[It came from his coach, Glen Mason, as a maroon-and-gold celebration spilled from the field toward the dressing room and threatened to engulf them Saturday afternoon. Mason spotted Maroney walking up the ramp in the Metrodome.] I said, 'You've got to run,' ... He said, 'Coach, I can't run.' He said, 'You carry me and run, and we'll get it done.' |
[Penn State rushed for 364 yards, most of them up the middle, in a 44-14 victory over the Gophers two weeks ago.] Terrible. Atrocious, ... We violated about every fundamental there is. |
Any time you leave the defense on the field that long ... the difference in first downs (35-13) is incredible. |
Before we even played any games this year, I said I think we'll be a better football team than we were last year. We're a year more experienced, a little bit bigger, a little bit stronger, so we should be better. |
Both [opposing] coaches after our last two games have come up to me after the game and said, 'Where did you get number 20?' He is the type of player, where you'd better know where he is on the field. You better see him coming or you will have a problem. |
Both coaches after our last two games have come up to me after the game and said 'Where did you get (Owens),' ... He is the type of player where you better know where he is on the field. You better see him coming, or you will have a problem. |
Credit Virginia. They did a good job - I'm not saying stopping our run - but it was tough sledding in there. |
Credit Virginia. They did a good job, not really of stopping the run, but making it tough sledding in there. |
Defensively we're so banged up right now. It seems like we've got more projected starters standing on the sideline than I've ever seen. Nothing major, but they're out right now. |
Everyone keeps saying, 'I bet you're looking forward to revenge,' ... Revenge has nothing to do with it. It's how we play and how we prepare [for Saturday]. If anything, you'd like them to forget last year. |
Football is a 60-minute game. We've been on both ends of those where you start and sometimes you've got to come from behind. Momentum swings, and when you've got it, you want to keep it, and if it goes the other way, sometimes it's hard to get it back. |
he couldn't throw the football. |
He seems like the nicest, sweetest little guy, and he is. But he's a good football player. I love tough guys, and he's a tough guy. |
He?s an awfully good quarterback that happens to also be an outstanding athlete. |
He's a great back. Just look at the number of touches he gets a game. Not only from the running back position, but from screens and passes and you name it. I wished he would have stayed at Colorado. |