I've been told that we are to treat him like I would treat any other student athletes. That's from the athletic director. |
I've heard it's a great college environment. It's a loud stadium. The fans are into it. It's a tough place to play. That's what I've heard. |
I've never had one like this - big, fast, great hand-eye coordination. |
I've said, 'Hey, it doesn't matter who walks on the field. You have to get ready to play,' ... It does not matter who's in the game and who's not in the game. |
If he gets hot and sweaty, do the symptoms comes back? ... We've got to make sure that as he continues to exert himself, the symptoms don't come back. His body has been through a pretty traumatic deal. We don't want to incite a relapse of that. |
If I worried about all that kind of stuff, I couldn't be in this business, ... This is like being in most any other profession: You're not going to please everybody. My objective is to do what's right by the program and what's right for these young men. Other than that, I don't have a responsibility. |
If that's the decision, I hope we get the word early enough so we can make that kind of adjustment. |
If we can put four quarters together, that's the objective. Let's see how somebody else feels playing from behind. |
If we play it later we've got a better chance of having a healthier team. We also have a chance of having a more beat-up team. |
If you don't build on speed you're going to make a mistake in this conference because there are so many fast teams. We used to go for size. Size used to be it. Now it's strictly speed and football savvy. |
If you take an all-conference performer and put him on the field, it's going to help your defense a lot, ... We'll see if we can get him up to speed. |
In the past couple of years, I think the seniors have experienced some of the letdowns that have occurred after emotional games and they don't want it to happen again. Don't think I'll have to call on them. I think they'll handle it. I believe our focus will be where it needs to be. |
It can't be easy. I would like to empathize, but I can't. All I can do is sympathize with him. |
It could come down to how our offense plays against their defense. Who knows? You just don't know. It could easily be something else. |
It hurts me, it hurts them. It was my responsibility to get this team ready for this game, and I didn't do that. |