(cock crows)
- [Interviewer] Thanks for doing this,
hope you're doing well.
So how's the quarterback competition going
and has coach Bobo told each of you,
or you would call him,
about the definite date
that he's going to make
a decision on a starter?
- Yeah, I think the
quarterback competition
is going really good right now.
And I think, you know, when
we think of competition,
a lot of people, you know, think about
here's the number one
or who's the number two.
And right now, you know,
Colin and I are just competing
and making each other better
every single day on and
off the field, you know,
we're doing devotions
in the quarterback room.
And then on the field, you know,
I'm helping him with footwork
or he's helped me with certain stuff.
So right now it's just
back and forth, you know,
iron sharpening iron, when
it comes to a specific date,
you know, coach hasn't really
specified anything like that,
but we know we're just
going to keep working.
And when the time comes, we
trust coach and we trust,
you know, the best guys
going to play for this team
- [Moderator] Go to Ben Briner.
- [Ben] Here, I hope the summer
treating you well, I kind
of wanted to ask just what,
how much offense were you
sort of able to learn across
the break and how much of
a manager did you feel like
it was to be able to get
some of those walkthroughs
in sort of that once you guys got back?
- Yeah, I learned a lot of offense.
A lot of my time was spent
in those meeting rooms,
especially in the playbook, you know,
when you don't have a
football out there, it's,
it's time to, you know,
start cracking the playbook
and knowing, you know,
certain things that coach
didn't teach us right away.
You know, we advanced our,
I tried to advance and
go into the playbook
and start learning them on my own.
So when the time came, you
know, I was prepared for that.
And I think during those walkthroughs,
it was great for a lot of guys.
It was great to see different
looks great to see, you know,
what we're working, what
we're trying to see,
what the purpose of every play is.
And when you really look at the playbook,
you understand those plays
and it's really cool to see
everything that coach
is doing and why plays
are working the way that they are.
Cause it gets us guys to trust in that.
And I think it's been really
good for a lot of guys
and they've been cracking their playbooks.
And you could tell for sure,
out there on the field,
but in short to answer
your question, I was,
I've been in my playbook a lot
during the break and those
walkthroughs are really,
really beneficial.
- [Moderator] Eric Pointon.
- [Interviewer] Ryan, thanks
for your time today, first off.
Could you just kind of address
the kind of guy Colin Hill
is personally and you see a guy
fightin' back from, not one,
not two but three torn ACLs,
has his degree in hand,
but still wants to keep playing.
What does it say about him
and maybe just describe
what it's been like to coexist with him
in the last few months.
- Yeah, I've grown very fond of Colin
and I think it's really cool
to see in the quarterback room
we are all really really close.
We have a quarterback group chat
that we texting all the time.
Coach Bobo is sending us
videos of his son, you know,
running touchdowns or
Drew blocking at Hammond.
But when it comes to Colin, I mean,
we were just in the
locker room the other day,
talking to each other,
you know, about his knee.
And then my injury that
I had, I had sustained.
And then we talked about
adversity that he's hit and it's
just really cool to see a guy
that loves football, you know,
just as much as I do and whether
he's on the field or he's,
you know, on the sideline, he
just wants the best for the,
for the team. He wants the best execution.
He wants 110%.
And then off the field, he's
just one of those guys that,
you know, does things right
which is what we want here
at South Carolina, of course.
And a lot of guys are like that.
And I think Colin has been
a great addition to our
quarterback room and I think
he's been a great addition
to a lot of guys and he's
helped from a leadership
standpoint of course, to
helping with, you know,
learning the playbook and stuff like that.
So it's been really good having
me here and we like him in
the quarterback room,
definitely throughout the team.
- [Interviewer] Could you
just expand on a little bit,
how big a plus is it to have a guy go,
you've got competition out
from the starring role,
but how big a plus to have
a guy come in with a new
offensive coordinator that's
been with us for four years
and knows the playbook inside out?
- Yeah, I think the benefit
of that is just, going,
being able to go to Colin
and ask him, you know,
maybe a coat or question, you know,
a coach might not have time for you.
