WGNO Sports Zone sit-down with Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall following 52-0 win over Southeastern

WIN. SO COACH, YOU GUYS WERE 28 POINT FAVORITES IN YOUR OPEN? ARE YOU ONE BY 52? BUT AFTER THE GAME, THE WORD USED TO DESCRIBE HER TEAM'S PERFORMANCE WAS AVERAGE. CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME ABOUT? >> THE HOLD THIS TEAM TO IT AND HOW YOU EXPECT THEM MEET IT ON A WEEKLY BASIS. REGARDLESS OF WHO YOU'RE PLAYING, YOU'RE TRYING TO PLAY YOUR BEST. YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE OPPONENT. SO MUCH WORRIED ABOUT PLAYING TO OUR STANDARD. >> AND POINT OUR BEST. AND I'M PLEASED WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MAY 15 TO NOTHING. THAT'S FINE. THAT'S GOOD. BUT WE DIDN'T DO SOME THINGS TO OUR STANDARD. WE UNCOVER KICKOFF STARTS WE'VE GOT TO CLEAN THAT UP IMMEDIATELY. WE JUST GOT TO WORK ON THAT THOUGHT WE'D TACKLE GREAT. WRAP OUR ARMS AROUND OUR FEET. SO WE'RE TRYING JUST THROW OUR BODIES THAT ARE MAYBE OUR SHOULDERS. AND AT TIMES AND THEN ALIGNMENT OFFENSIVELY. WE'RE ALWAYS CLEAR WE HAD A COUPLE OF PLAYS THAT WERE CALLED BACK BECAUSE OF SOME PROCEDURAL ISSUES AND SO JUST A LOT OF THINGS THAT SOMETIMES YOU WORK OUT THE KINKS WEEK, DOCTOR CAME ABOUT. WE WANT TO BE THE MOST IMPROVED TEAM FROM WEEK ONE TO WEEK 2 IN ALL OF AMERICA. THAT'S SORT OF THE GOAL IS HOW HOW MUCH CAN WE IMPROVE BETWEEN MORNING GAME 2? AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BECAUSE THE MARGIN FOR ERROR, IT'S GOING TO GET A LOT SENATORS. WE MOVED IN THE NEXT TRIP TO OUR SCHEDULE FOR SURE. IT'S GOING TO SAY HOW IMPORTANT ARE THOSE LITTLE ASPECTS OF THE GAME KNOWING YOU HAVE KANSAS STATE TOP. 25 TEAM COMING HERE TO YULMAN STADIUM, OKLAHOMA. YOU WELL, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS RUN THE GANTLET IN NON-CONFERENCE BEFORE YOU GET YOUR CONFERENCE. IT'S A THAT I USE THAT WORD. OUR GUYS STOLE THEM. THE GALLEN COMES RIGHT NOW AND THOSE LITTLE INCHES, ALL THOSE LITTLE THINGS THEY WILL ADD UP AND THOSE MARGINS GETS SMALLER. YOU CAN'T GIVE AN YOU HAVE TO. >> WE REALLY DETAIL THAT REALLY DOUBT THAT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF U N. >> THAT'S GONNA BE LESS FORGIVING FOR MOVING FORWARD, THE OPPONENTS WILL BE I'M SURE YOU'RE TIRED OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR QUARTERBACK SITUATION. BUT OF COURSE, WE DO HAVE TO TALK ABOUT GARY AND HIS PERFORMANCE, 10 OF 12, 2, 0, 5, 2, TOUCHDOWNS COACH JUST >> THE POINT YOU SAW FROM HIM, THE CONFIDENCE, THE OPERATION. HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO? YEAH, I THOUGHT PERFORM REALLY ADMIRE. I THINK HE PLAYED THE WAY IN PRACTICE. HE'S BEEN REALLY CALM. HE'S HAD A GREAT DEMEANOR, GREAT POISE AND GREAT LEADERSHIP WITHIN THE OFFENSE AND HAD REALLY GOOD COMMAND OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. YOU KNOW, REALLY TO 12, ONE OF THOSE WAS A DROP. THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN A TOUCHDOWN. ANOTHER COMPLETION ON 3RD DOWN. THAT WAS CALLED BACK BECAUSE WE REALLY WILL PROCEDURE PENALTY WITH OUR FORMATION ALIGNMENT AND SAY REALLY COULD HAVE BEEN 11 OR 12 12 OF 13, REALLY, IF WE WANT EXECUTE BETTER OFFENSIVELY. BUT ALL IN ALL, GO TO A 12 COUPLE 100 YARDS PASSING 2 TOUCHDOWNS AND HAVING NEVER PLAYED THE COLLEGE GAME AS A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE FIRST