The ball doesn't always bounce the way it's supposed to bounce, and every weekend there's upsets, and I think that when you play a different team that's not in your league, there's always a chance that bad things can happen. We've got to make sure we don't do the things you do to lose. We think it's going to be a very competitive game and we are going to get ourselves ready. |
The bottom line when you lose, you lose. It doesn't matter if it's Davis or USC. When you play like that, you will lose every game. |
The defense played well enough for us to win the game, ... That was a very poor performance on offense and the kicking game stunk it up. There are a lot of things we have to tighten up. I don't know how many changes we can actually make. |
There are a lot of young guys who will get a chance to play. There were some holes in our recruiting. We've got a lot of work to do. |
There are days the offensive line looks like they're putting it together. At times we see the light at the end of the tunnel. They're starting to respond, but they've got to grow up fast. |
There are winners everywhere here at Stanford, on and off the field, ... That's our goal as well. There's a right way and a wrong way. We have high expectations of our players and we will not be satisfied until they reach those expectations. |
These guys pulled together. You could feel the camaraderie. Everybody was rocking. |
They (had) a game to get the bugs out, |
They (had) a game to get the bugs out. A lot of teams improve the most from the first game to the second game. We're a new program, and that hurts us. We don't know how our players are going to respond in the heat of the game. |
They are both battling to try to be a player here at this level. |
They are potent like maybe no other team I have ever seen. It's impressive. |
This is a huge game for UC Davis as they are making the move into Division I football, kind of like their bowl game. |
This is going to be their bowl game. We are going to be ready to go. That's my pledge, to our players, and the people who support our program. We are going to be working hard to get prepared. |
This is their bowl game, a chance to play a I-A game and it's a great opportunity for them. After watching them on tape, they're a headache for your preparation. |
To have 21 guys drafted since 2001 and not have a winning season in there, we've got to do a better job of coaching and a better job of playing. Notice I said coaching first. I'll put the heat on our coaching staff. A big part of coaching is discipline. A big part of coaching is getting them to buy into what you're doing. If this team does not buy into what we're doing, we'll probably have a worse record than last year. |