Battling heat, the long preseason, continuing to lift weights, I think the kids are ready. I think mentally, we're ready. |
Big game. They're a good ball team. This will be another test. I can't wait to see how we play next week. |
Everybody saw last year what the offense needs. The offense we run needs two compatible running backs. And I think (Aiken) mixes in about as good as Jermaine (Gray) did last year. |
He was just a walking skeleton, basically. |
He was just a walking skeleton. That's the best way to describe him. |
He was skeletal, he was really emaciated and when the boys found him he could only walk and fall and stumble. |
He'd obviously been there a long time and whatever he was surviving on wasn't giving him that much nutrition. (He is) a big tall man, six foot two, six foot three, and he was just a walking skeleton basically. |
I think we came in not ready to play. That's not going to happen this week. |
I'm getting pressure on them now. It's our job as coaches to negate them, but they have to take the responsibility to correct the problem. |
It'll be a good test for us to find out how good we are. |
It's going to be a hard-nosed football game. |
Just like last year, they've got some big kids on the line. It's going to be a tough game. Their defensive line is tough, and we're going to run the football. |
The kids just have to step it up. |
They are a much better football team this year. Their numbers are up. |
They are going to have to make us turn the ball over and capitalize on our mistakes. |