Boy, the core of our offense uses speed to get outside, and when we can make that work, it makes our life easier. So, we were very happy. Good start, good execution. |
I think we had some stars in our eyes a little bit. It was a great learning experience. It's been a while since we lost a football game. |
I told them it's not acceptable to leave here without a win. We needed to play with our intensity. |
I'm so happy for him after fighting through mono. He deserved a game like this. |
If you had told me that we would turn the ball over five times and still beat the defending state champions, there's no way I would have believed you. |
It became clearer for all of us what kind of program we wanted to be and how we wanted to go about preparing and competing. |
It showed our kids they could go up against great athletes and compete -- and compete as a team. If we hadn't come out after the lightning delay and executed and won that game, where would we have gone? |
It was a great game. It was a fun game. The officiating was awesome. The players were all great. It was everything you want in a high school football game. |
It was one of the plays you always wanted them to run. A couple of times we actually practiced it and tried to put it in. |
It's sad, because linemen have that dream of carrying the football. |
Look at Rifle - last year they were the fourth seed out of our league and they won the state championship. The whole mission for us is making the playoffs. You've got to get into that second season, and we took another step toward that tonight. |
Our execution at the beginning of the game was perfect. |
Their linemen have great technique. Their defensive linemen get off the ball well. Their primary back looks like a real strong runner, and they have some speed at wing T. It looks like a Rifle team. |
This was a statement game for us. |
To be four games in at 3-1 is about as good as we could have hoped for. |