(Football) is a way of life down there. |
[He says they will.] Everybody would like to see that, ... Oregon State plays very aggressive on defense. They try to get eight or nine guys down to stop the run and play really tight press coverage with their corners. What they try to do is get a pass rush and put a clock on the quarterback, and they're very good at that. They have three new starters in the secondary. Everyone has been waiting for the ball to go downfield and we're definitely going to have to do that in this game and make some big plays. |
All year long, everyone's been talking _ not the players and the coaches _ but they've been hearing all year long words like 'undefeated' and 'run the table,' ... What we need to do is focus on beating Cincinnati, and that's it. |
And I'm sure hoping that comes true this time, because we really need to, |
Any time you get up in the morning and get started it's easier, ... It's easier on your stomach, that's for sure. |
Any time you've got a guy starting his first game who completes 70 percent of his passes, doesn't turn the ball over and we end up at 60 percent on third-down conversions, he did a nice job. |
Anytime you make a play like Brandon did and take the ball from the minus two and drive it out of there, that shows a lot of character and a lot of toughness by our offensive line and our running game, |
As far as running the table and going undefeated, ... those have never been words of the coaches and players. Those came from outside the program. |
At halftime Jeff was chewing him out in the hallway. So he's been coaching him for a long time. |
Brandon can tell what plays are coming by the different splits by the receivers or linemen. Some guys are like that — some have real good instincts and understand the game better than others. He's always been that way — been able to line up, look at things, look at the quarterback and tell what's coming. He has real good football smarts. |
Brandon would talk to a wall, ... if he could get it to talk back to him. |
Brian has come along well. He's way ahead of where I thought he'd be right now. |
Brian threw the ball real well, ... He was very accurate today and I thought he did his best job of reading and taking what the defense gave us because they played us a little bit different than we thought they would coverage-wise, dropped guys a little deeper, blitzed us more on first down. So they had a pretty good plan coming in and we had to adjust a little bit. |
Brian threw the ball real well. He was very accurate today and I thought he did his best job of reading and taking what the defense gave us because they played us a little bit different than we thought they would coverage-wise, dropped guys a little deeper, blitzed us more on first down. So they had a pretty good plan coming in and we had to adjust a little bit. |
But being able to rotate him in was something I was set on doing. I did not want to come into this conference - and have what's at stake - with a quarterback who'd never taken a snap. He's got great instincts, and he's got all the physical abilities to get it done. |