end.
Defense was able to keep most things in front of them
Foxworth is injured (he didn't say but I was told broken hand)
Gore Jr had a great game
Was so happy for the game Mayberry had. He has battled so much and was so happy and thrilled for him.
He believes the game was won on special teams. Block kick, muff punt, kickoff recovery all went Eagle's way
Brownlee made the play of the day on the onside kick, huge play that changed momentum back to Eagles/
Huge team win.
Several players were out with Covid, he wouldn't give names for privacy purposes
He believes the game will be played this weekend.
The guys who stepped up on the o-line was just phenomenal.
Only 1 game to judge what FAU does. Only 1 film to look at for them. They have 4 to look on USM.

Kubik:

Louis Paul and the O-Line was great during the day. LPS did not have much time to get prepared. G Scott was great when Foxy weent down. So was Doss.
Frank Gore Jr carried the load all day and Mayberry works hard and great to see him play good. A great kid with great attitude.
FAU has really good team speed on defense.
Went back and watched FSU games to get ready for this game.
Tim Jones still nursing hamstring.
The WR corp is getting better, Brownlee, Robinson, Jones are getting better and better every week. Hayes finally got to get on the field and delivered.
TE depth is taxed with Driver out. Greyson did his best job blocking against UNT.
Short yardage offense was just great when going 2 back and did good running the ball.

Coach Pecoraro:
Went into game without 2 starters at LB
Portlock played 50 snaps TQ 30 and Devin 20.
Went from 19 missed tackles to 12 but defense playeed 25 more snaps against UNT.
Defense showed pride in win vs UNT had a chip on their shoulder after Tulane game.
Pulled some Oregon and FSU film getting ready for FAU.
Tyler Barnes had a good game, has played through adversity. Played about every snap at Nickle.
There was a different attitude this week with which is where the attitude difference showed in the game.
FAU has a good QB, has a good arm runs well. Transfer from Bama at RB. Good O-Line and they are very good at running their offense.

I learned my lesson when I took us and 6 against Tulane.

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