As a little kid, you can see it. Your eyes are so big, and you're full of all the energy and excitement. I don't feel a whole lot different about going into this game as I did back then. |
As long as we understand that, we'll maximize these opportunities to make it a cherished memory in our fortunate lives. It's a big deal, man. It's a real big deal. But it's the game that makes it so special. The fact that you remember it's a game makes it so special. |
As we do every spring, we'll try to establish the high level of competitiveness, intensity and work ethic that have been the hallmark of our program. Spring football is a very important time for us to develop and capture those attributes. |
As we have said repeatedly, it's great to come back and play at the Coliseum. It's really important for us to find our style back here at home. It's just been a long haul to get to this point. |
As you can see, Charlie's factor in what they've been able to do is enormous, |
Before I talk to a coach, I usually talk to the athlete's guidance counselor to make sure he or she is qualified to attend Swarthmore. |
But if you look at the difference between the past couple years and this year, we've kind of gone off the charts in all numbers. |
But we have never faced a whole season with all of that following, |
Competition Tuesday tends to bring that kind of spirit out. That's how we practice. The competition really heated up. ... It was a good, hard Tuesday. This is a big day for us. We needed to knock it around a lot today and tomorrow to get ready to go. |
concerned about what we just went through. |
Do I feel like they are threatening us, and are going to give us a hard time? ... Absolutely, it doesn't matter who we are playing. I don't think it is because of who we have playing, I think they have a loaded up offense. They have a really good philosophy with how they run their offense. I don't think it has to do with our personnel right now. That isn't what I am concerned about. I am concerned about teaching the game plan, and executing it well so we can hopefully give them some problems. I feel pretty much the same every week about that. |
Dr. Watkins made the point that he had to do it once he got in and saw what was going on. It would've been a mistake to try to just tough it out and wait through it. |
Every coach talks about turnovers, but it's how deeply you emphasize it is where you get consistency. Our guys are riddled with the thought of having to go get the ball at all times in everything that we're doing. It's the number one emphasis in the program for us. |
Everybody will be kept in-house and great order, as well. |
Family is family. That means we open the doors to them. I think our players are comfortable with people at practice. We try to do a real nice job of screening. I'm not paranoid about it. However, we're going to do everything we can to try and not let the wrong people watch. |