Many times it's the teams that stay the most focused that win the games. There's a lot of potential to be distracted. |
Many times they were trying to run with a linebacker on him, which is very difficult, if you're asking a linebacker to play run support and also play the tight end. |
Matt was probably 205 pounds when we recruited him, |
Matt was probably 205 pounds when we recruited him. But we could see what kind of athlete he is. He has a big frame (6-foot-6). He'll get on the field. He's very athletic. He's really going to be something some day. |
My goal for him is to see him become an elite back. |
Neil didn't negotiate with me. Walter and Casey did. |
Normally from what I see, the ball is released by the time people get there, |
Obviously, we couldn't block them very well, you could see that. We couldn't establish the run and had a hard time with pressure off the edge. |
Our loyal fans are always willing to help. I'm pleased that Saturday's game can serve as a catalyst to this university effort. |
Our special teams have been playing very well and they've given us tremendous effort. I wanted to reward someone, acknowledge someone who exemplified the effort that we look for in a special team - and that's what Zach has done. |
Quite frankly, I thought the best thing for him would be to come back. But that is their decision. We gave them the facts. He and his father had to make the decision and they did. So I have to support it. Quite frankly, maybe selfishly, I wanted to see him come back. |
So, I thought we had a chance to be a nice football team. Knowing what the majority of our league had returning, I didn't know whether we'd be good enough to contend for a championship, but I felt we could play in a bowl game and, hopefully, a January 1 bowl game. |
Someone knows it's not right, or someone doesn't recognize it, a linebacker doesn't recognize a shift, changes it to another formation and then they get confused. |
Somewhere along the line, I plan on getting him on the field. I think that he can help us somehow. |
Sure it's significant. We're keeping score so the game means something. We're here representing our league, our school. I want our guys to play well. |