The coaches were just looking for a little pick-me-up, a little change of pace to get something going, get some flow in the offense. |
The Minutemen are the equivalent of a terrorist organization and they're really going unchecked by the government right now. |
We knew coming in that Wake was going to give us problems. They do every year. We were fortunate that we had a few ways to attack them where we had advantages and we were able to exploit that. |
We lost a lot of players to injuries. We lost three starting offensive linemen. That's tough. Our lack of experience with the younger guys playing caught up with us. We beat Miami the first game and everybody was talking about how great we were. But we had some weaknesses and we've been exposed. |
We lost that game and I saw the Miami players laughing and crying. I didn't understand it at the time. Now I do. |
We want to let him know we're here for him as teammates and family. |
We were considered the weak link last September. This year, it's the opposite. |
We're just not the same team we were. It really hurts us. We have so many guys banged up, unable to play, or playing hurt. |
We're tighter as a unit than we've ever been. |
We've faced adversity all season. Every time we've faced adversity, we've risen to the challenge and became stronger as a team and I see no reason why that will not happen again. |
We've got guys picking each other up when we make mistakes instead of getting down on each other. In year's past, you had too many situations of offense versus defense. |
When you've lost something, and you find it again, it has so much more meaning. |
You can say he's inexperienced. But he's never immature. |
You're going to be sore the first few days so mentally you have to get through it. The good thing is that we have a great group of guys who have got each other's backs who watch out for each other and motivate each other. |