But Jones - they are a tough, tough team. |
I loved it. With those guys traveling so far, we didn't want them getting home at two or three in the morning. So, we just decided to make a day of it ... feed them, eat and have a good time. |
I think out of everybody in the conference, we've had the toughest non-conference schedule with just our rivals alone, then you figure Carver and Rocky Mount, |
It's Goldsboro-Eastern Wayne ... enough said, |
Our goal is to come out and play hard for 48 minutes. We were a little star-struck coming out. Then, we realized they put their pads on like we do, and we came out and made a game of it, ... My first comment to them at halftime was, 'did everybody get an autograph.' |
They're a grind-it-out team, |
We always talk about bending but not break. Tonight, we gave up that touchdown, but we stuck with it. They didn't score again after halftime, so the guys held them down. |
We can't be out there for nearly 20 minutes when there is only 24 minutes in a half. |
We dictated the game, and that's what we wanted to do. |
We figured if we just kept pounding and pounding them with the number of players they had we'd wear them out, |
We had to put the ball in the air a little bit more than we like to do, |
We need to read our keys, pin our ears back and go get them. |
We're going in there for a dogfight because we know those guys are going to be ready to play. |
We're kind of looking ahead before we get the ball. We need to keep grinding it out. |
We're looking forward to getting into conference now. |