" the FAU strength program is substantially more rigorous than Texas"

[JFKFC 4878]

http://fauowlaccess.com/floridaatlantic/burnt-out-orange/10383/2018/08/13/

 

BOCA RATON – Having once played at a prestigious Power Five program, former Texas Longhorns DeAndre McNeal and Marcel Southall thought they knew the hardest a conditioning program can be.

They were in for a surprise.

“I was shocked. It’s a whole different level than Texas,” Southall said of strength and conditioning coach Wilson Love’s “fourth quarter” workouts. “It got me back in shape, pushing me to a different level that I haven’t been pushed before.”

The 6-foot-3 Southall shed 20 pounds since stepping foot on campus this summer, reaching his ideal playing weight of 270 pounds.

He credits that physical transformation to the “fourth quarter” workout program.

“It was just a different beast that I haven’t seen before,” said Southall, redshirt-sophomore defensive tackle. “It got my body right, I haven’t felt this good since high school.”

 

The year before Southall’s arrival, another former Longhorn and JUCO transfer completed the journey from Austin, Texas, to Boca Raton. He has an idea why the two conditioning programs are different: the mindset behind them.

McNeal says FAU’s coaches constantly harp on the importance of being accountable: if any offensive player messes up, the entire unit is punished. It’s a vastly different philosophy than at Texas where he said the mindset was “a little bit more relaxed” around organized workouts.

McNeal recalls his new teammates trying to warn him about the difficulty of Love’s workouts. He shrugged them off, not expecting too much of a challenge considering he’d already experienced a Power Five training regimen.

He was quickly proven wrong, determining that the FAU strength program is substantially more rigorous than Texas’.

“Oh yes, by far,” McNeal said. “The fourth quarter program is no joke, I can definitely say that.”

 

McNeal, who prior to coming to FAU never ran a 100-yard sprint test before, said he’d “never seen a football field get turned into a track field,” until beginning Love’s workouts.

It’s a football axiom that hard work in the summer creates winners in the fall.

McNeal watched FAU’s conditioning program do exactly that last season, watching the Owls “accelerate even more”, as his team stays fresh late in the season while their opponents are breaking down.

The 2017 Owls were a prime example of that late acceleration. After starting 1-3, they finished the season on a 10 game win streak, including a victory in the conference championship and Boca Raton Bowl.

Taking notice of FAU’s strong finish, other programs tried to lure Love, who came with Kiffin from Alabama, away from Boca Raton. Coach Lane Kiffin wasn’t about to let his first hire as FAU coach walk away.

 

“As you continue to just look at your program you realize that that really is probably the most important coach that you have, maybe comparable to the coordinator on the opposite side of the ball as you as head coach,” Kiffin said.

Kiffin increased Love’s salary and added “associate head coach” to Love’s title, a rarity in college football.

“I also think it’s part of appreciation for that role – not just here but anywhere,” Kiffin said.

[Bigbend1812 12887]

Lulz 

[4th and 5 4914]

Need pic of Kiffins ex-wife to be sure

[Tex Pete 20179]

Why would you bother posting that here and giving it more attention than it merits? Deandre McNeal is a doofus and a loser. 

[Steamboat1874 4032]

Never heard of either one of these guys...so there is that.

[Tex Long 4348]

were they comparing Love to Yancy or to his predecessor?

[Knoxtnhorn 5936]

So two players that couldn't hack it at Texas are more comfortable at a place that's supposedly more physically difficult than Texas?  Um, ok.

[lemonandaturd 4285]

Charlie Strong should read this article, it does not pertain to the current Longhorn program.  Who gives a fuck about these two losers and Moorer?  

[futureman 22415]

fauowlaccess.com

[South Austin 52144]

Based on the on-field results of the Charlie Strong era, this article says nothing remarkable about the prior Texas football program.

[BigHorn'13 3354]

52 minutes ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Never heard of either one of these guys...so there is that.

I'm not even sure McNeal made it in? Even if he did it was the previous regime and he couldn't have been here for more than a semester. 

52 minutes ago, Tex Long said:

were they comparing Love to Yancy or to his predecessor?

Southall was a part of that amazing (lol) DL class in '16. I'm pretty sure he transferred last summer before fall camp started. I'm not sure McNeal ever enrolled so no idea how he'd know what the S&C program is like. 

[Machinator 32097]

Southall announced his intention to transfer in May 2017. He didn't even go through a summer with Yancy.

Edited August 14, 2018 by Machinator

[HornsOverIthaca 2333]

Whatever happened to all those holes that were dug during the pat Moorer era?  Mopac improvements?

[Richter 2230]

Both of those guys would have been under the Pat Moorer program.  Malik Jefferson and several others got way bigger and stronger after one year with Yancy McKnight.

If Deandre gets stronger, his gf better watch out.

[Katfid54 8591]

32 minutes ago, HornsOverIthaca said:

Whatever happened to all those holes that were dug during the pat Moorer era?  Mopac improvements?

[mrhorn 1376]

30 minutes ago, Richter said:

 

If Deandre gets stronger, his gf better watch out.

