Just a tremendous punctuation point to the career he had at Virginia. He's been a tremendous figurehead for what we're trying to get out of everybody. |
Kai has been through two years of playing in a lot of games, he's been to all the stadiums, he's played all the teams, he knows what's out there in front of him, he knows what needs to be done. He's a mature player now and he knows what it takes to be a really, really good player. |
Last week, we didn't really care what anybody said about us, ... We don't really care this week. We know what we have to do this week to keep it going. What we care about is winning and losing, and staying together as a team, and trying to play the kind of sound, solid, tough, aggressive football that we like to think is our trademark. |
Last year, ... we had a team built around power and that was the way we played. This year, we have a different kind of team. |
Last year, we had a veteran team with a lot of proven players, and we won by some substantial margins early, |
Losing stays with you a lot more than winning stays with you. Yes, there are positive feelings that come with winning. But you prefer not to live with that losing feeling that stays with you for a long time. |
Marcus has really matured as a player, ... The way he went about preparing himself for that game last week was very impressive. |
Marques was pretty spectacular out there today. He can just pick up the team and carry us. That scramble at the end was just a tremendous play. |
Mike's a player we've been waiting on for quite some time. He brings an element of speed to our team that's special for us. It showed up on another of plays. We got a chance to really see it on that kickoff return. |
No. It will continue to be as things have been. It has always been a collaborative effort here and will continue to be a collaborative effort. Eventually all the calls go through me. I think as a result of some things that transpired in December, I would anticipate maybe taking a bigger role in the overall structure of the planning in terms of what we're going to do on offense and defense. |
Nobody has had a better training camp than Brennan. |
North Carolina State's in the same circumstance that we're in, now they're getting their quarterback back for the second year and most likely expect [him to be better], |
Not so much more speed . . . but more confidence in making that cut and taking advantage of what was there, |
Now that we have (Brown and Cook) here, and we're actually coaching them, we have a much better sense of how quickly they catch on to things and how physically ready they might be, ... That changes the equation and some of the things that are available to us. |
Now, we have certain positions that are rich in experience, but across the board it's the most inexperienced team that we've had, |