He was all over the field. You know you have a pretty good defensive guy when the offensive guys are talking about him. |
He won't play. I decided to leave him at home and let him catch up on his personal business. It's one of those things that you have to do sometimes, but he'll be back with us when we get back for school. |
He'll be a better quraterback five weeks from this Saturday. I hope he's prepared mentally. You never know that until you see them in the game. |
He's a breath of fresh air in that league. |
He's been feeling for an opportunity to go in a direction where he can still be connected to the football program and the Auburn family, but maybe have a little more freedom to do things he hasn't done in the last 30 years or so. This was his decision. We wish Joe the best, but he's going to be around. He'll be part of that program, and he'll be part of our program. |
He's got everything you want -- he can catch the ball, he can block. I think the sky's the limit for him. Ben came last year to camp because of what Ronnie, and Carnell and Rudi Johnson and those guys have meant to the program. They've opened some gates for us in other states. |
He's got good quickness and speed. |
He's got great presence on the field, in the huddle, at the line. Even when there's pressure around him in the pocket, even with six or seven people (rushing) and he's got to get rid of it, Brandon always looks like he's in control. That's the sign of a good quarterback. |
He's relentless. All the scouts asked me what I thought, and the only concern I had was whether he could take the punishment, |
His players responded for him. And that's the sign of a guy that's done a great job for a program. And he can kind of look at that, because his players turned it up a notch for him. |
I always judge our recruiting by linemen. I think this has been an exceptional year. |
I didn't know until (Wednesday) morning and normally that doesn't happen. I thought we had a good plan for Mike. We sold it to him. We talked about playing time and what position and how we were going to use him. It's usually tough to turn them when they go that early. We just tried to keep selling Auburn and what we had for him. |
I don't think (fans) need to be expecting undefeated seasons every year, |
I get off the bus, and he's the first one I see, this 18-year-old standing there crying. It takes you back. |
I had no clue. Just take one of them out and put them in there. |