Kyle Whittingham Press Conference: PSU Week — Bryce Underwood Still Starting, More Michigan Updates

[0:00] hey you said uh there might be some tough questions that had to be asked this week just [0:05] wondering about sort of the two overarching ones at least externally about bryce and jason back [0:11] uh what you uncovered going over things and what you're playing as those positions going forward [0:17] yeah well um you know we obviously took a step backwards on offense in this past [0:23] game about a couple weeks ago and so we're continuing to tailor the offense to try to [0:30] pick everybody not this price and the best decision to succeed [0:34] which is the main thing our big demise is turnover market if you look at it continue to lose the [0:44] turnover margin we'll continue to lose period cut and dry and so we've got to get that fixed [0:49] we turned them all over three times against minnesota and once was on special teams but [0:54] it's a turnover nonetheless it's always three three turnovers and you just can't win against [1:01] opponents that are very capable when you're doing that and so that's the main takeaway is that uh [1:08] and it doesn't take anybody's it doesn't take a genius to figure that out but but we have got to [1:13] start turning the ball over less and taking it away more plain and simple and until that changes we're [1:18] going to keep a struggle but just to clarify jason's still going to be calling plays and bryce's oh [1:22] absolutely bryce's still starting unless you want to call plays i don't yeah jason jason will call [1:28] plays and bryce and bryce is our guy and before tommy didn't get a lot of good reps last week which [1:36] would typically in a bi-week heydays you get a lot of work so he got a lot of work not because of [1:45] anything but it was a great opportunity to be the second team you guys want across the board going to [1:51] left there with chris you had mentioned after week one that you thought maybe you played too much rhino but [1:56] you've kind of stuck with it what are the benefits in your opinion and do you expect us to continue to [2:00] see as much of it yeah it gives you an extra big body blocker in the run game which you know should [2:06] yield dividends in that regard a better pass protector when you throw the ball some of the [2:10] positives uh negatives you know obviously it's not really a viable pass receiver you know so the [2:15] defense has one one less uh passing threat although one of these days we'll throw it to him but but it [2:21] hasn't happened yet but uh that's been a big part of jason's offense uh offenses for a lot of years [2:29] and uh you see it more common these days throughout college football not not the nfl but [2:35] but it's showing up uh at a pretty decent rate in uh college football so you'll be sticking with [2:41] most of that what you've been doing yes okay yeah what's in the right with aaron i met with the [2:46] one game i think last week you used square peg round hole to reference some of the running stuff [2:50] um do you feel like in retrospect that the offense has been a good fit for the personnel you inherited [2:56] here yeah i think that uh you know jason's offense has been uh proven through the years [3:04] it's been very productive that's uh good running backs you know jordan marshall and saviot either and [3:13] it's a heavy offense at least at this point in time you know it's very flexible it could go the other [3:19] way depending on well two receivers are probably pretty darn good and again i keep coming back to [3:29] turnovers nothing else matters if we keep losing nothing else matters how are the two andrews [3:35] progressing sprague and babalola do you expect to have them this weekend andrew i i'm not sure [3:40] it's up there if you come which one oh spray i'm sorry yeah yeah andrew babalola fortunately we'll [3:50] be able to start practice this week which will be the first time and uh you know it's been a big [3:57] disappointment for us because we're really counting on him uh he was cleared to play way back when we [4:01] told him he had a setback and then another setback and and so uh hopefully you know knock him wood if [4:06] we can keep him on the field and he'll definitely have a chance to help us and so to answer your [4:11] question he'll start practicing today we'll gradually ramp him up throughout the week and [4:16] see if he's ready to contribute this uh saturday he'll really help us if he can you know really [4:22] thin there and i've got some other guys dinged up in the minnesota game that uh will be questionable [4:28] that will come out on wednesday how did you address uh zach marshall's comments that that became [4:35] available yeah zach uh was very apologetic uh it was a unfortunate deal zach marshall's a great young [4:43] man he's a team guy it was just a lapse of judgment or an error in judgment uh apologized profusely [4:55] profusely to myself and the team of course he had the statement and so uh we just moved on