Tulane practiced from 6 to 7:45 tonight because there are no classes with the moved-up fall break starting and they wanted to get acclimated to playing under the lights at Yulman Stadium. For the first time ever, my computer ran out of juice during Fritz's Zoom call, so I missed the end, but I was there for the first four-and-a-half minutes.
FRITZ
"We came out here this evening, no class. We had a nice, cool evening. We had a good, spirited workout and just walked off the field a couple of minutes ago."
On atmosphere he was looking for on Saturday night:
"I actually hope we get a great crowd. I think everybody's champing at the bit to do something. I can't think of anything better than coming over and watching the Green Wave play. I brag about it all the time. I've been to hundreds of stadiums, and every seat here is a great seat. It's different than other stadiums. You go other places, you can't see the field very well, sometimes your sight lines are restricted, and we don't have that at all here at Yulman Stadium. I always add to that, too, they have cheap beer, too, so.that's a plus. I've been to some places where you have to spend 15 bucks for 12-ounce beer. I just think if we got people to come out ,and we always have pretty darn good crowds and a lot of steady regulars, but if we get people to come in and watch a game, they are going to see it's not too expensive, they are going to have a great experience and they are going to really enjoy Yulman Stadium. If you haven't been here, you need to come. Its a very, very neat venue."
On benefit of practicing at night before night game:
"We hadn't been out here for a long time. During preseason camp we'd come out and do our walkthroughs at night and put the Juggs machine out there and probably did that eight to 10 times during camp, but we didn't actually practice during the evening Tomorrow we're going to actually go in the afternoon. Move-in is in the morning. Our guys are actually staying at the hotel right now, and they are going to move back in to the dormitory tomorrow morning and then we're going to come out in the afternoon. Sometimes you go Friday morning and that's a long ways from Saturday night, so we're going to go tomorrow afternoon and get done about 5:30."
On defense ready to bounce back:
"Yeah, I think those guys were embarrassed. We didn't play very well, didn't tackle very well and weren't a physical team. Like I said a bunch of times, a lot of that credit goes to Ole Miss. They were on point and played extremely well, so we have to play a heck of a lot better than we did Saturday. We had a great week of practice and our guys are excited to redeem themselves, but that's also offense and kicking game as well, not just defense."
On handling distractions:
"We've certainly had two different years. The COVID year and this year we're the only team in the country that's had to endure a lot of adversity. I think things will be back to normal (and that's where it cut off)."
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FRITZ
"We came out here this evening, no class. We had a nice, cool evening. We had a good, spirited workout and just walked off the field a couple of minutes ago."
On atmosphere he was looking for on Saturday night:
"I actually hope we get a great crowd. I think everybody's champing at the bit to do something. I can't think of anything better than coming over and watching the Green Wave play. I brag about it all the time. I've been to hundreds of stadiums, and every seat here is a great seat. It's different than other stadiums. You go other places, you can't see the field very well, sometimes your sight lines are restricted, and we don't have that at all here at Yulman Stadium. I always add to that, too, they have cheap beer, too, so.that's a plus. I've been to some places where you have to spend 15 bucks for 12-ounce beer. I just think if we got people to come out ,and we always have pretty darn good crowds and a lot of steady regulars, but if we get people to come in and watch a game, they are going to see it's not too expensive, they are going to have a great experience and they are going to really enjoy Yulman Stadium. If you haven't been here, you need to come. Its a very, very neat venue."
On benefit of practicing at night before night game:
"We hadn't been out here for a long time. During preseason camp we'd come out and do our walkthroughs at night and put the Juggs machine out there and probably did that eight to 10 times during camp, but we didn't actually practice during the evening Tomorrow we're going to actually go in the afternoon. Move-in is in the morning. Our guys are actually staying at the hotel right now, and they are going to move back in to the dormitory tomorrow morning and then we're going to come out in the afternoon. Sometimes you go Friday morning and that's a long ways from Saturday night, so we're going to go tomorrow afternoon and get done about 5:30."
On defense ready to bounce back:
"Yeah, I think those guys were embarrassed. We didn't play very well, didn't tackle very well and weren't a physical team. Like I said a bunch of times, a lot of that credit goes to Ole Miss. They were on point and played extremely well, so we have to play a heck of a lot better than we did Saturday. We had a great week of practice and our guys are excited to redeem themselves, but that's also offense and kicking game as well, not just defense."
On handling distractions:
"We've certainly had two different years. The COVID year and this year we're the only team in the country that's had to endure a lot of adversity. I think things will be back to normal (and that's where it cut off)."
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