 

[Thiefery 4969]

I refuse to believe this.. Pat Moorer pushed me into succeeding in life with his coach pic alone

[TrashMaster G 17388]

That is a piece of shit article.  Any writer worth their weight in dog crap would point out that they had no experience with the current Texas staff.  The fact that that was not pointed out makes it clear the writer was only interested in a dig at a P5 power.

[Dondrysdale1 363]

43 minutes ago, Machinator said:

Southall announced his intention to transfer in May 2017. He didn't even go through a summer with Yancy.

And was suspended due to academics from the moment Herman arrived and was away from team activities.

[Valmy77 13094]

I see we are not the only school who chug the Kool-Aid every summer.

[texifornia 56519]

McNeal had problems in both picking a stable girlfriend and managing his own anger. Southall was just dumb and lazy. Good luck to them both I suppose, but they weren't losses.

[UTperks 28]

Maybe they will go to Norman and out muscle the dirtburgulars?

Of course they were 1-3 out of conference last year...

[formermav43 4599]

1 hour ago, BigHorn'13 said:

I'm not even sure McNeal made it in? Even if he did it was the previous regime and he couldn't have been here for more than a semester. 

Southall was a part of that amazing (lol) DL class in '16. I'm pretty sure he transferred last summer before fall camp started. I'm not sure McNeal ever enrolled so no idea how he'd know what the S&C program is like. 

McNeal played quite a bit as a freshman, but made no meaningful contributions. He was actually here a whole year, suspended right before fall camp of his sophomore season and decided to transfer.

[BigHorn'13 3354]

1 hour ago, formermav43 said:

McNeal played quite a bit as a freshman, but made no meaningful contributions. He was actually here a whole year, suspended right before fall camp of his sophomore season and decided to transfer.

 

1 hour ago, Machinator said:

Southall announced his intention to transfer in May 2017. He didn't even go through a summer with Yancy.

Well that's what I get trying to remember meaningless people while trying to wake up and surl.

[po elvis 2070]

so they have a tougher workout than south florida. good to know.

[mrhorn 1376]

Pretty much the gist of it.

[Nuge 1962]

So much for "The Pit".

[Ghost of Stevie Ray 1577]

 But DeAndre...I thought you was all about 'Finessin' ???..... Now you're using words like rigorous?  C'mon MAN!

[TwiceHorn 31275]

50 minutes ago, Nuge said:

So much for "The Pit".

Yeah we were definitely sold that Moorer was a step up from Wiley (and from Maddog) and bought it hard.  Same, more broadly with Strong vs. Brown.  How far we have fallen.  Or how gullible we are.

 

I assume there is at least a grain of truth to Moorer being an upgrade over prior S&C, etc.

Edited August 14, 2018 by TwiceHorn

[Machinator 32097]

18 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Yeah we were definitely sold that Moorer was a step up from Wiley (and from Maddog) and bought it hard.  Same, more broadly with Strong vs. Brown.  How far we have fallen.  Or how gullible we are.

He probably was. Problem is that when you're starting at rock bottom, barely mediocre is still a step up.

[TwiceHorn 31275]

19 minutes ago, Machinator said:

He probably was. Problem is that when you're starting at rock bottom, barely mediocre is still a step up.

Oh indeed.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

I believe Wiley is head of S/C at OU now. 

This is your basic fluff/hit piece by a small school for a small school. It isn’t read by anyone outside of Boca Raton. 

[South Austin 52144]

2 hours ago, BigHorn'13 said:

I'm not even sure McNeal made it in? Even if he did it was the previous regime and he couldn't have been here for more than a semester. 

McNeal caught the first pass against Notre Dame in 2015.  At least he said that's what Charlie promised him. 

[Tex Pete 20179]

37 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Yeah we were definitely sold that Moorer was a step up from Wiley (and from Maddog) and bought it hard.  Same, more broadly with Strong vs. Brown.  How far we have fallen.  Or how gullible we are.

 

I assume there is at least a grain of truth to Moorer being an upgrade over prior S&C, etc.

Without a doubt.

McKnight is a big upgrade from Moorer, but Moorer wasn't really a problem here.

[Nope 3111]

57 minutes ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

I believe Wiley is head of S/C at OU now. 

This is your basic fluff/hit piece by a small school for a small school. It isn’t read by anyone outside of Boca Raton. 

Except now it’s posted here for a much larger audience, so there’s that...

[markstanco 12507]

1 hour ago, po elvis said:

so they have a tougher workout than south florida. good to know.

Should be pointed out in the comment section of the article. 

[futureman 22415]

1 hour ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

This is your basic fluff/hit piece by a small school for a small school. It isn’t read by anyone outside of Boca Raton. 

well, we’re doing our best to get it seen by as many eyes as possible.  

[TwiceHorn 31275]

1 hour ago, Bobby_Batronic said:

I believe Wiley is head of S/C at OU now. 

This is your basic fluff/hit piece by a small school for a small school. It isn’t read by anyone outside of Boca Raton. 

