"A lot of us have a chip on our shoulder because we had a bad rep last year. Through the whole year, we had a bad taste in our mouth. We have to let that go. We worked extra hard (this summer). A lot of the guys came twice a day to run and really wanted to improve themselves. And as a unit I think we've grown mentally, physically, emotionally from last year." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Warrior quarterbacks were sacked 57 times last season, the most in the Football Bowl Subdivision and a figure more reflective of the struggles of an offense in transition than a direct indictment of the line."
Feeling that they are prepared for the season, Aaron Kia said:
"We've been working hard all summer, so it's time. I think we're ready to go out there and play." (HSB)
About Central Arkansas' FCS All-America DE Larry Hart, Gordy Shaw said:
"He reminds us a lot on the offensive staff of (UH defensive end) John Fonoti. A little bit smaller, but he has that bag of different pass-rush moves and the speed and the quickness John has. He plays everywhere. ... It's a way to get him moving around so you can't double him all the time." (HSB)
About Central Arkansas' defense, Ron Lee said:
"Their defensive front is not exceptionally large but they move together, they run to the football. They're very sound fundamentally." (HSB)
HSB Note: "Although reducing the sack total is a goal — Shaw has set a target of one sack per 20 attempts, an extension of the NFL average of one in 15 — he doesn't feel the need to use last year as a motivational tool."
About how he hasn't had to use last year's sack problems to motivate his OL, Shaw said:
"I don't think I've mentioned it once and the players haven't mentioned it once. I don't think you need any more motivation than we want to win the WAC championship." (HSB)
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