Don't think, coach a quarterback
might have a different answer than coach.
He might give you a couple
of different pointers that,
that he's learned along the way.
Cause coach might say something, you know,
that might be different,
and then, you know,
we could expand off of
that and talk about it.
But I think somebody that's
been in this offense, you know,
for four years,
I think it's really great
for our quarterback room.
You know, me being a
sophomore to sophomore,
we have Jay of course and then
we've got two younger guys,
Connor Jordan, who's my year as well.
And then Luke Dodie is a freshman.
So I think it's good having
a guy that knows the offense
and is willing to help
whenever we need it.
- [Moderator] Colin Taylor.
- [Colin] Hey, Ryan,
you kind of talked at the
beginning of camp about how
excited you were for this
offense and kind of it's selling
a new thing now that you're
about halfway through camp,
just what excites you the most?
What's really different about
the way you guys are kind
of operating right now?
- I think we're right now,
we're operating with a lot of confidence.
We're operating with a lot
of trust because we know,
like I said earlier, we
trust in this playbook.
We trust in the purpose for
every single play we can see,
you know, when we do it
right, it's going to work.
And I think this is really
exciting to see, you know,
whoever's in there,
whoever it is, you know,
that scheme is meant
for us to be successful.
And I think that's the most
exciting part because all of us
go out there and we have
confidence in this play, you know,
that it's going to work
and we have confidence.
If it doesn't, we don't get
the certain look, you know,
we have certain things that
we can work on and check too.
And all like there's a bunch of motions
and everything like that.
And it's just super good
to see guys being confident
and trusting in that
office that that coach Bobo
has come with to us with,
and just in the short amount of time.
So it's pretty good, a good
feeling as a quarterback.
And I think a lot of good feelings
around the offense for sure.
- [Interviewer] All right,
hope you're doing well today.
Could a two quarterback system
play two quarterbacks work
or would you prefer they take
one more back and go one?
- I trust in everything that
coach Muschamp or coach Bobo
decides, I think I could,
whatever they asked me to do.
If they wanted me to go and
kick off, you know, like,
like Luke or, I could go and kick off.
I can go and kick off return,
but I know coach Muschamp and
coach Bobo are going to put us
in the best opportunity to win.
And that's what everybody wants
to do here in this building.
So if they wanted us to have
a two quarterback system,
great, if they wanted us to
have one quarterback system,
great, they want us
to have a three quarterback system, great.
That's what they think
we need to do to win.
Then let's do it, so I'm good
with whatever coach decides.
- [Interviewer] Hey, Ryan,
that know there was a lot of
talk in the spring about going
under center and how that was
a little different for you.
How have you continued to get used to that
and sort of what, where are you at
with that process of paying up?
- Yeah, I'm of course coming from the West
coast and everything
and being in shotgun and then
a lot of being in shotgun last
year, going under center is
a little different of course,
but I think, you know,
from the spring to now,
I was just talking to coach
Shaw about it yesterday.
It's been really cool to see
the progress that we've made
as a quarterback room and
that I've made individually,
just a lot of the work
is starting to pay off
and you can see that.
And a lot of this offense
is based on timing and based
on stuff that you've got
to get the footwork, right.
And we go in the indoor and
we do footwork more than more
than I could even say
in a sentence right now,
but that's what we need
to do to be successful.
And I'm extremely
confident in that footwork.
Now I feel great on timing.
I feel great on a lot of things
and coach Shaw sees it,
sees the progression,
but we definitely still got to get better.
I think there's a lot of
things that we can work on,
but I think being able to go in shotgun
and understand that and do
a lot of things like that,
it's going to help our
offense be more successful.
- [Interviewer] What, what's
the most challenging part
of being under center as opposed to John
or learning to be under center?
- Yeah, I think the biggest thing
for a lot of quarterbacks when
being under center is just
your eyes and seeing coverages
and stuff like that, you know,
when you're under center,
it's hard to see safety rotation.
