Defensively, they're a very good team. |
Give them credit. They played better than we did and deserved to win that game. We were still in the game and, really, I thought we were going to make a play and win until Jared took that big sack. |
He's had a great season. He's always been a player who gets better as the year goes on. |
I don't know what it is. I don't know if it's leadership. I don't know if it's not playing hard. It's pretty obvious we've got a long way to go to be a good football team. |
If our seniors don't play well we don't win that football game. I also think our coaches did a good job getting us ready to play last week. We need to be just as good this week. This game is just as important as last week's game. We have to win, then hope for some help to get into the playoffs. |
Last year, we were playing for a region championship. This time we're fighting for our region life. |
Monday was a better day for us. I left thinking we had gotten better. They were a little more focused. I sensed a different attitude. But what they have to learn is that has to carry over every day. It's got to be part of who you are. That is a learning process. |
One of us is going to be a lot happier on Friday night. |
Really, we're working on getting the Trojans better. We're not where we want to be. Our players, our coaches aren't satisfied with how things have been going. |
That was a huge win for our players. It still gives us a shot at the playoffs. The thing about the way it happened is we kept battling away at it and finally got there. |
That's looks a little more like the way the Trojans ought to play. We played more like we're capable of playing tonight. Our kids played hard in a game we really, really, really, really needed. I'm very proud of them. I don't know anything about the stats, but I know we played harder tonight. |
The key is aggressiveness. You have to be aggressive because you know Stanhope is going to be. You have to match their aggressiveness or you'll be in trouble all night. |
We actually got after it better. We played harder. It's a tribute to the kids. They've kept plugging away. It was important for them to see some results come out of the work. |
We were awful in the second quarter. We didn't start that bad. We'd execute for a few plays, but we couldn't keep things going. We challenged them at halftime. |
We're both in pretty similar circumstances right now. We will be hungry - and I'm sure they will be, too. |