On the injury front: RBs Alex Fontenot and Deion Smith are both in a, "good place to potentially play on Saturday." Vets didn't practice today so Owen McCown did not throw. McCown is "progressing well." The coaching staff will provide updates on these players as the week progresses.
Van Wells and Anthony Hankerson should be participating on Saturday after enduring some minor injuries against Cal.
"Both of those guys I thought came out [of medical evals] looking pretty good."
Gerald Chatman and the coaching staff implemented some, "new fronts" against Oregon State due to their outside zone play.
"I think there were some things that we did well, but sometimes when you put in new presentations of how you basically fit the runs, there's gonna be some things that the kind of nuanced details of it that might not get a chance to fully detail out from a technique perspective. What I learned myself is just to continue to let [Chatman] and Jeff Smart, the defensive staff really just worked through what they built systematically and then let them just continue to evolve it organically as it comes forward."
Sanford thought the offense, "didn't start fast," and missed open opportunities down field.
"I felt like this game was a little bit less of us just getting like manhandled in all three phases and us more of us just truly beating ourselves you know with with drop passes with turnovers with fumbling the football you know, cause if we hold them to 155 yards to three quarters, you know, we should be in that football game."
Sanford on fixing the offenses' inconsistencies: "It hasn't been easy, man. I'm not gonna be very honest hasn't been easy, but it's been fun. In the sense that you do see growth."
Settling on the current five on the offensive line: "I think that is the five." LT Gerald Christian-Lichtenhan, LG Casey Roddick, C Van Wells, RG Tommy Brown, RT Jake Wiley
