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Listen: Coach Swinney updates Kelly Bryant's Injury

October 8, 2017
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Each Sunday evening Coach Swinney addresses the media at his weekly teleconference. Here is the full audio, more notes will be available this afternoon. 

 

Opening Statements:

"First of all, I just want to congratulate our team. Excellent win. They beat a tough Wake Forest team. As you saw last night, college football it's one thing about a noon game is you get to watch a lot of other people. We got a little sloppy the last five minutes or so of the fourth quarter. Third year in a row that we are 6-0. It's hard to win man; it's hard to win. I really feel like our best football is in front of us. We are going to be on the practice field here in a little less than an hour."

"Syracuse is playing well big win against Pitt. Played LSU tight at LSU, played NC State tight at NC State."

On Kelly Bryant's health: "Little sore, but moving around pretty good. Day to day, we will see how he progresses through the week."

On Practice Plan for Kelly Bryant: "Kelly's going to be just fine. It will be a decision later in the week. I think he'll be able to practice. He'll be limited today. If he's ready to play, he'll go play. If not, we'll play the next guy.

On Hunter Johnson and Zerrick Cooper: Hunter was outstanding. He was 5-5, he made the right read with the run-pass game. He did a good job. I thought Zerrick missed a couple of throws but made a beautiful throw to Deon that Deon just dropped. They both did fine with the opportunities that they had.

On Playing of Friday night: "I'm not a fan of it. I've got a son who's playing Friday night, and I'll be coaching. I prefer Saturday nights."

On Bryant being behind Deshaun Watson for two years: I think it's helped him tremendously. Having the front row seat to see how he prepares. How he came in on Monday and prepared for the next opponent. The attention to detail in the meeting. How you handle adversity and success in the game. To have that model is very beneficial."

Plan for if Kelly Bryant can't play: "We're not going to get into all of that. We are just going to see how it goes. We'll have a plan, but we're not going to lay it out there for Syracuse."

On early substitutions: "My thought process is, I ain't trying to please the fans I'm trying to win. I'm trying to have a great program. They get bored of winning then that's their problem. I'm playing the guys who deserve to play. I ain't worried about that other stuff. I'm just trying to win the game.

Players of the Game:

Offensive: Mitch Hyatt

Defensive: Tre Lamar and Tanner Muse

Special Teams: Cornell Powell

 

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Listen: Coach Swinney updates Kelly Bryant's Injury

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I can't wait to hear he is better!
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It will be interesting to see how it plays out with a short week. Plus a bye next week for the Tigers. No reason to risk KB.
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