Sometimes when you turn
your back, you know,
on drop certain things
like that, you know,
it's hard to see if a corner cut's coming.
It's hard to see some things
like that, but we have tips.
We have things that we've
been working on, you know,
that help us with that.
But I think it's the biggest
thing for a lot of quarterbacks
is just seeing coverages
and stuff versus, you know,
being in the gun and be
able to stand tall on,
see all of that stuff.
But coach Bobo has a
lot of tips, you know,
he's definitely knows
you played quarterback.
He has all those things.
He's seen all of those
things under center.
So it's good to have those tips,
but I would say that's
the biggest difference.
- [Interviewer] Right.
Of course last year was a little
bit different in terms of,
you know, you're competing
for that second job you
ended up winning that.
And of course, you know,
the rest was history from
there when you had to step
for Jake, but when you
look back to last year,
how much can that help you
in terms of just handling
a situation in terms of being
able to compete for a job,
but at the same time too, you're doing it.
And you're trying to, like
you said, iron sharpen iron,
how much can you really
rely back on last year
to help you this year?
- Yeah, I think last year it
was a really good experience.
I think, you know, going in, you know,
Jake was an older guy,
just like Colin is now.
And both of those guys
have helped me tremendously
become a better quarterback
and better person,
but taking just from
last year and you know,
going into this year, it's
just made me, you know,
realize that I can only
control what I can control.
I can go in every single day.
I'm the one that prepares, you know,
nobody else prepares for me.
I'm the one that reads the playbook.
I'm the one that's out
there doing the footwork.
I'm the one, you know,
that throws the good balls
or throws a bad ball,
whatever it is.
And I think that's a big thing
that I've realized since last
year is, you know,
I've got to control what I can
control and I've got to rely
on those 10 other dudes on that
field to do what they got to
do and they can control
where they can control.
And then, you know,
11 works with each other
and it's a thing of beauty
for sure so I've realized
that, and I trust in,
in our guys and I'm confident
going out there every time.
- [Interviewer] Hey, Ryan,
you've mentioned Luke
a couple of times already.
Can you talk about what
you've seen from him
as a quarterback, as a freshman and also
what chemistry you two have
been able to form when he's out
at wide receiver?
- Yeah, Luke is a, he's a special guy.
I was driving Marshawn Lloyd
home the other day to 650.
And I was talking to him
about Luke and we've hung out
a bunch of times, but Luke
is definitely a special guy.
He has a lot on his plate
and he's literally taking all
of it and running with it and
he's doing a tremendous job,
learning the playbook
and playing quarterback
and playing wide receiver.
One time he goes from
quarterback and then he'll go
into the next huddle,
you know, as a receiver.
And it just, he doesn't get tired
and he just keeps working no matter what.
And I remember I hosted him
on an official visit here,
and I remember taking
him out to my Lake house,
just hanging out with them.
They're having a good time with them.
And it was just really cool, you know,
to see and bond with him, you
know, on a personal level,
outside of football to see
what kind of guy he was,
of course and the you see
him on the field being a hard
worker, doing everything
that's asked of him.
So he's a guy that we
like having around here
and it's always positive.
I haven't heard a negative
thing come out of his mouth yet.
So it's really, really cool to see that.
- [Moderator] John Widdle.
- [John] Ryan, Ryan,
you've always been a guy who
has been very accessible,
very involved in a lot of things
away from the football field.
How have you kind of over
the last year and coming into
this, you, after going
through your first year,
have you kind of changed
time management, if at all,
how do you, how do you feel like
you manage your time now
differently as opposed to when you
first got here?
- Yeah, I think when a lot of freshmen,
maybe I'm just speaking for
myself, but freshmen, you know,
of course they're excited
to get to college.
They're excited to be on a
football team, they're excited,
you know, to see all of
this glamor, if you will.
And I think as a freshman, you know,
I was excited to be here.
I was excited to do
everything that I could.
And then of course I got the starting job.
And I think just the biggest
thing that, you know,
right now for me is that
I'm off social media.
