I've always thought they've done a great job. If I hadn't felt that way, when we had problems last year, I would have asked some of them to leave, regardless of who they were. |
I've been around a lot of good football teams and I've been in a lot of locker rooms where we've felt pretty good about what we had done. The kids are the ones that are all fired up and they should be, because they went though all that junk -- the losing years, everyone doubting them and they got together and went to work. They're the guys that should be happy. |
I've been as conservative as I could in evaluating my football team. I think we're a good football team. I think we can be better. |
I've been trying to be as conservative as I can be in evaluating our football team. But we're getting better. ... But I'm not going to get carried away with one win. |
I've talked to the staff. I've told them this is a more physical football team than anyone we've played so far. We'll have to move the ball better than we've moved it on the ground. |
If Bobby Bowden wins 50 more games than I do, I wouldn't care. He's a great guy, a great coach. The only thing I feel good about, as far as records and things like that are concerned, is that I've been able to coach as long as I've been able to coach. How many guys can coach as long as I've been coaching? Be healthy enough to be able to get it done and still enjoy it? |
If I had my way, on a day like today, we wouldn't practice. But I don't know how to turn all those people away. |
If I had to do it over again, I'd probably play the game the same way. |
If John Shaw can adjust from offense to defense, we will probably be OK, |
If somebody (in the Big Ten) is better than he is, they've got to be awfully good. |
If they have to sleep out here, we have to do a better job. The way they're going, they're not gonna graduate. |
If we had not had a place kicker, if we hadn't had a punter, I would have been more concerned about it. You get X number of days and X number of time and you've got priorities. The priority to me was not necessarily the kicking game. But having said all that, looking back, I wish I had spent more time on the kicking game. |
If we had this group of kids last year, we would have won some games. I think you always learn. |
If we had this group of kids last year, we would have won some games. There are some times when your hands are tied. The other guy is just better than you are in certain key spots. We are fortunate this year that we have some people who can make some plays when we get in trouble. |
In his own quiet way, he's got a lot of little things that Michael (had). He's not filled up with himself. ... The kids like him. I think he's a team player. There's a lot of similarities between their personalities. |