I'd be less than truthful if I didn't say that I've been thinking about it because it's important to a lot of people around me -- my coaches, their families and my family. But I really try to put it to the back burner because a lot of responsibilities I have here, and I literally don't have any time to spend on it. |
I'll greatly miss them and more because of the type of people they are rather than the type of players they are. It was fun. It was an honor for me to go to practice every day and joke around with those guys and talk to those guys. They're in my estimation what college football's all about. |
I'm not sure (Decker) will play right off, but he will travel and depending on how things go, he may work into it. I get asked all the time about red-shirting. I don't make a decison on red-shirting now. It can changed depending on injuries and how guys perform. He's one of those guys in that situation. |
I've made no bones about it. I think I have my best football team [in the seven years] I've been here at Minnesota. |
It might have already been asked. |
It really hurts. It hurts more than when you get killed. |
It's easy for him to say that too much was being made of it because he doesn't have to defend it. They're running the option quite a bit and it makes them that much more difficult to prepare for. |
It's going to come down to how our defense plays. They have been comfortable winning games 55-54. We're better suited to win 10-7. |
It's not just an athlete who is taking the snaps under center who has the ability to do things. It's a darn good quarterback. They add a dimension. Besides throwing and mobility, they've got that unique ability that when you think you've got them, you don't. That's when something really bad happens. |
Joel and I feel that's going to be a reality sooner rather than later. |
Just when you think you've seen it all, here comes something else in football, |
Laurence is a good football player. He could play a number of positions. He's a tough kid and has tremendous speed. |
Let's face it. We got lucky. |
My good friend Earle Bruce went in there and turned that program around and Sonny picked up and has been going gangbusters ever since, |
My kids are as down as down can be, and in some ways they should be and in some ways they shouldn't be. They played as hard as they could, but to beat Ohio State you have to do a lot of things right. You have to do most things right, let's face it. We did some and we didn't do others. |