No one was more distraught than Ambrose after the game. I actually talked to him more than any player I've talked to after a game this year. He took it personal, like he let the team down. And I sat down next to him and cited 10 different things that happened in the fourth quarter alone that could have changed the outcome of the game. |
Now I've got to worry about Michigan, and it doesn't make any difference who we're playing, it's a tough game every week. |
Now the question is whether or not you can come up with enough good stuff to, |
Obviously it's a bit rhetorical. When you win a game it obviously has a more positive effect than when you lose. I'm not going to say it has no effect at all, but these guys now realize what to do. |
Obviously we don't want to take too many risks as far as going east and west on the field, ... We always prefer to be going north and south. Sometimes if you have a running back with great instincts, you have to let him play. |
Obviously, Palko's very productive. We sat there and talked about it. I have a lot of respect for him as a player. ... I think he's quite a talent and he's surrounded by a bunch of talent. |
Obviously, they have weapons on offense. They got weapons on defense. They're very well coached. They are the No. 1 team in the country and they deserve to be. |
Obviously, we're disappointed. As far as the end, I thought [the officials] did a bad job of talking out the call. But did he fumble forward, did he not? It really doesn't matter now because we lost, and I'm not in the business of making excuses. |
Offensively, we were really concerned with getting back to mixing and matching and not being one-dimensional and having to throw the ball on every play, |
Oh, that hat will be on, ... I'll make sure people will hold him accountable. |
On the one hand, they hear from the Notre Dame alum that they're going to win every game. On the other hand, they're hearing from the national broadcasters that we're going to lose every game, ... Somewhere in between lies the truth. If I were a gambling man, I'd be betting on our players - and I'm not a gambling man. |
On the one hand, they hear from the Notre Dame alum that they're going to win every game. On the other hand, they're hearing from the national broadcasters that we're going to lose every game, ... Somewhere in between lies the truth. If I were a gambling man, I'd be betting on our players ? and I'm not a gambling man. |
Our effort was outstanding all day. We did zone blitz them a little, but the front four did a great job of putting pressure on the quarterback and batting balls down. They made a bunch of significant plays. |
Our mentality going in was to take chances. The team understood the risk-reward factor because I explained it to them how we were going to play the game. |
Our team doctors came and talked to our team about spearing and said how the intent of the rule is really to protect the guy who is spearing. |