TP Spot on the Safety Position & Wacha + Shak

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TP Spot on the Safety Position & Wacha + Shak

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http://www.nola.com/tulane/index.ssf/20 ... ready.html

Alex Wacha, Shakiel Smith ready to be Tulane's last line of defense
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Great stuff Nunez!!!

I love reading this stuff from a safety!

Alex Wacha
Alex Wacha is never short on passion...

And he doesn’t take nonsense from anyone - even 300-pound linemen. Wacha threw two such big guys to the Superdome turf during a scrimmage a week ago...

“(Center) Andrew Nierman (6-1, 302) had his hand in my helmet in the bottom of the pile - so let’s clear that up, “ Wacha said. ”I couldn’t see who it was, so once I got up, it was just a natural reaction to give a fist to the chest. I don’t know if he flopped or what.“

Nierman fluttered his arms and fell backward. That incident came several plays after Wacha’s first fight of the day, when he scuffled with his biggest teammate, 6-8, 314-pound left tackle Pete Hendrickson.

“(Hendrickson) was dragging me by my facemask, and then I went back and got a little of his facemask, ” Wacha said. “I probably shouldn’t have. I won’t do that in a game, for sure.”
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Shakiel Smith
Free safety Shakiel Smith just shook his head and laughed at Wacha’s feistiness.

“I always have to jump in when he fights, because he fights at least once a practice,” Smith said. “I have to tell him to calm down. He just laughs and says, ’I’ll fight every practice if I have to.’”
Smith has grown into his position - literally, gaining 20 pounds in the offseason to bulk up to 197.
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Amazing those guys played last year weighing 170 something.
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The one practice I saw, Wacha was all over the field.
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GreenMenace wrote:The one practice I saw, Wacha was all over the field.
There he is.
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long green wrote:
GreenMenace wrote:The one practice I saw, Wacha was all over the field.
There he is.

Missed you on Wednesday
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GreenMenace wrote:
long green wrote:
GreenMenace wrote:The one practice I saw, Wacha was all over the field.
There he is.

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If I'd a known you were coming...I've made a few practices this Aug.
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Green Menace, how did you think this team looked compared to previous years?
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The defense appears to run to the ball much faster than in recent past which is cause for cautious optimism.
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Interesting you mention that. The last couple of years there was a lot of talk on here of how we had to upgrade our team speed in recruiting. There has been very little of that talk this year.
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GreenMenace wrote:The one practice I saw, Wacha was all over the field.
well, I guess I will say it..

I guess our opponents will have to "Wacha out" for him!! :roll: :roll:
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"Wacha, Wacha!" - Fozzy Bear
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