BIG NOON KICKOFF Talks Pac-12 Schedule, Breakfast at the Coliseum, Texas, Oklahoma and More
On this morning’s edition of BIG NOON KICKOFF, FOX Sports announced select games of its Pac-12 schedule, including Arizona State at USC on Saturday, Nov. 7, in the network’s first West Coast BIG NOON SATURDAY game of the week. More information on FOX Sports’ Pac-12 schedule can be found HERE.
USC Head Coach Clay Helton joined BIG NOON KICKOFF to discuss the Trojans’ 9:00 AM local kickoff vs. Arizona State:
“As coaches and players, we’re grateful for the opportunity to play a game, and play a great game – USC-Arizona State, two national profile quarterbacks going on display – at a time that I think the whole nation is going to be watching. We’re excited. You want to be under the brightest lights on the brightest stage, and right off the bat, game one, you’re in that situation. We’re grateful as a staff and as a team.”
"To play under the brightest lights on the biggest stage" @USC_FB's Clay Helton and @ASUFootball's Herm Edwards join #BigNoonKickoff to discuss their Week 1 @pac12 game on FOX ? pic.twitter.com/hHmtVO2zOC
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 3, 2020
Urban Meyer and Brady Quinn open up Urban’s Playbook to see how Texas quarterback Sam Ehlinger compares to two-time national champion Tim Tebow:
Who better to break down the similarities between @TimTebow and @sehlinger3 than @CoachUrbanMeyer?
Take an in depth look at what makes them both special with Coach and @Brady_Quinn in Urban's Playbook ? pic.twitter.com/JZM9NmyRZO
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 3, 2020
Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart break down who’s on the VIP list at Club Heisman:
Time for Club Heisman! ??@MattLeinartQB and @ReggieBush break down their early favorites for Heisman this season on #BigNoonKickoff pic.twitter.com/zEi9hYgscr
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 3, 2020
Bush reacts to Texas players leading the initiative to change the name of the field at Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium to Campbell-Williams Field:
“It wouldn’t be possible without the current players advocating for change. That’s the part I love the most about this is that they didn’t forget about the guys that paved the way for them. They remembered them, and they wanted to do something to honor them.”
Quinn credits the Texas players for using their voices:
Right now, players are using their voice; they’re using this platform to create change, and that’s what’s so special about it. Forevermore now, every single group, every time they walk out of that tunnel at those home games, they’re going to see the change that they helped create for years and years to come. That’s powerful.
"Every time they walk out of that tunnel at home games they are going to see the change that they helped create for years to come."
The #BigNoonKickoff crew reacts to @texasfootball changing their stadium name to honor Earl Campbell and @Rickthelaureate pic.twitter.com/paaC1U0z0V
— FOX Sports (@FOXSports) October 3, 2020
Meyer says Oklahoma quarterback Spencer Rattler is important to getting the Sooners back on track:
“Lincoln Riley – excellent coach – he’s never been in this situation ever. At Oklahoma, he’s always had veteran quarterbacks, now he has a redshirt freshman that, right now, once you lose your confidence, that is the most fragile position. At that position, unless he gets his confidence back, Oklahoma’s in for a long run here.”
Quinn says there’s still time for Oklahoma to rebound and make the College Football Playoff:
“Every year they’ve been a part of the College Football Playoff, they’ve dropped a game and they’ve been able to bounce back. Lincoln Riley’s been through this before. I think he can help guide Spencer Rattler, who may be young, but it’s not impossible for them to be able to make the fixes and for him to be able to make some of those fixes. Generally, with the College Football Playoff, you can lose early – you just can’t lose late.”
Bush is looking for Oklahoma’s defense to improve:
“Once they start to tackle better and to start to implement that aggressive mentality on defense, that’s when they’ll start to elevate their play across the board”
Meyer says minimizing missed tackles will be important for Texas:
“Missed tackles – double-digit missed tackles – you’re going to lose that game. We were undefeated for seven years at Ohio State with single digit missed tackles. I still have confidence in Chris Ash – I know they didn’t look good last week. They’re getting better. They will get better.”
Leinart says coaching changes have hurt Texas’ ability to recruit top talent, especially at the quarterback position:
“When I go back and look at the last decade, they’ve had a new play caller almost every single year. That makes me as a quarterback say I’m not sure I want to go to Texas, because I don’t know if my coach is going to be there after a year.”
Where have things gone wrong for Texas since 2009?
The #BigNoonKickoff crew explains why lack of continuity in coaching and in-state recruiting struggles are partly to blame ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/5cRuioKnqE
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) October 3, 2020
