NASHVILLE, Tenn — On the eve of the Music City Bowl between Purdue and Tennessee football, coaches Jeff Brohm and Josh Heupel met with the media to talk about their groups and the upcoming game.
The game is scheduled for Thursday’s 15h. ET at Nissan Stadium, and either system will finish the season with a win. You can see the full media query in the video above. Below is the official transcript:
Opening statements
JOSH HEUPEL: Thank you all here at the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. The hospitality is surely fantastic. Our players and staff had a wonderful week here before the start of the match.
Much appreciated hospitality. The bowl is the first elegance in each and every one of the senses.
I am glad to have the opportunity to finish our season here within our country, looking forward to a great football match. Purdue is a wonderful football team, a wonderful competitive arena tomorrow. We got ahead of a sold-out stadium and laughed a lot here as we finished the season.
But I just want, once again, to thank everyone connected with the bowl. You have been fantastic.
JEFF BROHM: We’re excited to be here at the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. Our team has worked hard to get to this point, and we’re excited to be here to delight in a wonderful bowl atmosphere. We were lucky to be here. A few years ago, and our fans, our players, our squad had a wonderful time, in addition to the 3 hours on the field, which we did not play very well, it was a wonderful week for us.
But it’s a wonderful learning experience, it’s a wonderful awakening to realize what we want to do to improve.
Scott Ramsey and his team did a wonderful job. We had a wonderful time. It’s a wonderful place. We are very happy to play against a really quality opponent. Coach Heupel has done a wonderful job with his team this year, a lot of talent, he has won some wonderful wins.
We know it’s going to be an environment where there’s going to be a lot of orange in the stadium, but I know a lot of Purdue enthusiasts are coming, and we’re excited about this game, and we’re hunting. Go ahead in the afternoon to get out there and have a smart game.
Q: For any of the coaches, other people think that winning a bowl game doesn’t matter as much to the players as when you played.
JOSH HEUPEL: Yeah, I think if you’re a big competitor, and those are characteristics that we’re looking to expand and recruit as well, and that we have internally our build every day on what you do, those issues. you make themes. It informs you separately and together as a team.
So it’s a game that our players have pushed towards, and that theme is a lot on our show.
A bowling game is exclusive in the sense that it is vital that they enjoy the fun with you at home in your preparation, when you arrive at the bowl site at the beginning of the week, but the carrot of the whole week and what you will be the one you enjoy the most, is the game itself.
JEFF BROHM: You know, you need to finish what you started, and I know our guys have worked really hard to get to this point. They did a very clever task fighting throughout the season and finding a way to end season 8 normally. -4 and have this opportunity to play against a wonderful opponent essentially in your home country in a wonderful atmosphere.
We’re excited about the team’s demanding situations to move on and see what they’re made of, and whoever comes out on the field, should pass by and do their own thing and check to finish the season as strong as possible.
I know our guys are passing by to pass there and compete, and it will be a wonderful day of football.
Q: Coach Brohm, compare your reception framework without David Bell and Wright, and you may also communicate what you think happened a few years ago.
JEFF BROHM: Well, fortunately for us, we have a lot of receivers on their team. We lose a lot, but that’s the nature of football. Whether it’s the last bowling game or the first game next year, new guys. they’re going to have to emerge, and it’s going to be a wonderful environment to see how some of those guys react.
We look forward to some new faces on the ground. We have to check to do what we do more productively and give the ball to our game creators and find a way to mark problems in attack and see if we can make some stops in defence. That’s the purpose is to compete and plan the opposite fit to a quality opponent and see if you can win.
I know a few years ago it wasn’t a good day for us on the court, it was one of those games where you would only have to play, but you know what?We have learned a lot. We played against a wonderful Auburn team that had a lot of talent, a lot of size, a lot of guys who went to the National Football League, and we were exposed in a lot of areas.
A lot of things we wanted to work on and understand. When you face very high caliber war matches, you want to locate tactics to stop and get points, earn merits over special groups and win.
So there are a lot of things you can learn and we hope to see better performances this year.
Q: Jeff, what would nine wins mean for this team and this program in the fifth year of your tenure?