Sure enough.  What happened to Mr. Eat-your-puke?  I think I saw a reference to him being somewhere else. Edit:  haha aggy.  WTF.

Edited August 14, 2018 by TwiceHorn

[Tex Pete 20179]

25 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Sure enough.  What happened to Mr. Eat-your-puke?  I think I saw a reference to him being somewhere else.

He is whooping it up in Collie Station.

Schmidt already nearly killed Koda Martin in spring ball, and aggy is sure he'll help Jimbo lead them to a national championship.

[kopp0e 1135]

4 hours ago, JFKFC said:

http://fauowlaccess.com/floridaatlantic/burnt-out-orange/10383/2018/08/13/

 

BOCA RATON – Having once played at a prestigious Power Five program, former Texas Longhorns DeAndre McNeal and Marcel Southall thought they knew the hardest a conditioning program can be.

They were in for a surprise.

“I was shocked. It’s a whole different level than Texas,” Southall said of strength and conditioning coach Wilson Love’s “fourth quarter” workouts. “It got me back in shape, pushing me to a different level that I haven’t been pushed before.”

The 6-foot-3 Southall shed 20 pounds since stepping foot on campus this summer, reaching his ideal playing weight of 270 pounds.

He credits that physical transformation to the “fourth quarter” workout program.

“It was just a different beast that I haven’t seen before,” said Southall, redshirt-sophomore defensive tackle. “It got my body right, I haven’t felt this good since high school.”

 

The year before Southall’s arrival, another former Longhorn and JUCO transfer completed the journey from Austin, Texas, to Boca Raton. He has an idea why the two conditioning programs are different: the mindset behind them.

McNeal says FAU’s coaches constantly harp on the importance of being accountable: if any offensive player messes up, the entire unit is punished. It’s a vastly different philosophy than at Texas where he said the mindset was “a little bit more relaxed” around organized workouts.

McNeal recalls his new teammates trying to warn him about the difficulty of Love’s workouts. He shrugged them off, not expecting too much of a challenge considering he’d already experienced a Power Five training regimen.

He was quickly proven wrong, determining that the FAU strength program is substantially more rigorous than Texas’.

“Oh yes, by far,” McNeal said. “The fourth quarter program is no joke, I can definitely say that.”

 

McNeal, who prior to coming to FAU never ran a 100-yard sprint test before, said he’d “never seen a football field get turned into a track field,” until beginning Love’s workouts.

It’s a football axiom that hard work in the summer creates winners in the fall.

McNeal watched FAU’s conditioning program do exactly that last season, watching the Owls “accelerate even more”, as his team stays fresh late in the season while their opponents are breaking down.

The 2017 Owls were a prime example of that late acceleration. After starting 1-3, they finished the season on a 10 game win streak, including a victory in the conference championship and Boca Raton Bowl.

Taking notice of FAU’s strong finish, other programs tried to lure Love, who came with Kiffin from Alabama, away from Boca Raton. Coach Lane Kiffin wasn’t about to let his first hire as FAU coach walk away.

 

“As you continue to just look at your program you realize that that really is probably the most important coach that you have, maybe comparable to the coordinator on the opposite side of the ball as you as head coach,” Kiffin said.

Kiffin increased Love’s salary and added “associate head coach” to Love’s title, a rarity in college football.

“I also think it’s part of appreciation for that role – not just here but anywhere,” Kiffin said.

FAU must be intending to switch mascots with the USF Bulls, as this story is the dung created by the Bull, & the editor...

[GotThatFire 166]

Delete thread. Ban everything 

[TornACL 7675]

Delete planet. Ban human existence.

[kopp0e 1135]

18 minutes ago, TornACL said:

Delete planet. Ban human existence.

But it's almost football season bro..!

[TornACL 7675]

25 minutes ago, kopp0e said:

But it's almost football season bro..!

Well apparently we lift tulips in the weight room and lollygag around the practice fields, so we're doooooooomed.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

1 hour ago, TornACL said:

Well apparently we lift tulips in the weight room and lollygag around the practice fields, so we're doooooooomed.

What was our record last year?

7-6. 

How’d we ever win 7?

Its a miracle. 

Edited August 14, 2018 by Bobby_Batronic

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

2 hours ago, Nope said:

Except now it’s posted here for a much larger audience, so there’s that...

 

1 hour ago, futureman said:

well, we’re doing our best to get it seen by as many eyes as possible.  

Ok, Boca Raton and one surly football board where it will be relegated to the second page by tomorrow. 

[markstanco 12507]

Challenge accepted

[JFKFC 4878]

7 hours ago, Tex Pete said:

Why would you bother posting that here and giving it more attention than it merits? Deandre McNeal is a doofus and a loser. 

I genuinely don't know enough to speak intelligently about our S&C program. I was interested in feedback from people who do know more than me. 

[mr. sunshine 2824]

24 minutes ago, JFKFC said:

I genuinely don't know enough to speak intelligently about our S&C program.

No problem. There's a writer from some POS paper in Florida on line one requesting an interview

[phdhorn 6224]

Ohh-TAY, Buh'weet!