Florida State's Jimbo Fisher will take to the podium at 1 EST to discuss his team and the win against Oklahoma State in Dallas.
We will bring you updates live from the presser, so refresh this article periodically. FSU is streaming the presser here.
General
-Fisher spoke about handling momentum and was happy about
-Jimbo Fisher agrees the week of practice didn't go well, says players must show him they can be consistent in practice. We wrote about this here.
-Fisher worrying that the helmet penalty assessed on the defense can help the defense. Saying the rule's unintended consequence needs be fixed.
-Fisher says no such thing as a bug when gametime comes, in response to a question about the line having the flu. We previously reported that some of the offensive line had the flu during the week.
-Jimbo discussing the difference between being a talented athlete and a talented football player. Everyone at FSU has a lot of physical ability. Says "attention to detail, toughness" gets his attention.
Offense
-Fisher says you know someone knows how to throw the football when they throw it well between the hashes. #traffic
-Jimbo downplays idea of shuffling the offensive line. Says line played well, just not up to potential/physically enough.
-BoBo Wilson will be back for FSU this week. Suspended LW. Had a great camp, per Fisher. Our sources say lots of 1st team reps in camp.
-Fisher very pleased with Kermit Whitfield snapping some routes off v. blitz. Says he's impressed for young guy
-Fisher said Karlos Williams tried to cut some balls too early, some routes wrongly, but he was proud of him. Especially in 4-minute. Williams' grandmother died just before the game.
-Jimbo Fisher very happy with pass protection, unhappy with physicality in run game. Tre' Jackson and Nick O'Leary best blockers.
-Jimbo Fisher very pleased with Mario Pender's play and his attitude in the game. Jimbo Fisher talking about how proud he is over Mario Pender for overcoming a ton in his life, cant wait for him to have success.
-Dalvin Cook will be playing more
-Fisher says #Noles were fine on manageable third downs. Says first down woes set up too many long third downs.
-Fisher says they expected Okie State to play quarters, safeties 7-9yds off, trigger get downhill. (Means some runs get stuffed, play action)
Defense
-No update on Matthew Thomas or Ukeme Eligwe.
-2-man and they bubble is different v. 3-man and bubble. FSU played trips motion bubble as 2-man and that's what caused coverage bust. #oops
-Fisher doesn't know if Chris Casher will be back this week (academic issue). Says he had a great camp.
-Fisher says Jameis Winston had a couple times where he should have checked in/out of run.
-Fisher doesn't see problem with pass rush, says DL are asked to control lanes, not just go after sacks due to amount of many FSU plays.
-Fisher happy with the play of Derrick Mitchell. Terrance Smith, too. P.J. Williams very well for being injured w/ hamstring. Very happy with Mario Edwards, Jr. Says Jalen Ramsey and Nate Andrews did good things, need to improve consistency.
-Fisher says #Noles defense woes were discipline/aggressive issues at times. Getting out of gaps. Says it's like early 2013 woes.
Special Teams
-Fisher unhappy with kickoffs and resulting field position. Said ball not kicked with height/depth Aguayo usually does.