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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

New face

First-year defensive line coach Carlton Hall talks Xs and Os // 4

Panther problem Georgia State head coach comes with wealth of experience // 6

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The season got off to a promising start with a vanquishing 38-34 win against UCLA, but then UH traveled for its first two away games. Some of you unable to make the trips have likely grown antsy by now.

Football-hungry fans suffering from withdrawals need wait no longer though, because the Cougars are back to face Georgia State in what could be one of the more lopsided contests of the season.

Head coach Kevin Sumlin and some of his players said just how significant of a role fan support plays for the Cougars. They aren’t just blowing smoke by saying things that they think fans want to hear.

Sumlin said the impact the student section makes gets the players fired up.

“Those are their friends, they see each other on campus,”

Sumlin said. “Our players love that they’re the first people in the stadium even when we’re warming up.”

The capacity crowd in the UCLA game disrupted the Bruins’ offense. The volume of the crowd caused false start penalties. Several snaps flew over the quarterback’s head, and UCLA was forced to use its final timeout prematurely.

“We’re no different than anybody in the fact that you’re more comfortable at home,” Sumlin said. “A home-field advantage is not just created by playing at your own place, it’s created by your crowd.”

In the past two seasons it appears that support is beginning to become unconditional. Even after quarterback Case Keenum suffered an injury in 2010, fans still came out in droves to support the Cougars.

Whether it be a big name or a lesser-known team, Robertson Stadium is a more popular sporting venue than it was 10 years ago.

“That first game was awesome,” senior running back Bryce Beall said. “The energy was great, it helped us get out to a great start.

We feed off that. They really don’t

understand how much that helps us out, and we really appreciate it.

“That’s how we want it to be. No matter who we play, no matter the name of the team, we want them to come out and support us, to help us hopefully get us a victory. That’s what we look to do on Saturday.”

Keenum said playing at home is like automatically starting with an advantage on the scoreboard.

“That’s been huge over the past few years,” he said. “A home crowd is almost like a seven-point swing.

If you’re away you can almost give them seven points, and if you’re at home it’s almost seven points in your favor.

You don’t sit there and say that before a game, but you can think about it afterwards.”

With this game being the finale of the non-conference schedule, the Cougars will have one more road game before beginning a three-game home stretch. UH will have little time to rest with the Conference USA opener against UTEP on Thursday.

Afterward the Cougars will return to face East Carolina on Oct. 8. The Homecoming game against Marshall is set for Oct. 22, and the Bayou Bucket versus Rice is on Oct. 27.

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UCLA

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W: 35-34

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7:00 p.m. September 29

ECU

6:00 p.m. October 8

Marshall

3:30 p.m. October 22

Rice

7:00 p.m. October 27

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6:00 p.m. November 5

@Tulane

6:00 p.m. November 10

SMU

TBA November 19

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Junior defensive back covers second edition so frequently, we do not want anyone to forget that there are nearly 100 For the first issue of other guys on the roster Overtime on Sept. 3, it also putting in hard was senior quarterback work.

Case Keenum as the cover We felt the photo of player.

Jeffery Lewis tackling  Junior Jeffery In the Sept. 5 edition of Louisiana Tech running Lewis attended The Daily Cougar, Keenum back Ray Holley was was on the front page again Madison High worthy of the cover.

School in Houston. because we thought the Given the nature of 38-34 win against UCLA last week’s win against warranted it. the Bulldogs, it took solidarity — While Keenum plays an every player, whether a starter, essential role for the Cougars, the backup or special teams player is Overtime staff decided there were significant. plenty of other players deserving Lewis has played in all 29 games of the cover. in his three years at UH, and has With Keenum being on them recorded up a total of 38 tackles.

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Sophomore cornerback Zach McMillian proved himself not only to head coach Kevin Sumlin, but also to defensive coordinator Brian Stewart (right) and defensive backs coach Zac Spavital to earn his starting spot. | Yvette Dávila/The Daily Cougar

Sophomore rises in the ranks McMillian impresses coaches, follows in father’s footsteps Joshua Siegel

THE DAILY COUGAR Size is often a quality that is given more credence than heart or fight.

