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gorillapittpray · 08-13-2011, 02:41 PM

BLAZER WEEKLY

SECONDARY GAMES!

(SS EUGENE JACKSON GRABS THIS INTERCEPTION AGAINST GEORGIA)

The defensive backs at UAB were the topic of the week last week, and now once again they're the main topic. But this time its in a good manor, their unit grabbed 5 interceptions in their route of the Georgia Bulldogs. FS Mark Parrish, SS Eugene Jackson, and CB Nate Davis all grabbed interceptions for the Blazers.
"We just got tired of hearing how we were the weak link"
FS Mark Parrish
Despite having to cover two of the SEC's top receivers UAB played with a certain in your face swag and intimidated them. Their turnovers led to 28 points for the offense and Mark Parrish returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown.
"It was a tough week of practice, we did one on one's and a lot of 7 on 7, it was a lot of conditioning and then we'd come back after study hall for film."
CB Nate Davis
Whatever they did it worked and now the Blazers have the attention of the Nation as slowly move up the polls.

"THEY SAID IT"
On secondary returning a interception for a TD:
Yeah that is great. They can score as much as they want to as far as I am concerned.
QB Wayne Smith

On Mark Parrish’s interception:
During the spring game, I ran that same route and that was the same play it seemed and he picked it off so he's reading things well out there. Mark is playing at a high level right now.
WR Ian Wilson

On the win against Georgia:
We know we have to go back to work. That game is over with now, we’re working on Virginia Tech. We just put the thing behind us and get ready for tomorrow. We’re practicing hard. You have to just take one game at a time.
MLB Tom Slaughter

#30 Nate Davis earns C-USA Defensive Player of the Week

C-USA announced today that cornerback Nate Davis is the Defensive Player of the week for week 4. Davis had a stellar game locking down Georgia receiver Nic Gray and holding him to no catches. He also registered four tackles and grabbed two interceptions.

Head Coach Travis Rhatigan met with the media Monday to discuss the state of the team and this weekends big road match up at Virginia Tech:

Opening statement: The guys played really hard on Saturday. It's fun when they play with enthusiasm and embrace the environment we had at home. I'm amazed at our fan support, the fans are great. Defense forcing turnovers took Georgia out of the game, and I was really proud of the offense, they are coming on and playing better each week.
The thing about the team right now is they're playing really well in all three phases of the game.
On non-offensive scores: It's unusual to have a defense that scores like our defense is scoring. It's fun. It's exciting. Especially when you can get somebody one-dimensional. When Georgia got behind they had to start throwing it and that's not who they are, they would rather run the ball and have play-action. They're not a drop back passing team. The other thing that happens in this situation, your defensive backs get so much credit because we can play man coverage, and they should, but until the quarterback gets rattled and starts throwing balls that you can intercept, you have nothing. So much of this credit should be going to Jerry Bowser and Brandon Richardson and the pressure our defensive front put on Hood.

We've sent a message right now to teams that we can score in all three phases and that's something that I think would make people more conservative. What Virginia Tech will do is they will try to run the ball and hit some play action passes like they did last weekend and try to throw it deep some, but they'll try to keep the ball. That's what we knew Georgia was going to try to do.

Offensively, Wayne Smith is quietly having a great season, at least a great first three games. He's consistent, he's spreading the ball around and he's having fun. Not to mention the running of Matthew (Scott). When we can get him going the chains are moving so a lot of credit to our offensive line.

On Virginia Tech:
Just like last week and the week after and so on, its a big game for us. Virginia Tech is a very well disciplined team. Beamer has those guys attention and they're playing good ball right now. We'll try not to get distracted with college gameday and all the media ruckus around the game. But again this is fun and these are the type of games we want to play in, Nationally televised games so the country can see what we as a staff are doing here at UAB.
Defensively Tech is very athletic in a way they mirror our defense, defensive end Kyle Bryant will have to be accounted for and we'll have to keep and eye on middle linebacker Jordan Walker, we'll also have Smith watching where their impressive corner Antonio Craig is at all times. Defensively for us we need to wrap up this week Nick Davis is a damn fine running back and Mitchell compliments him well.
Its gonna be a tough week but we're gonna prepare and we'll be ready.

