A big play in the game was when Chad got hit. It looked to me, well, it certainly was a big play there. |
An old poet said, 'It's better to go to the Rose Bowl and lose than not to have gotten there at all,' ... What I want to do is keep going out there until we win one of those damn things. |
An old poet said, 'It's better to go to the Rose Bowl and lose than not to have gotten there at all.' What I want to do is keep going out there (to Pasadena) until we win one of those things. |
Antonio is a great athlete and a guy who has tremendous upside. He had a wonderful freshman year if you consider some of the nagging injuries he had. Yes, it will be a significant loss if we lose him. |
Anytime you have change -- depending on what those changes are -- it creates certainly new blood, and change is part of our world. It's just the way it is. It's no different in the coaching profession -- change is part of the process. |
At some point he will be considered with the very, very best offensive linemen that have ever played here and that's high praise, ... He is so talented athletically and he is so tough mentally. For anybody who was going to start a football team, Jake Long would be a great place to start. |
At some point he will be considered with the very, very best offensive linemen that have ever played here and that's high praise. He is so talented athletically and he is so tough mentally. For anybody who was going to start a football team, Jake Long would be a great place to start. |
Being a quarterback is a process. And I think he made a lot of progress. I think he made some very good throws out there today, then he had some very poor plays that he'd like to have back. |
But I thought we did some good things. No. 1, I thought we really pressured the quarterback and knocked him down a few times. I liked that. |
Certainly, depending upon the outcome of it. Yeah, it will be a significant loss if we lose him. |
David Underwood has distanced himself. He clearly is the No. 1 tailback, and he's done that through being in the best condition of his life. |
Dealing with success is more agreeable than dealing with losing, ... but it's no less difficult. Now we have to deal with all these people patting us on the back. But it's not wise to listen to that because it might distract you from what you need to get done. |
Defensively we have to find a way to keep them out of the end zone. College football has changed. Everyone has the ability to spread you out and it's not easy to stop them for four downs. |
Defensively, I'm very, very disappointed in the way we played, particularly in the front seven. I don't think we played well at all up there. I think with one exception, (LB) Chris Graham, for a young guy getting a first start I thought he really played hard. He made a lot of plays. We're just not where we need to be. We need to play harder. We need to play more physical. That is our intent. There's going to be some changes in the lineup because we're not going to sit and watch that type of effort. We need to play harder, we need to play tougher. |
Defensively, it's become an assignment game. It's had an unbelievable impact. |