The obvious question is the quarterback position, and right now we would plan on playing both of them. We feel like we would need both of them, because we don't have any experience at quarterback. One of them may struggle. One could get hurt. So we have to prepare both to play. |
The only time coaches should be disappointed is if you have one leave that you didn't think should. But in Vince's situation, I couldn't say it was better for him to stay than go. ... I'm really excited for him. Whatever kid comes in and is close to graduation and can be a No. 1 draft pick and make $50 million - to me, that works out pretty good. |
The only time coaches should be disappointed is if you have one leave that you didn't think should. But in Vince's situation, I couldn't say it was better for him to stay than go. ... I'm really excited for him. Whatever kid comes in and is close to graduation and can be a No. 1 draft pick and make $50 million — to me, that works out pretty good. |
The only time it was used, they got it right. |
The other thing I would say about Vince Young is he just had the highest passing efficiency of any quarterback in the country. We're very complicated with what we do offensively, and he's won 30 and lost two. He would have graduated next fall. |
The players dared me. They said I was a coward. I almost threw up. |
The thing that I liked best about our team tonight is that they just kept playing and they never got discouraged and they never gave up. |
The trust that I gained is the way he competes when we're in trouble, |
The turnovers killed us. You can't make mistakes like that and expect to win. |
The worst thing for a coach is to try to convince him to come back. After all he's meant to this university, how ungracious of us to be to force him to make a selfish decision. |
Their families are obviously in our thoughts and prayers, and it sounds like New Orleans is really in a mess. We're going to focus on the game and get ready to play. |
Their offensive line's by far the best we've played. We feel like they're very similar to ours. It's going to be really fun to watch those two lines, both sides of the ball, compete against each other because it's going to be good against good. |
There are a lot of rewards for winning, and one that you dream about is to get a National Championship ring. They've had trips to the White House, some have been on Oprah and the celebration was wonderful, but this pretty much puts closure to last year's team. |
There was a tremendous amount of pressure on them. Those streaks are a difficult thing. (USC coach) Pete (Carroll) has done a marvelous job of not talking about those things and continuing to win. |
There were 23 commitments before the end of the summer, |