It doesn't put you so far out of position you can't catch up. I think come spring time, he'll get a shot to show what he's got. |
It was a pretty good day for the first day back. Our throw and catch was not too bad for not throwing for a while. We made some really good plays. It usually takes you three or four days to get your rhythm back. |
It was just a rough way to finish (the season). We just were so poor today. That was awful. We haven't played like that all year. We never got into a rhythm. So much about offensive football is about being in sync, putting successful plays back to back to back, and we just never did it. |
It's a concern, but in a way it isn't. We have ways to facilitate not having a pure fullback. |
It's a concern, but in a way it isn't. We have ways to facilitate not having a pure fullback. We have ways of using a second tight end, or using a second tailback, which we've done a lot in the last couple years anyway. |
It's a little atypical of Wisconsin because ... they've always been so stout on defense. They're a really good schematic team defensively and they'll have a good plan for us, I'm sure. With a lot of time to prepare, they'll come up with something. Never underestimate a Barry Alvarez-coached team. |
It's huge getting him back. Now we have two threats. We just have to keep him in one piece long enough so he can show what he can do. |
It's nice to know you've got another guy who can really catch the ball and do something with it when he catches it. We'll find a way to explore that. |
It's not like we just stop. Now it's time to get the guys for 2007. |
Right now, Brandon is our starting quarterback and I would never challenge that position at this point. He's going to be our starting quarterback until he proves he can't be. With a year of experience now, he's that much better. |
That was my intent. We weren't going to come out and start flinging balls all over the lot. We're not going to put it on him to win the game, particularly early in the game. |
That's always in our plan once in a while, just to keep the safeties from coming down. Sometimes it works, sometimes it don't. |
The kid at times showed flashes of brilliance. He stood in there and threw some passes, put them on a dime with people in his face. Once he goes through those experiences, I think that guy could be a really, really good quarterback. |
The last few practices, he looks like the CT (Taylor) of old. This is an unfortunate season for him because he has never gained a lot of inertia. I hope to be able to use him in this bowl game like we've used him in the past and hopefully get that kind of carry-over where a year from now he can have a phenomenal season, because he's certainly capable of doing that. |
The nice thing about Auburn is you can replace good players with good players. We were lucky enough to do that. |