Tommy Tuberville was interviewed by the ESPN ACC blog. Here are some of the highlights. Be sure to check out the whole thing at ESPN.
David Hale: We’ll start here: What’s the latest on your quarterback?
Tommy Tuberville: Gunner threw a few passes [at practice], but not a whole lot. He’s probably got 60 to 70 percent arm strength. He can’t throw an out route. It’s going to be tough for him. His forte is throwing the deep ball and the long out routes, and right now he’s a pretty good ways away from being the same Gunner for him to be successful.
Hale: How much does your offense change if Gunner can’t go?
Tuberville: Munchie Legaux and Jarred Evans both can run the entire offense. Jarred is more of a running guy out of the pocket. We want Munchie to be more of an in-the-pocket guy, but with [his knee] injury, we put him out there and he wouldn’t stay in the pocket. He needs to be a pocket passer. If Gunner does not play, we’ll probably go up to the end to decide who we’re going to play. It’ll be a toss-up between those guys because Munchie didn’t have a very good outing last week. He’s still tentative with that knee.
Hale: You’re 2-2 but have lost your last two. Are you still finding out how good your team is?
Tuberville: We’re still a work in progress for several reasons. No. 1 is we haven’t played a back-to-back game with the same offensive line. We need some consistency there. We lost our right tackle a couple weeks ago, our center in the first game, second game our left guard. We’ve been beat up, and we haven’t been consistent running the ball.
Hale: Gunner is one of the top young QBs in the country, but Miami has another highly recruited guy in Brad Kaaya. What’s your take on his development from the film you’ve seen?
Tuberville: I’ve watched every game several times, and I watch them backwards in terms of their last game to their first. It’s a tribute to that kid how much better he’s gotten.
Hale: The Miami D has taken a lot of flack, particularly for its rushing defense. What have you seen on film?
Tuberville: I like what they’re doing on defense, using their speed.
OF COURSE he likes what Miami is doing on defense. Of course he does. The rest of the interview is worth checking out as well. There is a question about how good Louisville is for some reason. No, it was not me who asked the questions.
Once again, the ACC blog on ESPN is what you should check out for all the interview goodness.
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