We knew we wanted to run the ball. We were really disappointed we didn't run the ball better against Penn State. It sets everything else up. |
We know we've got to get better. |
We moved the ball. I imagine if you look at yards, we're probably about the same. But the bottom line is you've got to get the ball into the end zone. |
We thought we might have close to 50 (thousand). |
We're definitely ahead of where we were last spring. We lost some good players, we lost some guys that played a lot of football. |
We're excited, real excited. We've been sitting around too long. We think we have a chance to have a pretty good team. We have to work very hard. |
We're stepping up to a whole new level now. We're a team that has some talent, but we're facing a heck of a challenge. |
We're still contemplating who we're going to start, either him or Pat. |
We've got to do better in December. |
We've thrown and run the ball. We're going to have to be able to do both in order to be successful. |
What choice is there? You have to do what you have to do. This is more important. |
When you get to (reflect), we were bowl eligible, we finished in the top of the Big East (fourth place) and we played the eighth-toughest schedule in the nation. Those are some good things there. I think this group did a lot of good things. |
You never liked to get whopped on like that. They beat us pretty good. A new year is a new year: different people and different players. |
You saw the mountains and the valleys in our special teams. Mostly mountains though. We had some pretty good returns. |
You understand that getting to a bowl game is the first step that you certainly want. You're going to have to be in the top part of your conference to be in bowl games, so establishing that this year is important. Getting to a bowl game is nice, but you want to win; that's what it's all about. |