CHAPTERS (from the measured word counts): 0:00 Cold open and today's menu 0:50 The play-caller question 2:13 Kalshi 2:47 The faceless week DESCRIPTION Asked Tuesday whether a head coach should still call his own defense, Pete Golding said he definitely feels comfortable doing both, that he never once felt unprepared or a step behind, and that it was probably the most comfortable he had been in his four games as a head coach. All four came against ranked teams. In the same press conference he gave the numbers: 19 missed tackles, and 12 explosive plays for 324 yards — about 80 percent of Louisville's total offense. He did not blame the calls. He said they were Day 1 camp calls that were not communicated, with no motion to create them, and described it as an open-book test: ten of eleven are doing it right and you are not. Then the Charlotte week. Golding said the timing was the best thing that happened to him, called Charlotte "faceless" and "nameless," and said everything on the fix list is opponent-proof — block destruction, tackling angles, stopping your feet on contact, pad level. He was explicit it was never a lack of effort. Ole Miss goes live with the scout team on Tuesdays all year. The honest counterweight: a coach who calls the defense and then grades it is grading his own paper, September is when every coach in America says the word execution, and a 47-point favorite can fix nothing and still win by 40. What do you want to see against Charlotte? Tell me in the comments. Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy. #OleMiss #HottyToddy #PeteGolding #OleMissFootball #SEC #CollegeFootball
CHAPTERS (from the measured word counts):
0:00 Cold open and today's menu
0:50 The play-caller question
2:13 Kalshi
2:47 The faceless week
DESCRIPTION
Asked Tuesday whether a head coach should still call his own defense, Pete Golding said he definitely feels comfortable doing both, that he never once felt unprepared or a step behind, and that it was probably the most comfortable he had been in his four games as a head coach. All four came against ranked teams.
In the same press conference he gave the numbers: 19 missed tackles, and 12 explosive plays for 324 yards — about 80 percent of Louisville's total offense.
He did not blame the calls. He said they were Day 1 camp calls that were not communicated, with no motion to create them, and described it as an open-book test: ten of eleven are doing it right and you are not.
Then the Charlotte week. Golding said the timing was the best thing that happened to him, called Charlotte "faceless" and "nameless," and said everything on the fix list is opponent-proof — block destruction, tackling angles, stopping your feet on contact, pad level. He was explicit it was never a lack of effort. Ole Miss goes live with the scout team on Tuesdays all year.
The honest counterweight: a coach who calls the defense and then grades it is grading his own paper, September is when every coach in America says the word execution, and a 47-point favorite can fix nothing and still win by 40.
What do you want to see against Charlotte? Tell me in the comments.
Locked On Ole Miss Hits — quick takes on the Rebels every weekday. Subscribe and hit the bell. Hotty Toddy.
#OleMiss #HottyToddy #PeteGolding #OleMissFootball #SEC #CollegeFootball