Like I haven't been on social.
Like if people were talking
about stuff on Twitter the other
day and I didn't even know about it.
And I think that's the biggest
thing for me to just gives me
a lot more time to focus on
what needs to be done here,
what needs to be focused
on, on this building.
And I think that's just
winning, of course.
And then off the field
stuff, like, you know,
Kaminsky's hope we're still
in, I'm still involved in,
I do zooms with my parents
and stuff like that
and I talked to them as much as I can,
and I do videos with Jay to
certain people like that.
But I think the biggest thing
is just not being as public
as I was about it and
just focusing, you know,
on what needs to be done in
this building to win ball games
and then focusing on
what's really important
outside of this building.
- [Moderator] David.
- [David] Yes, sir.
- [Moderator] David.
- [David] I heard a lot about Eric Douglas
are really playing well at
center during this pre season.
What have you seen from him or
just how comfortable are you
out there with him?
- Eric is, he's a good friend of mine.
He's definitely a
quarterback's best friend.
And I think Eric's really,
really intelligent and he
understands his offense.
He understands, you know,
when certain guys are in certain
techniques or if they see
a, you know, a spinner look
or something, you know,
that's different than what we
normally see, Eric, you know,
if I'm confused Erickson and be like, hey,
we're going to go do this.
We're going to go do that.
I'm like, okay, I understand that.
And if, you know, I want to
talk about it after the play,
Eric comes right over to
me, talks to me about it.
And we always play video games
maybe just for an hour or so at night.
And I always talk to Eric
usually it's about football,
a lot of it is about coverages
and what we saw that day,
certain fronts and what we
can work on the next day.
So it's, it's good to
have a center, you know,
that loves to work hard,
but it's also good to have a center
that's intelligent and understands
the playbook, you know,
almost the same as, or as
much as the quarterback.
So it's been really good to
have Eric step up big time
this fall camp.
- [Interviewer] So two questions,
first compared to last year as offense,
how different is sort of what
you're asked to do in terms
of managing and coordinating
at the line of scrimmage.
And second, I think you guys
didn't huddle last year,
and I think you guys
are supposed to be doing that this year.
What is that like managing
a huddle in college
for the first time?
- Yeah, I think it, this offense
demands, perfection coach.
We were just talking about
with coach Bobo yesterday.
It demands perfection and, you know,
we're going to fall short sometimes.
And, but we want to get
there every single time,
as much as we can.
And if we're going to
have a couple mistakes,
but what we have to do
is strive for perfection.
And we're going to have
to make certain calls.
We're going to have to
check certain things.
We're going to have to
see safety rotation.
We're going to have to see
if it's a shade or that shade
and check to certain things
and do all of those things.
But the cool thing about that
is when you're confident in that,
and you go up to that line of
scrimmage with those linemen
that are confident in you
and those receivers that
are confident you and the running back,
that's confident in you and
you have 11 working with 11.
I mean, it, it's really exciting
to see some of the things that we can do.
And then from a huddle
standpoint, we huddled yeah.
Rarely last year, I think.
But the biggest thing, you know,
going into a huddle
this year is, you know,
you get to talk to the guys, you know,
a little bit before a play, you know,
whether it's just a little
subtle message saying,
hey, let's get after it.
Or, hey, like got 10 plays here.
or hey, you know, we got just
one drive down the field,
let's get to work, you know,
we got to get seven here.
We got to get a field
goal, we got two timeouts.
We got whatever it is.
You know you can talk to those
guys and just take a breath,
spread out from each other
and just relaying a little bit
of a message, which we, you
know, we're excited to do,
a message, which, we're excited to do,
and we're going to do
a bunch of other stuff.
But I think, being in a
huddle more than last year,
it's just really beneficial to us
and our communication as a team.
- [Moderator] Eric Borden.
- [Eric] Yeah, I want to ask
you about a couple of guys,
obviously without Brian Edwards
and Mark way decided to move
on to guys that were big
factors last year.
