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We did the Tuesday Press Conference Twitter Roundup a lot last year and got a lot of good reception from it, so we are bringing this back.
As always, a special thanks to Les Johns (@Les_Johns) of Scout for all the work that he puts in to make sure Wake Forest fans have great access to the program. Also, thanks to the official Wake Forest football account (@WakeFB) for live-tweeting the press conference.
Today the press conference was attended by Ryan Janvion and Tyler Hayworth, and of course, head coach Dave Clawson.
Just about ready to roll with the first press conference of the 2016 season! Ryan Janvion and Ty Hayworth will meet with media first.
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
On the team overall and practice throughout the fall:
Janvion: "We've taken huge strides and we feel like we're ready to go this Thursday. You can expect a confident team." #GoDeacs
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
Hayworth: "We've gone a month straight now in camp and I think we've mentally and physically prepared ourselves for this first game."
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
Hayworth: "We haven't had a bad practice all camp. We're fired up and we're ready to go."
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
On the offensive line:
Hayworth: "Our biggest goal is to protect. That's our goal is to protect the quarterback."
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
Hayworth: "Our biggest goal is to protect. That's our goal is to protect the quarterback."
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
Clawson on the OL: "Every offensive lineman we expect to play has been in our program at least three years. We're experienced."
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
On freshman running back Cade Carney:
Hayworth on Carney: "Cade is a special running back, a special player. He's a lot more mature than most 18-year olds in college football."
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
On the first game of the season:
Wake Forest coach Dave Clawson: "First games are never clean. I think it's important in the first game that you don't beat yourself."
— Les Johns (@Les_Johns) August 30, 2016
"We've been in 'em, now we have to find ways to win 'em."@CoachClawson @WakeFB pic.twitter.com/mXy6VQO4ZS
— Stan Cotten (@StanCottenWF) August 30, 2016
On the option game of Tulane:
Clawson: "We anticipate we'll see a lot of what Georgia Southern has done. This is a tough prep, we don't see a lot of this."
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
Janvion on Tulane: "We know we're going to get a lot of option game this week."
— Wake Forest Football (@WakeFB) August 30, 2016
Most of this is generic pre-season talk, but it’s interesting to hear the confidence of Clawson and Hayworth in both the offensive line, as well as Cade Carney. In order for Wolford/Hinton to succeed, the line has to be much better than last year. Establishing a running game and protecting the QB must be the number one priority this season.