SoCon Weekly Teleconference - 10-9-12

"Obviously, Georgia Southern is an outstanding football team," Speir opened during his time on the teleconference. "Coach (Jeff) Monken and (his team) are just blue-collar guys that are physical and fast - and that's a deadly combination when you've got a physical football team like they do and have the speed that they have on the field. That defense doesn't get enough credit because you hear all the time about the double-slot option attack, which is really good. But, that defense is awful stingy and doesn't give up a lot."

"We tried to hang with them for a while and had some bright spots, some positive spots. Offensively, we had a couple of nice drives and defensively did some nice things. We just couldn't sustain it for an entire ball game. And they held the ball, kept it away from our offense," Speir added.

"The good thing is our players hopefully can learn from the mistakes our defensive guys from seeing the same type of offense," said Speir. "Our offense has got to become more consistent because The Citadel defensively, they do a really nice job. They are a sound team and they make you drive - they don't give up a lot of big plays. They make you drive and count on you making a mistake. And we've had problems with that, the consistency part."


Coach Speir's SoCon Football Teleconference