What have you kind of seen
from Shai Smith as far as going
next to level and how about
Nick as he continues to work
back from the knee?
- Yeah, those guys of course,
Brian and Mark way were just
awesome, I love those guys.
Brian and Mark way were just awesome.
I love those guys.
I was excited for Nick the other day.
I'm sorry, Kyle Parkway the other day
about signing, but I think,
they've done a lot of
good things for us so
far in this fall camp.
And I know they're going to keep
getting better, but I think,
you know, Shai with his speed
and everything that he
could do off the line
and just beating guys.
And this playbook,
and he's gotten more confident
in his abilities too,
which is really cool to see.
Cause when you see a guy
play with confidence,
he's dangerous and he
can beat a lot of guys.
So Shai, he's dangerous and
he can beat a lot of guys.
So Shai stepped up big time for sure.
Which is really good, you know,
cause we need a lot of
guys that, that need
that motivation and stuff like that.
And then when it comes to Nick,
I mean see a guy that I threw
the ball to I'm in the Vanny
game and then go and see
what happened to his knee
when I'm right behind him.
It made me sick to my stomach.
Cause when he was my good friend,
he still isn't my good friend.
Of course we play video games.
I was hanging out at 650
with them all the time.
I was hanging out at 650
with them all the time.
as good as he is right now,
it's really cool to see him
working hard and just bought
buying into this offense and
just doing it with a smile on
his face every single day.
Cause when you have a
guy like that, you know,
end is a QB security blanket.
tight end is a QB security blanket.
It's just really good to have
Nick I can use out there.
this offense requires
a lot of intelligence.
Nick's definitely got that,
he's playing with confidence.
Nick's definitely got that.
He's playing with confidence.
He's making cuts, which is really good.
And I'm just really
confident in his ability
making right now for us.
- [Moderator] We've got
just a couple more minutes,
so if you're not in the queue already,
we'll get to these questions in the queue.
but no more after that, Dick go ahead.
- [Dick] And you really went
through a lot last year.
Maybe those tough times you went through?
- Yes, sir.
I think definitely last year was a lot.
And I think, I mean,
we talked about it every
day in the quarterback room,
you know, you got to rely on
stuff outside of football.
And I think that'll make
you whole as a person
and I've grown in my faith,
a lot, Jay Eurich and I get
coffee every morning at
8:30, usually on Wednesdays,
hopefully, if we have time,
we'll go in and we'll have,
you know, a couple of things,
we'll talk about life and then, you know,
we dive into a little bit of devotions,
we dive into what's going on
in our lives and how we can get
better and how we can
keep our mind on track.
But I think last year,
especially with, you know,
all the games that happened and
then of course off the field
stuff and just thinking about
Tyler and my first year of
college, it was crazy for sure, but that's
college football for a quarterback.
And I think that faith like
you're talking about now
has been great for me,
I talked to my priest,
his name is father Charles.
I was just talking to him
yesterday, my middle school
priest, and I've been talking
to him since seventh grade.
I pray with him before every game, still .
And I think that faith that
you're talking about has been,
has been working and
I'm still growing in it.
But I think
it's good to have that and share it
with my teammates, for sure.
- [Moderator] Hail McGranahan.
- [Hail] Right (indistinct)
said several times
that you all had a
bunch of explosive plays
so far during camp, what's allowed you all
to kind of have an uptick
in those, is it the scheme,
the speed of receiver, you
don't call and just being
comfortable with the offense, combination,
everything, what's allowed
you all to make that happen?
- Yeah, no, it's been a
combination of everything.
It's been, like I said,
confidence in everything
that we're doing right now.
I think it's confidence in
the receiver or the tight ends
ability making, you know, him
going out there and saying,
I've got this route, I'm
going to run it this hard.
I've got it versus this technique.
This is how I'm supposed to run it.
Ryan's going to throw me the ball.
I'm the second progression
here on the third progression
here, a line, you know, if
we've got to walk up, you know,
we're going to pick him
up, we're going to do this.
