Chuck Long
Chuck Long
Charles Franklin "Chuck" Long, Jr.is an American football coach. He played quarterback in college at Iowa for Hayden Fry and professionally with the Detroit Lions and the Los Angeles Rams. He is an inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. In the January 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine he was chosen as one of the "50 People to Watch in 2008". He was fired by San Diego State University as its head football coach on November 23, 2008...
backs feature good guys nice offense running saw stood tailor
We want to tailor our offense to our personnel. We have good running backs, and we want to feature those guys, as you saw today. I thought those guys stood out. The running backs did a nice job.
both came defense efforts good guys halftime offense operating played sides
With everything being done on a first-and-10 basis, we just really wanted to see what guys could do operating in space. I thought there were good efforts on both sides of the football. Our offense started fast, but our defense came out after halftime and played very well.
defense emphasized great ground job offense practice scoring twice
The offense put it on the ground twice and we can't have that, but the defense did a great job of scooping and scoring when they did, which is big for us. That's something we've emphasized in practice every day.
ball good hit max offense pass protection shots
One of the things we have to be able to do in this offense is to have some shots and be able to hit those shots. We have to be good at pass protection and max protection, so we can get the ball downfield.