Early last season Ted Ginn was a novice playing a new position. You could see the increase in understanding. Once you understand what's being asked of you [then] all of a sudden your physical abilities take over. And he's got extraordinary physical abilities. |
especially because they're Ohio State and Texas, two great schools that if you had to pick two you'd want to see play, if it's the last game you'd ever want to see in your life, it might be these two and that makes it special, two great football states, two great schools, two of the largest alumni in the world. The interest level is tremendous. |
Every day [Smith] learns something and gets better, and every game he learns. He's very passionate about being a great quarterback. |
Every play is designed to work and every defense is designed to go against every play. It's just a matter of who executes and they won. |
Every state we go to, it's just like that. I don't care if it's Denver, Colorado, or Georgia or Florida. It's neat to get a chance to see the different alums throughout the country. |
Everyone likes to discuss what we haven't done at quarterback, but we could talk a little bit all the way down the line about where we need to get a lot better, ... We need to get a lot better fast, because when you start playing against the Big Ten defenses, yards and first downs and points are even more difficult. |
Everyone, ... has been thinking about it since the end of last season. |
Exactly who will play when, obviously we're not going to outline for you today, but I think Troy's performance in the '04 season, his performance in the spring and his performance in preseason warrants him deserving to play. I think Justin's performance last season and this spring and this preseason and now Game 1 of this season warrants that he should play. |
Exactly who will play when, obviously we're not going to outline for you today. |
For his first time out, I thought Troy did some good things, ... I am sure there are some plays he would like to have back, but the only way to get better is to get in there and play as many snaps as possible. |
For this football game, as it stands right now, yeah, we've got two starting quarterbacks, ... We're planning to play both guys. |
getting better in all phases. |
Good defenses will wear on you. Our defense just kept coming after them and as the game goes on, good defenses are harder to go against. |
He can play the game of football. There are some guys who are just fast, but are maybe not football players. Derrick Williams is a football player. He's out there having fun. |
He creates a lot of problems because he can make plays when there's no play to be made, ... You've got to affect the quarterback's job because no one has a harder job than the quarterback and if you make it even harder, I think you have a chance to stop an offense. |