It's gone along faster than I thought it would. I can only put in as much as the quarterback can handle. Fortunately for me, the kid can handle a lot. |
It's good that the players aren't satisfied after winning a game. It's good that they feel, 'We blew this,' or 'We should have done better there.' That's a good thing. Because too many times, people say, 'Well, we won the game,' so it hides all those problems. |
It's no mystery that A.J. is a great player. He's got a great career ahead of him. He runs all over the field. He is a dynamic player who makes plays. |
It's not that he doesn't fumble often, it's that he doesn't fumble at all. |
It's significant, especially because we have a national recruiting base. A lot of these kids that go away from home go a long distance and their parents can't just come up to every game. I think the fact that you can tell them that week in and week out, they can be seen on national TV – not regional, not local – definitely is a good selling point with their families. |
It's time for us to put that behind us, ... I wasn't put through it [when Willingham was fired] because I wasn't here. But I think psychologically, for the players, this will be a good thing to have that behind them and move on to the next game. |
Jersey guys. No one else really matters. |
Just getting them to believe they had a chance to win the game is easier said than done. |
Just like people used to say about the run-and-shoot, how it's tough to prepare for in a week, I think that's how they perceive their defense. |
Last summer, I said, 'Let's order a batch of these green jerseys,' ... 'Maybe we'll get in a bowl game.' . . . Everyone thought I was on drugs for saying that. But I felt this was like a bowl game. |
Leadership is something we often talk about but is usually an intangible quality, ... Leadership has to come from many places - the head coach and the coaching staff, for sure - but ultimately it must come from the players themselves. That's why the Leadership Committee will be such an important facet of our football team. |
Let's come back and revisit that in about 10 years. |
Maybe if you go by what you see, maybe the answer is yes. I'm not there to judge that. |
Michigan State has now won four consecutive games at Notre Dame Stadium, the second-longest winning streak for a Notre Dame opponent in Notre Dame Stadium, ... Purdue won five straight from 1954 to 1962. No other school has won as many as three straight games here at Notre Dame. |
My biggest job is getting the team to believe they have a chance to win the game, |