JEFF BROHM: Well, you can finish a strong season, winning a bowl is very important, but I think we perceive where we are, even the Drew Brees Rose Bowl team won 8 games, we talked to our team about it. If we could pass there and compete and find a way to finish strong and get nine, it would be huge. That’s something we can build on.
You know, it’s a bowling game, so it’s going to be competitive. We know we have our hands full. We are going to have to play well in all facets of the game, do many small things well, we will have to protect an attack that goes very fast, which in our convention we do not see so much. I’ve worked on it a lot, but going out and doing it in the game is another story.
But I know our guys are looking to bet on a quality opponent who has a lot of skill in their backyard, and let’s see what we’re made of.
Q: Coach Heupel, management made the resolution some time ago to allow Tennessee to play in the bowl. Looking back, how much do you appreciate that, given that in Nashville right now?
JOSH HEUPEL: I appreciate that our administration supports and provides our players with all the tools, all the resources, but also supports them in their project and makes sure that we have a wonderful player that they delight in and that each and every side of our program.
Certainly, when I accepted the job, there were things that happened before I was given there, I felt that they were going to be an obstacle, it has been shown to work well and the young interns of our program have embraced the culture. , joined the festival each and every day, and that’s why we are here and have the opportunity to play in this game of petanque.
Q: Jeff, the offensive production is evidently more unbalanced than in the afterlife with you, how much does this constitute through design and preference, and to what extent does it correspond to the personnel?
JEFF BROHM: Are you about to overtake?
P. Yes, you throw the ball. . .
JEFF BROHM: Well, a former quarterback, that’s what I like to do, but we’d still like to find a way to score points. We need to play exciting football. We have to give the ball to our game creators, throughout this year we didn’t have a lot of ball carriers and we had some injuries at the beginning, and we were thin in that position, we had to find a way to score points.
I think we moved forward during the year to get the ball to the playmakers in other tactics. We figured out tactics to put our quarterback in a higher tempo and get complete passes and score points. Every week is a new week in which you face a quality opponent who has a very intelligent ability and plays very hard in defense, you also have to locate other tactics to score.
I think that’s what we can do to not turn the ball around, score points, make stops in defence, check to gain an advantage over the special teams, all those things we’re working on and everything we want to do to score. points, let’s check what to do.
Q: Josh, why does this offensive formula paint for you?Why did you use this type of formula to train and use?
JOSH HEUPEL: Yes, at the end of the day, it’s an exciting football brand. I think young players, young players, game creators and big players should be a component of it. Ultimately, offensively, you’re looking to locate tactics. to put their children in a position to succeed.
Our speed is a component of how we strive to put pressure on the defense and dictate how the football game goes.
Q: Josh, two things: one about the availability of Cade Mays for the game?
JOSH HEUPEL: Yeah, Cade probably wouldn’t play in this football game, he won’t be able to play.
Q: So also, the SEC has a rocky start in bowling. Do you use examples of games to say, look, when they’re not directed and not composing what can happen there?
JOSH HEUPEL: Yeah, no matter what league you play in, I think your preparation determines how you play on game day. From the moment we prepare the bowl, you’ve heard me say that when it’s not football time, you want to enjoy the two or 3 weeks of bowl preparation and enjoy the opportunity to have camaraderie and create memorable moments.
But when it comes to being in the building, I don’t care if it’s going up, I don’t care if it’s football, if it’s the matches, it’s your guided tours, you have to concentrate on that. intelligent organization in its preparation when it comes to concentrating on the football side.
Now, the last 48 hours will also be huge for us here as we finish and prepare for tomorrow.
Q. Why do you think your team has been so successful in the first quarters of this year?You had a wonderful start in each and every game.
JOSH HEUPEL: Yes, doing things at the highest level, that’s a very undeniable explanation. But our young people perceive what we are going to do, and they played smart football at the beginning of the football game in the 3 stages of the game, they were able to line up and execute.
D. J. Fezler covers Purdue as a rhythm for BoilermakersCountry. com. He is originally from Cedar Lake, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University in 2020. He spent 3 years covering Indiana University athletics and the Big Ten for the Indiana Daily Student and Rivals. He received the 2021 Hilltop30 Scholarship Fund.