08-13-2011, 02:41 PM	#151
gorillapittpray MVP OVR: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: new berlin wisconsin	Re: "Dragon Breath" A UAB Dynasty (NCAA12) BLAZER WEEKLY SECONDARY GAMES! (SS EUGENE JACKSON GRABS THIS INTERCEPTION AGAINST GEORGIA) The defensive backs at UAB were the topic of the week last week, and now once again they're the main topic. But this time its in a good manor, their unit grabbed 5 interceptions in their route of the Georgia Bulldogs. FS Mark Parrish, SS Eugene Jackson, and CB Nate Davis all grabbed interceptions for the Blazers. *"We just got tired of hearing how we were the weak link"* FS Mark Parrish Despite having to cover two of the SEC's top receivers UAB played with a certain in your face swag and intimidated them. Their turnovers led to 28 points for the offense and Mark Parrish returned one of his two interceptions for a touchdown. "It was a tough week of practice, we did one on one's and a lot of 7 on 7, it was a lot of conditioning and then we'd come back after study hall for film." CB Nate Davis Whatever they did it worked and now the Blazers have the attention of the Nation as slowly move up the polls. "THEY SAID IT" On secondary returning a interception for a TD: Yeah that is great. They can score as much as they want to as far as I am concerned. QB Wayne Smith On Mark Parrish’s interception: During the spring game, I ran that same route and that was the same play it seemed and he picked it off so he's reading things well out there. Mark is playing at a high level right now. WR Ian Wilson On the win against Georgia: We know we have to go back to work. That game is over with now, we’re working on Virginia Tech. We just put the thing behind us and get ready for tomorrow. We’re practicing hard. You have to just take one game at a time. MLB Tom Slaughter #30 Nate Davis earns C-USA Defensive Player of the Week C-USA announced today that cornerback Nate Davis is the Defensive Player of the week for week 4. Davis had a stellar game locking down Georgia receiver Nic Gray and holding him to no catches. He also registered four tackles and grabbed two interceptions. Head Coach Travis Rhatigan met with the media Monday to discuss the state of the team and this weekends big road match up at Virginia Tech: Opening statement: The guys played really hard on Saturday. It's fun when they play with enthusiasm and embrace the environment we had at home. I'm amazed at our fan support, the fans are great. Defense forcing turnovers took Georgia out of the game, and I was really proud of the offense, they are coming on and playing better each week. The thing about the team right now is they're playing really well in all three phases of the game. On non-offensive scores: It's unusual to have a defense that scores like our defense is scoring. It's fun. It's exciting. Especially when you can get somebody one-dimensional. When Georgia got behind they had to start throwing it and that's not who they are, they would rather run the ball and have play-action. They're not a drop back passing team. The other thing that happens in this situation, your defensive backs get so much credit because we can play man coverage, and they should, but until the quarterback gets rattled and starts throwing balls that you can intercept, you have nothing. So much of this credit should be going to Jerry Bowser and Brandon Richardson and the pressure our defensive front put on Hood. We've sent a message right now to teams that we can score in all three phases and that's something that I think would make people more conservative. What Virginia Tech will do is they will try to run the ball and hit some play action passes like they did last weekend and try to throw it deep some, but they'll try to keep the ball. That's what we knew Georgia was going to try to do. Offensively, Wayne Smith is quietly having a great season, at least a great first three games. He's consistent, he's spreading the ball around and he's having fun. Not to mention the running of Matthew (Scott). When we can get him going the chains are moving so a lot of credit to our offensive line. On Virginia Tech: Just like last week and the week after and so on, its a big game for us. Virginia Tech is a very well disciplined team. Beamer has those guys attention and they're playing good ball right now. We'll try not to get distracted with college gameday and all the media ruckus around the game. But again this is fun and these are the type of games we want to play in, Nationally televised games so the country can see what we as a staff are doing here at UAB. Defensively Tech is very athletic in a way they mirror our defense, defensive end Kyle Bryant will have to be accounted for and we'll have to keep and eye on middle linebacker Jordan Walker, we'll also have Smith watching where their impressive corner Antonio Craig is at all times. Defensively for us we need to wrap up this week Nick Davis is a damn fine running back and Mitchell compliments him well. Its gonna be a tough week but we're gonna prepare and we'll be ready.