START. WHEN DID YOU KNOW THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE YOUR WEEK? ONE STARTER WHEN WHEN DID YOU SORT OF FIGURE THAT OUT? YOU KNOW, AFTER OUR SECOND SCRIMMAGE, 2 WEEKS BEFORE GAME ONE, HE WENT THE MAJORITY WITH THE ONES THAT NIGHT AND THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY. WE KINDA TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO GIVING. OPPORTUNITY TO GO THE ONES CONTINUE TO GO, THE ONES FELT HE HAD EARNED THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY POSITION GROUP, YOU GET WHAT YOU ARE AND THINK SOMETIMES. GUN SHY QUARTERBACK TO MAYBE PUT A YOUNGSTER OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT THEM IN BEFORE THEY'RE READY. BUT SHOWED IN PRACTICE THAT HE WAS READY FOR THE MOMENT. YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW WHEN TO GO INTO THE LIGHTS AND YOU PLAY IN PRIMETIME. BUT WE DECIDED THAT SUNDAY WE COULD HAVE FOR GAME ONE. WE WERE GOING TO KIND OF GIVE HIM A LITTLE BIT LONGER RUN WITH THE ONES AND CKE CAPTURE THAT AND COULD GRAB IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE A DECISION WHERE WE NAMED HIM. THE STARTER PER SE, BECAUSE I THINK THERE'S A PARTY WHERE MANY ALL 3 GUYS STARTED SOME POINT THIS YOU NEVER KNOW HOW YOU GUYS GET GUYS GET BANGED UP AND THINGS HAPPEN IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL AND SO ALL 3 OF THEM NEED TO BE READY. BUT WE FELT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF OUT LIKELY TO BE THE GUY NEW STUFF TO SHOW UP AND PERFORM EACH DAY OR EACH DAY. RIGHT. JUST MAY BE THE STARTER VIEW. GOING TO GET MORE THE ONE'S. BUT IF YOU DON'T PRACTICE WELL, YOU WON'T BE WITH THE ONES SAW THAT. I HAVE A COUPLE OF RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS AND YOU SAW THAT CONFIDENCE THAT I GUESS YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR FOR A WHILE. START TO. >> TO COME OUT AND TAKE FORM. I MEAN, HOW COOL WAS THAT TO SEE HIM? NOT ONLY FIND THE END ZONE, BUT SUCCESS IN HIS FIRST REALLY HAS 2 LANE DEBUT AS WELL. >> YEAH, YOU KNOW, HIS PACKAGE WAS WAS REALLY GOOD FOR THE FLOW OF THE GAME. THE FIRST PART OF THE GAME PUT HIM AND LATER WHY I'M RUNNING THE NORMAL OFFENSIVE STUFF THAT WE WANT SEE HIM RUN BECAUSE TIES VERY TOWN TO THE REGION RUN. HE'S GOT A BIG ARM A BIG PHYSICAL GUY. SMART GUYS. TOUGH. WE STUDIED REALLY HARD. INVEST A LOT PREPARATION AND SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, IN THE GOAL LINE, RED AREA HAD SOME PLACE FOR HIM. 3RD DOWN HAD SOME PLACE FOR HIM AND THEN LATE IN THE GAME. I REALLY ENJOYED GETTING TO JUST GOING TO WATCH HIM OPERATE AND FUNCTION REALLY JUST RUN THE NORMAL OFFENSIVE SCHEME STUFF AS WELL. AND TO SEE HIM HAVE SOME SUCCESS AND GET THOSE 2 TOUCHDOWNS AND AND KIND OF FEEL OKAY. I CAN FIND THIS ROLE FOR SURE AND THEN CONTINUE TO GROW AND EXPAND HIS COMFORTABILITY WITH THE NORMAL OFFENSIVE STUFF AS WELL TO DEFENSE HOLDS SOUTHEASTERN TO ABOUT 20201 YARDS OF OFFENSE. >> OF COURSE, THE BIG PLAYERS, RAY SHAWN PLEASANTS 100 YARD INTERCEPTION RETURN FOR A TOUCHDOWN. WHAT WAS CRAZY? BUT THE PERSON THAT STUCK OUT TO ME WATCHING THE GAME WAS BAILEY DESPAIN I MEAN, HE WAS EVERYWHERE ON THE FIELD COACH. JUST I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF NEW FACES STARTING FOR YOU AND YOUR OPENER. BUT BAILEY'S BEEN HERE IS CARVED OUT A ROLE AND OR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT