What Fresno State head coach Tim Skipper said about Michigan football

Sep 4, 2021; Columbia, Missouri, USA; Central Michigan Chippewas assistant head coach Tim Skipper watches team warm ups before the game against the Missouri Tigers at Faurot Field at Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

It’s one thing to leave the West Coast to play a ranked team when you’re a Group of Five program. It’s another to go and face not only the defending national champion, but a team that’s hungry to prove the year before wasn’t a one-off.

Fresno State isn’t scared to play anyone, as evidenced by the Bulldogs’ upset win at Purdue last year. But new head coach Tim Skipper is excited about the challenge of facing Michigan football at The Big House. And with it being a night game on the road to open up the season, he’s expecting it to be a raucous atmosphere.

“I love hostile environments, to be honest with you,” Skipper said. “I think that’s the magic of college football. You get 110 (thousand) in a stadium. It’s loud, it’s rocking, you can’t hear. You want it to be as hard as it could possibly be — that’s at least the way how I think about it.

“We did a lot with noise, we played noise over the speakers and things like that. And with the coaches having to communicate with the players with the new technology we have in the helmets and things like that. But we definitely have a lot of tools we can use. We’ll see how loud it is and when it gets loud, we’ll go to the tools that we need. But we’ve definitely been practicing it.”

Of course, one thing about Michigan the past few seasons is that it has overpowered lesser teams. Even Alabama had its struggles on the line of scrimmage in the Rose Bowl last season.

Skipper expects more of the same from the Wolverines, but as he notes, his team strives to be physical, too.

“They’re a physical football team,” Skipper said. “They put it on film….

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Author : Wolverines Wire

Publish date : 2024-08-27 20:47:46

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