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University of Minnesota Athletics
Double OT With Coach Claeys After Illinois
10/31/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football
The ninth episode of Sunday Night Overtime with Coach Claeys aired on Facebook Live last night at 7 p.m. This weekly, fast-moving and interactive show will air every Sunday on Facebook at 7 p.m. during the season and replaces the previous weekly coaches television show. Fans do not need a Facebook account to watch the show. If you miss a live episode, you can go back to our Facebook page and watch it or visit GopherSports.com on Monday to watch it.
We went to double overtime with Tracy Claeys after last night's show and asked him some more fan questions that did not make it on during the show. We wil be doing this every week in an effort to answer as many fan questions as possible.
Brittani Matzke: Who do you think is the most improved player this year so far?
Coach Claeys: The main one is Antoine Winfield Jr. We had to have somebody come along in the secondary. Each week he is taking on more and more. To see what he is doing making calls and getting people lined up and playing as well as he is for a true freshman has played a big part in our defense.
Steve Johnson: Any update on Pirsig returning to O line?
Coach Claeys: We are expecting him anytime now. He got better last week but just wasn't quite ready to get cleared. There is a chance he will get cleared this week and hopefully that will happen. We have been able to develop a little bit of depth and it will make us better when Jonah gets back.
Ryan Thorman: Coach, thoughts on the offensive line getting more "nasty". Do you see it happening? Nothing like seeing Moore finish his blocks!
Coach Claeys: I think we wanted to play more physical and move people around. I have used the term "road graders." I do think we are getting better at it. We are not as consistent as we need to be but we are getting better at it. For us to be successful we have to be "road graders" and knock people off the ball and knock people down.