We've got that in certain
protections and I think that
that's the cool thing
that I see right now is
all of us jelling together
and understanding what we're working for.
And I think that's the thing that's,
you know, allowing those explosives
to happen because the defense is,
you know, they're making
plays of course, but I think
it's good to see all of our
guys just being confident
and knowing what they're doing,
being confident in their
ability making and just knowing
the offense as a whole
being able, you know,
like you said, Colin
and I being able to be,
feel smooth and feel
confident and you know,
our progressions and where we're
going with the ball and our
running backs sit in certain holes
and everything like that.
And who our linemen are working to.
So I would say it's a
combination of both, but again,
I come back to confidence
and just being excited,
you know, about this offense
going into every day.
- [Interviewer] Without giving
away to many of the specifics
is there one point in particular
that really got everybody
fired up or one that
really sticks in your mind?
- Yeah, I keep on Mullins has had,
has been having a good fall camp
and he's progressed every single day.
And I think, you know, just
seeing him every single day,
day in and day out from
walkthrough to the end of practice,
I mean, just seeing him
catch, you know, long balls,
whether it be a corner route
or something like that,
it's just really cool to see
the whole team, you know,
start jumping up and get hyped
and start screaming for a guy
like that, you know, no matter who it is,
to go over there and as
a offense as a whole,
50 guys, 30 guys,
whatever it is, you know,
in a circle, happy for one
guy, that's really cool to see
as a quarterback and of course,
as an offense, you know,
being a family and being
excited for one another.
- [Moderator] Colin Taylor.
- [Colin] As a guy that was
in this offense last year
and is now kind of seeing some
of the tweaks that they're
putting in now, I guess,
how would you define a successful
offensive season for you
how would you define a successful
offensive season for you guys?
Was does an offense that's successful
in year one under Mike
Bobo look like to you?
- Yeah, I think, I mean,
coach Bobo just touched on it.
We want to, every time we
step into Williams Bryce,
we want to bust the scoreboard.
And I think that's the thing
that coach wants us to do.
We want to bus the scoreboard,
we want to go out there
and do everything that we can,
that we prepared for in that
week with the utmost confidence
and just go out there and do
what we've been practicing,
go out there and execute
and then, like I said,
bust the scoreboard and
then in the end, you know,
we trust our defense, coach
Muchamp and everything that
they're doing and we just
want to win ball games.
So I think in answer to your
question, we want to ensure
we bust the scoreboard and
win football games, big time.
- [Moderator] The last question for Ryan
goes to Phil Kornberg.
- [Phil] Just to follow
up on that question,
which is perfect.
What, the expectations for
you guys is not very high,
picked near the bottom of the
league and all that kind of
stuff, over under on wins is
three and a half and you know
you've got a very difficult
schedule, what makes you guys t
think you're going to be better
than everybody says you'll be?
- Well, I don't really,
I didn't even know about the
over under, anything like that,
but I think, you know,
if anybody heard that on our offense,
we don't like the word, think,
not in reference to your question,
but we like the word and
that comes back to confidence
and what I've been talking about.
We know when we step out onto
that field, we're going to get
points on the board, we
know when we go out there,
we're going to win football games.
We know when we step into Williams Bryce,
we're going to bust the
scoreboard like coach
always says, we're
going to bust the score.
We know all of these
things about the offense,
and we're excited, we don't
care what anybody says,
whether it's over under or
whatever it may be because we all
care about each other, we
have confidence in each other.
We have confidence in this offense.
And the biggest thing I think
this year is we've had a lot
of love for the state of South Carolina.
And we want to do a lot, you know,
for the state and win
football games for the name,
of course, on the back of our jersey.
But of course, more, you know,
a lot importantly too, the
name on our front of our jersey
which is South Carolina.
And I think a lot of guys want
to do that and go out there.
And if you care what anybody else says,
as long as we go out there
and execute and do what coach
tells us, we trust it and we trust that
we're going to win
football games together.
- [Moderator] Right,
thanks, Ryan, appreciate it.
