"Sauce talk" has arrived on the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga campus, by way of new cornerbacks coach Jeremiah Wilson.
When asked what the term - which Wilson uses in various tweets throughout the day - meant, he smiled.
"I just use it once or twice a day on Twitter, for a quote of the day or when I see a good message," Wilson said. "I just started using it sporadically - that was kind of one of my deals. I like my guys to carry themselves with sauce, and I'm going to carry myself with sauce.
"It's a perception-based deal, but at the end of the day when you see those things and you see me tag it with 'Sauce Talk,' that's some sauce for your life. It's the sauce for your life, the seasoning for your life, and it's always going to be something uplifting, a positive thought, or a hard fact of reality, but when you see it, you're thinking, 'Man, I could learn something to help me in my everyday life.'"
There's been substance to the sauce talk. Wilson's position group has immediately taken to the energetic former Chattooga High School football standout, with Kareem Orr calling it a "blessing" for Wilson's arrival and presence in the room.
"He's way different from any other coach I've had," the former Notre Dame High School and Arizona State standout said. "He's taught me so much stuff to have just been here for three weeks, and I've learned more than what other DB coaches have taught me. I'm honored and grateful for him to be coaching me."
Wilson has been on the UTC campus for only a few weeks, having come from a five-year stint as a defensive graduate assistant at Florida State, which included the 2013 Bowl Championship Subdivision national championship. He was pretty much a slam dunk from the time he showed up to his interview with UTC head coach Tom Arth, arriving in a blue suit with a blue tie and blue-and-gold socks.
"I was really impressed with his confidence, and I think that really struck me in the initial meeting," Arth said. "He looked sharp, and I realized this means a lot to him. He's just a very confident person, but in a very humble way, and I really respected that. Then we got in the room and talked about secondary play, technique, fundamentals and scheme, and he's as sharp as anybody we've had, so I'm really excited for what he's going to bring to the team."
During his time at Florida State, he built a relationship with NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, a Seminoles alumnus. Sanders' son Shedeur plays high school football at Trinity Christian in Cedar Hill, Texas, the school that produced new Moc CaMiron Smith. Deion rerouted Smith from a visit to Washington State to come to UTC prior to signing day, and he signed a few days later.
Wilson's energy, confidence and swagger could have come in part from Deion and Wilson's own time at Florida State. But in the end, it's just how he carries himself - and how he's going to coach his players.
"With juice and energy, but detail-oriented," Wilson said. "I like to get out there and show them. I like fundamentals; I like to correct as it's going on live.
"I've been blessed to be around guys soaking up knowledge as far as scheme. Chemistry is a big deal, and positive energy; I treat the janitor the same way as the head coach, and if you treat people the right way in everyday life, it bleeds over, carries over, and then your players start to see it and that's how they start to treat people; that's how they start to react.
"Carrying yourself like a pro is big to me. Don't wait until it's time to be a pro - whether it's a pro ballplayer, doctor, lawyer or janitor – be a pro every day of your life, as a student, pro player, pro practice player. Be a pro guy in study hall, and handle yourself like a pro every day, because everything matters. Every detail you think is insignificant matters."
The Mocs return to practice this afternoon at Scrappy Moore Field.