REGIMES. WHAT HAVE YOU SEEN FROM HIM? AND AND ESPECIALLY LAST NIGHT, YOU WE DO GAME CAPTAIN DOES NOT PERMIT SEASON CAPTAINS AND HE WAS ONE OF OUR GAME CAPTAINS FOR THE GAME, WHICH IS REALLY COOL TO SEE HIM COME OUT AND PLAY LIKE A CAPTAIN. HE'S BEEN A VERY CONSISTENT AND STEADY GUY. OUR DEFENSE SINCE OUR ARRIVAL. AND THEN PRIOR TO US BEING HERE, HE'S BEEN THAT BEFORE. AND SO HE'S ONLY RETURNING STARTER. WE HAVE THE SECONDARY THAT WAS HERE BY ELSE IS NEW AND SO IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HIM JUST KIND OF BE A STEADY PLAYER LIKE WE EXPECTED, MAYBE AND JUST REALLY BE DEPENDABLE, RELIABLE. YOU KNOW, RAY SHAWN'S PLAY WAS BIG. THAT WAS KIND OF A MOMENTUM CHANGING. PLAYED THE GAME. IT'S 14, NOTHING THERE. MAYBE YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO GET SOME POINTS THERE. WE GET A PICK-SIX AND MAKE IT 21. NOTHING KIND OF OPEN THE GAME UP FOR SOME. CAME HAMILTON PLAYED? WELL, TOO, HAD A FORCED FUMBLE. A PLAY THAT I THOUGHT WAS A VERY SPECIAL QUALITY, MAYBE CAME OUT OF THE STACK AND KIND OF BOUNCED OUT TO THE PERIMETER AND FORCED A FUMBLE. I THOUGHT UP FRONT, HE WAS REALLY DISRUPTED THINK PLAY REALLY WELL. ALSO THEIR PERFORMANCE. HOW ENCOURAGING WAS THAT GIVEN? YOU KNOW THAT NONCONFERENCE GAUNTLET THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT? YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO SEE SOME GUYS STEP UP AND MAKE PLAYS. WE NEED TO SEE MORE TO BE CRIES FOR YOU. WANT TO GET WELL. THE OUTCOME WAS HAVING A SHUT OUT WAS NICE. THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS WE BETTER CLEAN UP ON THE FENCE AND BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING READY TO RUN A GAUNTLET HERE, THAT WE HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO PLAY A REALLY HIGH STANDARD. AND LASTLY, THE ENERGY OF HUMAN STADIUM LAST NIGHT, YOU KNOW, THE PAGEANTRY SURROUNDING THE OPENER, YOUR DEBUT. I MEAN, HOW FUN WAS IT TO EXPERIENCE THAT AND HOW MUCH BETTER IS IT TO GET OUT OF THE WAY AND FINALLY BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OUR STUDENT SECTION WAS AMAZING. I GOT I REALLY WANT PAY ATTENTION TO IT. FIRST. DOWN LITTLE LEAGUE GAME. LET'S GO ON THE FIELD. AND THEN ONE OF THE TV TIME OUTSIDE WALKED OVER A TOP OFFICIAL. I KIND OF GLASS THE SCOREBOARD. THE BIG SCORE WERE BOTH STUDENT SECTION AND I'M LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, THIS FULL LIKE IT WAS LIKE PACKED THAT WAS AWESOME TO SEE PARTICULAR BECAUSE WE HAD THE WEATHER THAT YOU DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW IS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO ENTER A LIGHTNING DELAY MOSTLY AFTER WAS KIND OF TRACKING THE WEATHER HOW COULD BE BE A METEOROLOGIST FOR YOUR NETWORK. BUT I'M AN UNTRAINED METEOROLOGIST. SO LOOK AT THE WEATHER ALL TIME FOR PRACTICE AND GAMES AND FOR OUR BASE TO TURN AROUND. BRING THE ENERGY WITH THE UNCERTAINTY OF THE WEATHER ON A THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN SOME PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK AND SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY. WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. OUR PLAYERS FEED OFF OF THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE. YOU KNOW, WE WE I THINK OUR STUDENT SECTION CAUSED A PENALTY BY THEM. ONE POINT ON OFFENSE, I THINK MADE A REAL DI