I'm just looking forward to getting a chance to get on the field and make some plays. If you're a football player, you can adjust to anything on the field. |
I'm pretty comfortable now, there are still things I need to learn, like running routes. That takes a little time, but I feel confident in myself. |
I'm tired. But the win was so big. We had lost two in a row and the season was on the line. |
It was close, but they weren't going to get me down. I couldn't go back to the sidelines with a safety and face Coach Groh. There was no way there were going to get me down. I was going to throw it into the stands before they got me down. |
It was great how my teammates and coaches kept rallying around me up there. They never pointed a finger and never got down on me. That shows how much this team has come together. |
It's a long season, and it gets even longer on the next level (NFL), so I think the bowl system is a good thing. Playoffs might work, but not like bowl games. I hope they stick with the bowls in college. |
It's good those coaches got promoted to the jobs they did . . .. I think the team rallied together and everyone assumed individual responsibility, and the win is good. It's gratifying. |
It's good to reminisce. But that game has no effect on how this game's gonna be played. |
Speed is a factor in any game. Coach E has done a good job of getting us faster overall. |
Syracuse got pressure into the backfield a lot quicker, so they altered some of the timing I could use to go through my [passing] progressions. Coach says that, 'If you're going to make a decision, to go ahead and do it.' My God-given ability just takes over and I was able to make some plays. |
The only times I got sacked was when I was trying to make plays on my own. It wasn't that the offensive line had let down. They did a great job. |
They told me I could come to school right away. They wanted me to 'prop,' but you lose a year under Prop 48. I didn't want to do that and my high school coach [Mike Smith] didn't want me to do that, so he made a call to Coach [John] Shuman at Fork Union. I wanted all my turns to play. |
We'll have football practice, a team meal, meetings, curfew and then I'll call it a night. |
We've got some good running backs as well. It's going to come down to execution. |
When second or third comes along again, they're going to be more concerned about what the quarterback is going to do in there. Maybe that's less pressure for me to worry about and that gives me more time for my progressions or opens things up for a running back to get a first down. |