“On the offensive side of the football, Danny mentioned some of the successes we have had as a program at UCF and throughout my tenure. We’re going to play with tempo. We’re going to be the aggressor. We’re going to play with our skill players in space. We’re going to give them an opportunity to push the ball down the field. At the same time, if you watch what we do, we’re extremely balanced in our approach in terms of run and pass. We want to be physical and dominate the line of scrimmage. Those are all things that are going to translate to what we’re doing here in Knoxville. At the same time, that aggressive mentality that we have on the offensive side of the football is going to translate to the defensive side of the football. We’ll be multiple in our fronts. We’re going to have three- and four-man fronts and we’re going to bring pressure. We want to create negative plays. In college football it’s about creating big plays on offense and negative plays on defense and getting people off schedule. If you put those things together, you have a chance to have a really successful game plan and ultimately a successful season. I’m excited about embarking down that road as we get together as a football program after this.”
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