Sophomore cornerback Zach McMillian was always told he was too small. Even now, as a starter for the Cougars, he said people still tell him that he is too small. But he loves proving people wrong.

“I like being the underdog, because it fuels you and makes you more hungry to strive to do better than what you really are,” McMillian said.

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That mentality is reflected in his play. McMillian takes after his father, Audray, an All-Pro cornerback in the NFL and former UH player.

“When I was first learning how to play corner,” McMillian said. “My dad was teaching me, and the first thing he ever taught me was to press and play bump-and-run corner, and being able to play man-to-man and be physical.”

After graduating from Dulles High School, McMillian was recruited by Utah, UTEP, Rice and New Mexico — but his choice was already made.

“My dad’s pushed me all throughout high school and middle school and he wants the best for me,” McMillian said.

“When I was picking colleges, he said I had a choice and could go wherever I wanted, but really I didn’t. I’m just glad that I’m able to wear the same number and follow in his footsteps.”

McMillian was not penciled in to be a starter this spring after playing primarily on special teams as a freshman. The Cougars imported juniors D.J. Hayden and Chevy Bennett from Navarro Junior College to anchor the cornerback position. But McMillian’s emergence gave UH flexibility to make its secondary a more talented unit.

“Zach McMillian has really come on as a corner and given us the ability to move Chevy Bennett MCMILLIAN continues on page 8

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COVERSTORY

Hall at the helm Former Ivy League coach, Vanderbilt player asked to develop defensive line

pressure on himself.

John Brannen

Q: Did you have any familiar-

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ity with the 3-4 philosophy prior to UH?

irst-year defensive line coach Carlton Hall’s last job was a three-year stint at Harvard.

He played at Vanderbilt in college and was an allconference caliber player.

A: We were a 4-3 at Harvard. I

grew up in a 4-3 playing in high school and college. It’s new to me, but I’m beginning to understand the concepts more. As far as the D-line goes, there’s a lot more technique involved.

Those defensive ends they can’t be regular defensive ends in a 4-3, they’re more like defensive tackles.

I had to switch my learning to two tackles, and two ends to three defensive tackles.

In the words of senior defensive lineman David Hunter, “He’s a guy who keeps it real. He doesn’t sugarcoat anything. He lets you know how he feels, and lets you know the things you need to do to get better as a football player and as a man.”

The Daily Cougar spoke with Hall about his personnel and what it takes to play on the defensive line.

Q: What qualities does a

player need to be a good defensive lineman? Not to discount from other players on the field but there is a high level of difficulty involved.

Q: You arrived in January

of this year; how would you describe how the chemistry between you and your players has developed since then?

A: I told them the first day: ‘I

don’t know you, you don’t know me. I don’t respect you, you shouldn’t respect me. I don’t trust you, you shouldn’t trust me.’ Now, seven or eight months later, they understand working chemistry between us. They know it is a dictatorship to some degree. But at the same time the democracy happens behind closed doors. I need their feedback in practice and games. As working relationships go, it’s been great.

Q: What are your thoughts

on David Hunter? He’s the senior of the squad, and seems to be the leader of the defensive lineman.

A: He’s a great kid. He is the

unquestioned leader of this group. I’m expecting a lot of good from him. He understands over the course of the spring,

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Prior to coming to UH, defensive line coach Carlton Hall held the same job at Harvard from 2007-2010. He spent 2006 at Georgetown, and the three years before that was at Columbia. | Joshua Siegel/The Daily Cougar summer and fall camp that he has to lead these guys. He has to do everything right on and off the field. He has to start teaching the young kids to practice. Myself, coach Stewart and coach Sumlin are putting a lot on his plate. He’s accepted that role and is doing pretty well at it.

A

A: He has to learn to play in a

three-point stance. It’s hard to get guys to put that hand in the ground. He’s getting much better at it. There’s still some things he can improve on, but he’s going to be a good pass rusher for us. The run game is what he’s concentrated on.

Q: Junior Kelvin King has

Q: What has having Zeke

Tackles

Tackles for a loss / Sacks

already made some contributions this season. What can he do to improve?

Riser back done for the team?

