Randy, in an unselfish gesture, has asked to step aside at the end of the season, |
Really, it feels like (Cutcliffe) has never been gone. We have great trust as a staff, and we're improving our effort and our execution. |
Reggie was one of those guys who represented all that is good about football and athletics. He was a man of great principle, who obviously carried his faith out front. I don't know if there's any one person, in my time as a football coach, whom I've had much admiration and respect for. Even though he was sometimes outspoken, even to the point of being controversial, he always said and did what he believed was the right thing. |
Rick certainly seems in command right now. Erik seems to be pressing a bit out there, ... When you grade the film and look at all the cut-ups and all the breakdowns of all the drills, the two guys are equal. If it's still even, what am I going to do? Flip a coin? No. We'll play them both. We'll figure something out. |
Rick certainly seems in command right now. Erik seems to be pressing a bit out there. When you grade the film and look at all the cut-ups and all the breakdowns of all the drills, the two guys are equal. |
Rick is our quarterback right now, and unless there's a reason to change we won't change. Obviously, Rick has brought consistency and calmness to our offense. |
Rick told me to put him in and that he'd get it done. He was mad as heck at me and should have been. I was wrong. I've been wrong before, and I'll be wrong again. But Rick came in and did what he does best. |
Rick will start and we'll rotate probably. I want somebody to take the job and it be it. |
Right now, I think we have one good tailback and a committee. Those guys are going to play themselves through it. |
Shockley is just a really great football player. I hated to see him come in the game when he came in (off the bench) before when he was playing sparingly. Now we're going to have to face him every play. |
So it's like Auburn and Georgia last year. That's the exact kind of performance we're going to need and we're going to look for. |
Some good things, some not good. The interceptions just really hurt. The grounding ? he needs to move around in the pocket, |
Some of that is coming with experience. He's one of those guys that wants to try to make a play. Sometimes it works. Sometimes it doesn't. We want to use the system for what it is. There's nothing wrong with the system. It's worked well in the past. |
Some of the players on our unity council and some of our academic advisers approached me about giving him a second chance. |
Sometimes when you've got an open date you're not very glad that you've got it. When you've got some momentum and things are going good you don't want to break it. In this particular case it's great for us. It's going to give us a chance to continue to work and improve and get ready for a different kind of offensive team. |