Basically, we just had a mindset not to let [Brooks] get to the hole. And if he does get to the hole and puts up a shot, box out. |
He's valued people more than ministry, |
His preaching is birthed out of love for people, and his love for God surpasses his love for people. |
I finally was able to get my mom on her cell phone last night, ... She told me everybody was OK and the house was OK. It's tough to get people on their home phones around the whole state. |
I got to the point where I was saying, 'Am I doing anything right at those positions?' |
I have to say us playing together as a team. Everybody had to sprint back because they get a lot of fast break points. As we sprint back as a team, we stop half the points they usually get. |
I think the key today was our pressure on their quarterback, we had a lot of young guys step up. We had some young guys come in today and play well. That's something we needed, and they responded. |
I thought something like this wouldn't happen until maybe next season, ... I know how hard it is for offensive linemen to break in on this level. Getting back to my natural position has really been a blessing for me. I'm much more comfortable now. |
I'll take care of the boys. |
If we would've lost, we would've gone home; that would've been the end of our season. But, of course, as seniors, me, Blaise [Meeker], L.B. [Brian Glasper] and Pat [Nygaard] didn't want to go out like that. We weren't ready for our season to end. |
Lots of time we'd come down and make one call, then the defense would be something we didn't expect and we'd have to make another call. It gets tough but we just need to get better at it. |
My job is just to defeat the guy on the other side, |
We had to maintain a big lead. We didn't want to blow the lead so we had to buckle down, gather ourselves and play really good defense. And that's what paid off. |