Player

Solo

Ast

Tot

Player

TFL

Yds

McGraw

20

19

39

Brown

7.5

Mathews

16

11

27

Steward

2.5

Brown

17

7

24

King

Valencia

9

9

18

Mathews

: Zeke’s been great. Coming back from a knee injury like he did, he’s done well. He has to understand sometimes that he just can’t go back out and be Superman.

Not only did he injure his knee, but he gained 40 pounds. He’s a much different kid since he lined up as a freshman. Some guys look to him, he’s a leader of this bunch too. When people look to you, you just have to produce. He has to understand to not put so much

Pass defense

A: There’s like a billion clichés as to how much chaos goes on in that three-by-six box. The first attribute has to be physical toughness. We’re having to get better at that. We weren’t very good at it last year, you can’t be No. 114 against the run and say that you’re tough.

We’re having to learn that part.

The other part is mental toughness. You can’t have a fingernail break or a twisted ankle and say you’re out of the game.

You can’t get pancaked and say, ‘well, I’m going to be out of the game.’

The physical and mental toughness that it takes to be in there, after those two things — you got to be a little crazy in the head.

That’s the nice way to put it. You got to be a little nuts to go in there and bang around with 300- to 350pound guys.

I don’t think I can make them nuts, they have to kind of have that, we have to recruit that. But I think you can teach physical and mental toughness.

Fumbles / Blocked kicks

Sacks

Player

Int

Yds

PD

Player

FF

FR

Blk

27

1.0

Bates

2

2

2

Steward

—

2

—

3

—

Hayden

1

4

4

King

—

1

—

2.0

12

1.0

Bennett

—

—

1

Ros

—

1

—

2.0

2

—

Valencia

—

—

1

Roberts

—

—

2

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2

20

Valencia (SS)

Hayden (CB)

8

54

McGraw (LB)

10 McMillian (CB)

Mathews (LB)

Brown (LB)

42

59

King (RE)

99

Smith (NT)

95

Steward (LB)

Hunter (LE)

DEFENSE OFFENSE

76

83

3

Edwards (WR)

64

Ashworth (LT)

Cloud (LG)

Johnson (WR)

70

7

63

Thompson (C)

74

Forsch (RG)

Harper (RT)

35

Keenum (QB)

25

88

Carrier (WR)

Smith (WR)

Beall (RB)

TEAM LEADERS Passing

Receiving

Kicking

Kick Returns

Player

Comp

Att

Yds

TD

Int

Rtg

Player

Rec.

Yds

YPC

TD

Lg.

Yds/G

Player

FGM/A

Lg.

XPM/A

Player

Ret

Yds

YPR

Keenum

81

121

1,119

10

2

168.6

Carrier

22

236

10.7

1

26

168.6

Hogan

3/3

35

16/16

Carrier

9

175

19.4

Turner

13

18

105

0

1

110.1

Hayes

14

127

9.1

2

54

110.1

Roberts

1

16

16.0

Edwards

13

289

22.2

3

58

96.3

Sweeney

1

23

23.0

Rushing

Punting Player

No.

Yds

Avg.

Lg.

Leone

22

236

49.7

63

Johnson, J.

11

205

18.6

2

55

68.3

Rush

Yds

YPC

TD

Lg

Yds/G

Smith, E.J

10

147

14.7

0

52

49.0

Beall

29

157

5.4

3

23

53.3

Sims

6

53

8.8

0

28

26.5

Hayes

30

142

4.7

3

34

48.7

Williams, R.

3

39

13.0

0

22

13.0

Player

No.

Yds

Avg

Sims

9

28

3.1

0

16

17.0

Spencer

3

34

11.3

0

17

17.0

Mannisto

14

921

65.8

Welford

3

9

3.0

0

6

3.0

Lazard

3

23

7.7

0

13

7.7

Leone

8

540

67.5

Player

5

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Bennett (FS)

55

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Kickoffs

Punt Returns Player

Ret

Yds

Lg.

Edwards

4

12

12

Brooks

1

0

0

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THEOPPOSITION

Panthers face biggest test yet Curry brings experience into battle against UH John Brannen

THE DAILY COUGAR For just the second time in the program’s brief history, Georgia State — a school in the Football Championship Subdivision — will play against a Football Bowl Championship school in UH. The Panthers (1-2) are one of four independent FCS schools along with the University of South Alabama, Texas State and UTSA. All four schools are set to gain a conference affiliation — Georgia State will join the Colonial Athletic Assocation in 2012.

