They won't appreciate it as much now as they will 20 years from now. It's impossible. They'll appreciate it years from now, when they're looking back and wondering who was that first USF team that went to a bowl game. |
They're both very serious and very focused. With knowing my personality, that's big. They work hard, almost like blue collar workers, get after the task, get it done. |
They're ready to play. You can only do so many activities, so much. |
They've gone through a lot, we all know that. We played in the first half like I guess we should. We know it's a tough situation for them. |
Those kids are the ones that have all the courage. |
To go to a bowl game as part of a BCS conference is a pretty big deal. A lot of things came together to make this happen. I always expect big things to happen. |
Walt Smith, you see what he can do in the open field. He's a fine running back. He's got a real burst. He's going to play a lot of running back in the fall. |
We don't have a starter right now. The quarterback situation is pretty wide open. |
We found out Hector was going to visit Louisville last weekend, and the problem I had was that we had players coming in and I didn't want to lose them also, so if he was going to continue to talk to Louisville, I had to move on. To me a commitment means that you don't visit anyone else, so if you visit somewhere else, you must have interest. We had to move on, so he only had the Louisville offer. |
We got 99 percent of the guys we wanted, so it didn't affect me that much. |
We got everything done we needed to. It might have been better inside, we got their attention. We've done enough hitting. |
We had a gold mine this year. We got almost everybody we wanted. We needed help on the line and big, physical receivers, and we got them. |
We had that game to look at a year ago and we didn't get much done, did we? It sure didn't help us because they beat the dog out of us. Besides, they're a different team than they were two years ago. They're more powerful on all fronts. |
We have been eligible to go to a bowl more than not since we joined I-A, but we've never been able to go. I enjoy the practice and being around the players a lot. For me to be able to practice at this time of year as opposed to making more recruiting calls or meeting is really satisfying for me. |
We haven't always played the best or had the greatest seasons, but every year here we have made progress to something bigger in some way. |