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Lincoln Riley said he spoke with Bob and kept his tradition of only honoring seniors on Senior Day. No room for players who are definitely leaving early...
That's something that you deal with here. It's been good to be able to talk to Bob about that here the last couple of years. That's obviously something he dealt with a lot. (When) you start making exceptions for some people, this and that, and it gets a little bit tough. I know that's what he believed in and I totally agree that we reserve that for guys that truly are seniors and that way you're not making a concession for this one guy or that one guy. So it just honestly just makes the whole thing a little bit smoother. Of course you'd love to do it for a guy that you know two months down the road does declare. You'd love for him to be able to do that. But you've got a lot of seniors, you've got a lot of guys in different situations and a lot of them don't know what's going to happen in the next month or two. And so it's just the easier way to do it honestly.
Lincoln said Kyler Murray doesn't get an exception either...
He fits in the same category as the rest of them. Although Riley did confirm that Rodney Anderson will return for Senior Day...
Lincoln Riley on Ben Powers being named an Outland Trophy Semifinalist...
I think our O-line is, kinda pick one, honestly. The way that group's played. Honestly, a little surprised we didn't have more than one on there to be completely honest. I know that's probably not politically correct in that world and all that but those guys have played at a high level.
Lincoln Riley talked about the progress of safety Chanse Sylvie...
He's getting better, you know kind of like Nick (Basquine) was like in camp. He's able to do a couple of days here and there right now and it's just a process. You know Nick is just now getting to where he's - he's been able to do all this stuff for the last several months but he's just now starting to get back to fully being himself and Chanse will just rapidly progress. There's no restrictions right now but at the same time it's kind of a tapered approach to it right now. So he's he's getting better and better and hopeful he might potentially be able to help us in the last couple.
Riley on Tramonda Moore and his future...
No, I think he's still working through it. He's going to finish class here with us and then he'll look to transfer. So hopeful that we can help find him a good home. He's a good player and I think he's got some good times in front of him. So looking forward to helping him in any way we can.
Riley on the CFB Playoff Rankings...
That's all people have got to talk about right now. This last set of games is where that's all decided. We've seen that the last several years how that's played out. They've got to talk about something right now. They've got an hour long TV show and all these sports radio shows and talk shows and they've got to have some type of content. We'll get these games settled and then we'll all see where we stand.
Lincoln Riley said he spoke with Bob and kept his tradition of only honoring seniors on Senior Day. No room for players who are definitely leaving early...
That's something that you deal with here. It's been good to be able to talk to Bob about that here the last couple of years. That's obviously something he dealt with a lot. (When) you start making exceptions for some people, this and that, and it gets a little bit tough. I know that's what he believed in and I totally agree that we reserve that for guys that truly are seniors and that way you're not making a concession for this one guy or that one guy. So it just honestly just makes the whole thing a little bit smoother. Of course you'd love to do it for a guy that you know two months down the road does declare. You'd love for him to be able to do that. But you've got a lot of seniors, you've got a lot of guys in different situations and a lot of them don't know what's going to happen in the next month or two. And so it's just the easier way to do it honestly.
Lincoln said Kyler Murray doesn't get an exception either...
He fits in the same category as the rest of them. Although Riley did confirm that Rodney Anderson will return for Senior Day...
Lincoln Riley on Ben Powers being named an Outland Trophy Semifinalist...
I think our O-line is, kinda pick one, honestly. The way that group's played. Honestly, a little surprised we didn't have more than one on there to be completely honest. I know that's probably not politically correct in that world and all that but those guys have played at a high level.
Lincoln Riley talked about the progress of safety Chanse Sylvie...
He's getting better, you know kind of like Nick (Basquine) was like in camp. He's able to do a couple of days here and there right now and it's just a process. You know Nick is just now getting to where he's - he's been able to do all this stuff for the last several months but he's just now starting to get back to fully being himself and Chanse will just rapidly progress. There's no restrictions right now but at the same time it's kind of a tapered approach to it right now. So he's he's getting better and better and hopeful he might potentially be able to help us in the last couple.
Riley on Tramonda Moore and his future...
No, I think he's still working through it. He's going to finish class here with us and then he'll look to transfer. So hopeful that we can help find him a good home. He's a good player and I think he's got some good times in front of him. So looking forward to helping him in any way we can.
Riley on the CFB Playoff Rankings...
That's all people have got to talk about right now. This last set of games is where that's all decided. We've seen that the last several years how that's played out. They've got to talk about something right now. They've got an hour long TV show and all these sports radio shows and talk shows and they've got to have some type of content. We'll get these games settled and then we'll all see where we stand.