The Panthers are in their second year of playing football, and went 7-7 in 2010. They are led by Bill Curry, a head coach who has a long list of accomplishments to his name.

From 1980-1986 he led Georgia Tech, his alma mater.

His tenure there was highlighted by a 9-2-1 season in 1985 where he was named ACC Coach of the Year. He accumulated a record of 31-43-4 with the Yellow Jackets.

His next stop was at Alabama,

On 71 attempts, Georgia State sophomore quarterback Bo Schlecter has completed 37 passes for 488 yards, four touchdowns and an interception, while rushing for 52 yards on 26 attempts. | Paul Abell/Georgia State Athletics where in 1989 he led the Crimson Tide to an appearance in the Sugar Bowl, earning him SEC Coach of the Year. He went 26-10 in three seasons at Tuscaloosa, Ala. Before taking a 14-year hiatus

from coaching, Curry worked at Kentucky from 1990-1996. He went 26-52.

Head coach Kevin Sumlin said he was looking forward to competing against such an esteemed veteran.

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“It’s going to be interesting,” head coach Kevin Sumlin said. “To me coach Curry is a coaching legend. He has more than 200 games coached, and a veteran staff of guys who have been around forever.

“It’s a brand new program in its second year, a lot of excitement. Those guys are going to be excited to come here and play. Obviously with their pedigree and their coaching staff, they’ve been around and done a lot of things.”

The Panthers won their first game 41-7 against Clark Dominion on Sept. 2, but have since hit a skid. Old Dominion won 40-17 on Sept. 10, and in last week’s game the Panthers fell 37-21 against Jacksonville State.

In its first game against an FBS team last year, Georgia State was pummeled 63-7 by the Alabama Crimson Tide, who was ranked No. 10 at the time.

Curry and the Panthers will have their work cut out for them against the eighthranked offense in the country.

“They have tremendous weapons and tremendous speed,” Curry said at Georgia State’s weekly press conference. They beat UCLA in their own stadium and came back from a 34-7 deficit with 7:11 left in the third quarter to beat a good Louisiana Tech team.

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Keenum quips are played out When jokes get repeated they lose their originality. If it makes no sense as well, then it especially lacks humor.

It may not be popular among the UH community, but some John find it funny to Brannen comment on senior quarterback Case Keenum being granted a sixth season by the NCAA. It was in jest, but Georgia State head coach Bill Curry made a wisecrack about Keenum’s tenure at the Panthers’ weekly media press conference Tuesday.

“When (Director of Athletics) Cheryl Levick and I talked about playing Houston, Case Keenum was supposed to be graduated,” Curry said. “Case did not cooperate. He tore his ACL about this time last year, and now he’s back for what, his ninth year?“ Well, sorry he didn’t “cooperate” for you, coach Curry. Rest assured, playing Georgia State probably wasn’t on his mind either in what was supposed be his senior season.

Following the North Texas win Sept. 10, NBA writer Art Garcia made a remark similar to Curry’s on his Twitter.

“North Texas sure has a nice new stadium, 12-year vet Case Keenum sure has a nice arm. Witnessed both tonight in Denton.”

Curry and Garcia complimented Keenum, but calling him a nine or 12-year veteran is blindly labeling a situation for the sake of being funny without knowing the situation’s background.

UCLA head coach Rick Neuheisel was a little more careful in his phrasing of Keenum’s experience.

“You’re playing a six-year NFL vet,” he said. The guy has been in this offense as a freshman, sophomore, junior, senior and then senior again. That‘s a lot of football.”

This isn’t like former Florida State quarterback Chris Weinke, who won the Heisman Trophy as a 28-year old. Keenum is a 23-year-old grad student. Every so often situations in sports remind people of past players, but Keenum and Weinke’s situations aren’t similar.

People need to do their homework if they’re trying to make witty comments, to avoid it being a bad joke.

Or in Curry’s case, spend more time making sure his team doesn’t look like one.

