How Will Miami & Indiana Prepare for the National Championship?

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00:00Also, Coach, I love getting to talk to you some of these big games

00:02and the preparation as well.

00:04They've already played multiple playoff games,

00:05which back in the day you waited a month and a half,

00:07then you played your bowl game.

00:08These guys have been through it,

00:09so the layoff isn't that big of what it used to be.

00:12Talk to me about the preparation for these guys

00:14because also the increase in the media that you have to do

00:17and the spotlight and the big game and the pageantry,

00:20how are you handling these situations as a coach?

00:22Well, I think both coaches will know how to protect their players

00:26from too much media.

00:27Keep them involved.

00:29Don't let them have to go to too many press conferences,

00:31do many interviews.

00:32Coach Signetti and both head coaches can handle those press conferences themselves,

00:38but you don't want all the stuff that's in the paper.

00:41That's mostly for the fans and all the people surrounding it.

00:45You want to pull your team away from the distraction that they might have,

00:49but it is about 10 days.

00:51There's a lot of preparation in how they prepare for this game,

00:55and I'm going to say this.

00:56Because Indiana is a team, just play your best, and you're going to win this game.

01:01You're the best team.

01:02You've got the best quarterback.

01:04Do what you do, and you will win this game, and you might win it big.

01:09Miami's got to go out and do something different.

01:10And I think what's got to happen, Miami has got to study their tendencies

01:15and break some tendons.

01:17We see what happens against Indiana when you do what you normally do.

01:21They intercept the first play, go for a touchdown.

01:23They will have studied you and studied you.

01:26Very important.

01:26Miami being the underdog, take the 11 days, know what your tendencies are,

01:31and break a tendency, break a key tendency here or there

01:36to maybe get you a big play.

01:39Football gods are interesting here, Coach,

01:41because I don't think a lot of people understand or realize

01:45that Corey Heatherman, the current D.C. for Miami,

01:47who has changed this culture here on the defensive side,

01:53he was Cignetti's D.C. at JMU, and Cignetti loved him.

01:59They still have the same O.C. that was at JMU,

02:03was with Indiana and Cignetti.

02:05Does that give Heatherman and the defense any sort of insight

02:09or a leg up here heading into this game?

02:11I think that swings both ways.

02:14I think they know him, he knows them,

02:16and I think that's going to play against each other.

02:19And I think that's where tendencies come in.

02:21If anybody, you know, there's a book on everybody.

02:23There's a book on the defensive play caller.

02:26There's a book on the offensive play caller.

02:29And the key is to know what they tend to do

02:32and to make sure you can offset that by doing something different.

02:36You know, I'm reminded, I'm not, if you ever saw the movie Patent,

02:39I think the best scouting report was when he was fighting against Rommel

02:43in North Africa, and he killed, he won the battle, killed all the tanks.

02:47And his quote was, Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book.

02:52You know, the key is to, if you're in Miami, you better read the book,

02:57which means study their tendencies, make sure that you know your own tendencies

03:01because when you're the underdog, you've got to break tendencies a little bit.

03:05And those coordinators that know each other so well,

03:08that's going to be a big factor.

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