Right now, we're not a very good football team. We have some improving to do in several areas. |
Sure did look pretty good to me. To be honest with you, though, I saw Michael do that a whole bunch of times when he was here. |
Sure, winning is important. Recruits want to go where they know they can win. For some out-of-state recruits, it was a factor in their decision. I believe people in the Chicago area and in-state know what we've done in recent years. |
That is an experienced offense. We couldn't get enough pressure on them. We couldn't cover good enough, and they were just throwing whatever they wanted on third down and getting first downs. |
That kid had a great game against Navy last week in a three-point loss and we expect no less from him Saturday. We need to force them to be one-dimensional by taking away either the pass or run early. |
That kind of success gives more validity to our conference. We're getting better. |
That was one of the best offensive lines I've been around. Does the O-line make the running backs look good, or is it the running backs who make the O-line look good? |
That's a real good group of captains. I know the coaching staff and the team are extremely pleased with that foursome. |
The defense is going to be inexperienced. We can't help that. There are some question marks ? but also a lot of talent. We'll see how they do. It might be tough ? their first start is going to be at Michigan, you know ? so hopefully they'll be able to find the field without fainting. |
The main thing is we came out [of the game] healthy. |
The spread limits things you can do. You are going to get beat if you play a lot of man-to-man. We're not nearly as good on defense. If we gamble, we're not talented enough. We're going to give up a lot of big plays. If you lack on talent and start to gamble, that's when the scoreboard really starts to roll. |
The time we got beat we blitzed a whole ton and we weren't even in the ballgame. We got ripped. The best we've played them was when we were completely conservative defensively. That's our style. |
They can't sign until 7, but Billy is an hour ahead of us. |
They may be overall the most talented team in the league. They have 14 seniors starting. I've been told five or six or seven of those kids are going to be draft picks. |
Those safeties were coming down fast. We've got to throw it. |