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THEBIGBOARD // College football at a glance AP TOP 25 RK

TEAM

RECORD

PTS

1 Oklahoma (37)

2-0

1471

2 LSU (14)

3-0

1424

3 Alabama (7)

3-0

4 Boise State (2) 5 Stanford

C-USA SCHEDULE SATURDAY

NETWORK

TIME

SMU at Memphis

FSN

11:00 a.m. CT

1402

Southern Miss at Virginia

RSN

2-0

1309

Tulane at Duke

ESPN U or ESPN3.com

3-0

1212

6 Wisconsin

3-0

1170

7 Oklahoma State

3-0

1092

8 Texas A&M

2-0

1043

9 Nebraska

3-0

10 Oregon

C-USA STANDINGS CONF

OVERALL

EAST

W

L

W

L

Marshall

1

0

1

2

2:30 p.m. CT

UCF

0

0

2

1

2:30 p.m. CT

Memphis

0

0

0

2

East Carolina

0

0

2

1

Southern Miss 0

1

1

2

UAB

0

1

0

2

WEST

W

L

W

L

SMU

1

0

2

1

Tulsa

1

0

1

2

Tulane

1

1

2

1

UAB at East Carolina

WITN

2:30 p.m. CT

Virginia Tech at Marshall

CBSSN

2:30 p.m. CT

Rice at Baylor

FSN Southwest

6:00 p.m. CT

911

UTEP at USF

ESPN3.com

6:00 p.m. CT

2-1

899

Georgia State at Houston

CSS

7:00 p.m. CT

11 Florida State

2-1

896

Tulsa at Boise State

CBSSN

7:00 p.m. CT

12 South Carolina

3-0

891

13 Virginia Tech

3-0

830

THURSDAY

Houston

0

0

3

0

14 Arkansas

3-0

781

Houston at UTEP

Rice

0

0

1

1

15 Florida

3-0

669

0

1

2

1

16 West Virginia

3-0

579

17 Baylor

2-0

521

18 South Florida

3-0

496

SATURDAY

NETWORK

TIME (CT)

19 Texas

3-0

402

Notre Dame at Pittsburgh

ABC

Noon

20 TCU

2-1

273

North Carolina at Georgia Tech

ESPN

Noon

21 Clemson

3-0

272

Eastern Michigan at Penn State

ESPN2

Noon

22 Michigan

3-0

266

Central Michigan at Michigan State

ESPNU

Noon

23 USC

3-0

260

SMU at Memphis

FSN

Noon

24 Illinois

3-0

106

25 Georgia Tech

3-0

59

San Diego State at Michigan

BTN

Noon

Louisiana-Monroe at Iowa

BTN

Noon

Cornell at Yale

Versus

Noon

Arkansas at Alabama

CBS

3:30 p.m.

Oklahoma State at Texas A&M

ABC or ESPN2

3:30 p.m.

Colorado at Ohio State

ABC or ESPN2

3:30 p.m.

Florida State at Clemson

ESPN

3:30 p.m.

South Dakota at Wisconsin

BTN

3:30 p.m.

Western Michigan at Illinois

BTN

3:30 p.m.

Southern Miss at Virginia

FSN

3:30 p.m.

Florida A&M at Southern

Versus

3:30 p.m.

Virginia Tech at Marshall

CBSSN

3:30 p.m.

Kansas State at Miami

ESPNU

3:30 p.m.

California at Washington

FSN

3:30 p.m.

Florida at Kentucky

ESPN

7 p.m.

Vanderbilt at South Carolina

ESPN2

7 p.m.

Louisiana Tech at Mississippi State

ESPNU

7 p.m.

North Dakota State at Minnesota

BTN

7 p.m.

Rice at Baylor

FSSW

7 p.m.

Nebraska at Wyoming

Versus

7:30 p.m.

LSU at West Virginia

ABC

8 p.m.

Missouri at Oklahoma

FX

8 p.m.

Tulsa at Boise State

CBSSN

8 p.m.

USC at Arizona State

ESPN

10:15 p.m.

Oregon at Arizona

ESPN2

10:15 p.m.

