Petrino on beating Clemson, being better without Lamar

Jul 19, 2018, 12:34 PM

Q. Your teams have moved the ball at every level of coaching, every place you've been, and yet I don't think we've ever seen the yards and points that we saw during the last couple of seasons. Walk us through what's your vision of the post-Lamar Jackson era? What's this offense going to look like this year?

BOBBY PETRINO: Yeah, I mean, I expect us to be better. I expect us to be more balanced, the ability to get more guys involved, particularly in the running game. I really like our receiving corps coming back. I really think it's one of the strongest corps coming back. I forgot Jaylen missed three games and still had that many catches and that many touchdowns, and Dez is a guy that can really go get the ball and adjust to the ball. Seth is a big, physical guy that really runs well after the catch.

Q. You mentioned getting over the hump and your desire to get over the hump. What does it take for your team personally to reach that level, and particularly to supplant the team has represented the Atlantic in the championship the last three years?

BOBBY PETRINO: Yeah, you just probably said it. You have to beat Clemson. There's no question about that. And obviously Florida State has been a really good team in our division. We've competed with Clemson three out of the four years. We were right there to win the game in the last play and weren't able to get it done. Last year they got the best of us. That's one of the things you have to do.

But then you have to be consistent throughout the year. You can't have a bad game. So our consistency and our performance has to improve so that you continue to get that opportunity to win the championship.

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