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Oklahoma State Practice Report - August 16
August 16, 2011 | Cowboy Football
Aug. 16, 2011
STILLWATER, Okla. - The Oklahoma State football team took to the grass practice fields Tuesday morning dressed in full pads and powered through an approximately three-hour session. After practice, reigning Big 12 Coach of the Year Mike Gundy spoke to members of the media. The highlights:
Opening Statement
"We'll have some walk-throughs this afternoon and get back after it tomorrow. We've got about four or five more difficult days where we're really going to push them hard and get them through the scrimmage and then next week get them into more game-plan situations and not as much time on the field."
On Having Three Two-A-Days In A Week
"We wanted to push our guys. We're however many days out from our first game and we wanted to push them. Even though we don't do a lot in the evening practice we wanted to get them out there and extend them and see if we could open their lungs up a little bit. I think it'll be good. We've had a plan the last few years of how we approach our first game and I'm confident our guys will get the work they need in preparation of the first game."
On The Defense
"We're getting good effort from those guys. Your interior tackle spots and the absence of Orie Lemon still concerns me, but from an effort standpoint our players are giving us everything we need to have success. As a coach you would like to see maturity happen a little faster and it's going to, but as we mentioned the last few weeks we are very athletic. Now it's just a matter of quality repetitions and those guys buying in."