Dropped from rankings: Michigan State 15, Ohio State 17, Auburn 21, Arizona State 22, Mississippi State 25 Others receiving votes: Michigan State 42, Auburn 29, Houston 25, Miami (FL) 23, Iowa State 19, Utah 19, Ohio State 16, Maryland 15, Mississippi State 14, Missouri 10, Arizona State 9, San Diego State 8, Vanderbilt 8, Notre Dame 8, Georgia 7, Florida International 4, California 3, Navy 3, North Carolina 2, Tennessee 2

SAY WHAT? Those games might be exciting to watch, on the other end you don’t want to dig yourself in a hole.

— Justin Johnson, on UH’s 35-34 win against La. Tech

Everything that possibly could go wrong went wrong. We never put our heads down, we kept at it and found a way to get a victory. “ — Bryce Beall, running back

El Paso, Texas

7:00 p.m. CT

UTEP

Standings accurate as of Sept. 22

TV GUIDE FLASHBACK

1966 Houstonian Yearbook

UH 21, CINCINNATI 6

1965: Cougars outdo Tigers With the Astrodome as their home venue, the Cougars got revenge against the Cincinnati Tigers with a 15-point victory in front of an announced attendance of 27,576 on Sept. 24, 1965.

It was the first win of the season for head coach Bill Yeoman and his team.

The season got off to a sluggish start for UH. In the first two games they were shut out 14-0 and 36-0 to Tulsa and Mississippi State.

The Tigers scored first, but with three consecutive scores in the fourth quarter UH pulled away.

The Cougars finished the season on a three-game winning streak, but would go on to finish with a record of 4-5-1.

— Cougar Sports Staff

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and block, tackle, secure the ball and absolutely eliminate the penalties and coaching mistakes.”

Georgia State’s offense is led by sophomore quarterback Bo Schlechter. He has completed 37 of 71 passes 488 yards, four touchdowns and has a 52.1 completion percentage.

Schlechter’s main benefactor has been sophomore wide receiver Albert Wilson, who has caught 13 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns.

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They will be a tremendous challenge for us. We want to learn from what we experience there.

“We want to show our team, as we always will, that there is a way that we can win this game. If we eliminate all of our mistakes and create some of theirs, we will have a chance to beat them. The main thing we’re going to have to do is take care of our business

Georgia State offense is the tandem of sophomore running back Travis Evans and junior Donald Russell.

Evans has two touchdowns on the year, and leads the team in rushing yards with 155 on 33 attempts.

Russell has more touchdowns with four, and has 123 yards on 27 attempts.

The Panthers will host their next game against Murray State in Atlanta at the Georgia Dome on Oct. 8.

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Sophomore cornerback Zach McMillian has recorded 12 tackles as one of four new starters in the Cougars’ secondary. | Courtesy of UH Athletics

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to safety,” head coach Kevin Sumlin said after the Cougars’ second fall scrimmage.

With McMillian and Hayden at the corners and Bennett and sophomore Colton Valenica anchoring the safeties, the Cougars have talented unit that enjoys playing with each other.

“I like to get up and play manto-man,” McMillian said. “D.J. likes to play man-to-man, so we’re a good compliment to each other; we feed off of each other.

Really, when Colton’s out making good tackles, Chevy’s getting excited, we’re all just feeding off of each other and building each other up throughout the game.

“We’ve just been trying to gel since they all got here. Colton, Chevy, we’ve all just been trying to gel in 7-on-7, our workouts and working hard in the summer time — we were trying to get out unit together. Really and truly, we have so many good players back there that it’s a test of what our coach is doing and what we’ve

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been doing hard work-wise.”

With an entirely new secondary, there have been growing pains, but McMillian sees progress with each practice.

“We have a lot of work to do,” McMillian said. “We’ve had a lot of mental errors in the last two games, and we’re trying to clean that up and be more disciplined with how we’re lining up. We need to recognize what the offense is doing faster and click faster.”

McMillian said that his first game as a starter was nervewracking.

“Against UCLA I was like this the whole time,” McMillian said while shaking his hands feverishly. “This past game, I felt like I calmed down and I’m understanding and seeing things a lot faster.”

McMillian said he could not put into words how earning the starting job felt.

“Coach Stewart and coach Spavital they really have faith in me and you can see that they have faith in me,” he said. “It’s just good that hard work pays off.

It all worked out for the good.”

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