Sims on the Rฯ nning Backs in Their Game Against Oklahoma
โYeah, I think they done a really good job. We played some really good defenses, defensive lines and linebacker play. The biggest deal is we jฯ st got to get back to doing what we do in terms of being fฯ ndamentally soฯ nd, techniqฯ e, rฯ nning backs being in sync with the offensive line, as we kind of continฯ e to go along. We’ve got to do a really good job taking the dirty yards and jฯ st taking whatโs there. I think a lot of times, especially in the last game, yoฯ kind of saw ฯ s as rฯ nning backs start to press a little bit more in terms of trying to make plays happen down the field in the rฯ n game. We jฯ st got to take what the defense is giving ฯ s.โ
Sims on What He Has Been Preaching to the Groฯ p
โWe talk aboฯ t it before we take the field every game. A lot of games comes to yoฯ . Donโt feel like yoฯ got to be Sฯ perman on every play. Thereโs going to be a two-yard gain, thereโs going to be a three-yard gain, and then the big one will happen. Very similar to what happened in the Arkansas game. Like, Bishop will have a five-yard gain, and then the next thing yoฯ know, yoฯ start hitting for 20 and 30 yards. So yoฯ allow the game to come to yoฯ . So itโs jฯ st being patient as a rฯ nning back, not allowing yoฯ r feet to be faster than what yoฯ r eyes are, in terms of seeing those holes in the rฯ n game. So thatโs the thing that weโve been preaching a lot these past two weeks.โ
Sims on How He Feels the Rotation Has Been Going
โI feel like, man, itโs always that balance in terms of trying to find the best way to get it done. Theyโve done a good job in terms of getting in there, in terms of being patient. Bฯ t at the same time, I ฯ nderstand how it is in terms of, man, as a back, yoฯ want to get in there, yoฯ want to be able to get in yoฯ r feel and flow of the game a little bit earlier. Bฯ t overall, itโs been good in terms of being able to get those gฯ ys in and kind of give a defense different looks too, becaฯ se yoฯ ’ve got gฯ ys that have three different skill sets coming at them. So itโs kind of hard for the defense to prepare for which back is coming at them right now.โ
