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“One of the first things that I’ve noticed, being a new coach, is the culture and how the guys get along, and how everybody’s really really bought into coach Locksley and his vision of where he wants this program to go,” Enos said. “It’s been very exciting for me to come in and be a part of that.”
“I’ll always go back to just making sure that we all, when we evaluate those guys at that position, we’re evaluating the entire package, right?” Nagy said. “And Andy had six plays, and, yeah, it’s hard to say much good or bad about that. So we’re going to get him some more snaps this coming preseason game.
“Certainly winning some games after not having won very many built their confidence and they started to believe,” Schiano said of his players. “You know what, we belong in this league and as I told them, and you guys, it’s just going to become more and more evident each and every year.”
“He’s probably taken a million pass sets in his career. To understand the knowledge that he has for the game, the knowledge he has for training and the preparation it takes to play that long at that high of a level, I’ll probably be in his back pocket. I’ll probably be asking him more questions than he wants me to ask. But I just want to learn from him and understand, ‘What do you do that sets you apart from everybody else?’ ”
“And then one specific news agency, every time they have someone on, ‘I’m not a doctor, but vaccines don’t work,’ Or ‘I’m not an epidemiologist, but vaccines are going to give you a third nipple and make you sterile,’” Rivera continued. “Come on. That, to me? That should not be allowed.”
The most powerful offense in the country lost Smith, quarterback Mac Jones and running back Najee Harris, all first-round NFL draft picks this year. The next wave of blue-chippers stepping into bigger roles includes running back Brian Robinson, wide receiver John Metchie and quarterback Bryce Young, a former five-star recruit from California.
Zander Horvath, the 6-foot-3, 230-pound running back, has been compared to former star Mike Alstott. And not just because both players wore No. 40. Horvath had a team-high 449 yards rushing last season, averaging 5.0 per carry, and was third in receptions with 30 for 304 yards. Purdue needs him to replicate those numbers this year.
“I think the seniors, especially, are guys that learned through ‘19,” said Fitzgerald, 106-81 since taking over in 2006. “In a year like ‘20, everything was abnormal. I thought we handled it really well, and we executed what you have to do to be a championship level team. To continue that momentum on is more of our focus than what went wrong in ‘19.”
“With Alex’s pedigree and being only 23-years-old, we feel as if there is still plenty of room for growth in his game. He is just scratching the surface of the type of player we feel he is capable of becoming,” said president of hockey operations and general manager Stan Bowman in a statement. “This will be an important season for him to perform consistently and contribute offensively.
“Do we have talent? Yes, we have a lot of talent. Do we have a lot of good players? Yes, I believe we have a lot of good football players,” Allen said. “And I love our coaching staff. But how well this 2021 team meshes together, the chemistry we create, how hard we play for each other, with each other, how well we perform each and every day, the thing is to me you’ve got to get better every week. If those things all happen as they are, I’m excited about what this team can become.”