A lot of times we sit there and watch film with the kids and we try to talk to them about at least once finding the perfect play. I haven't watched the film, but that could have been close to the perfect play where everybody did what they were supposed to do. |
But we said to them, 'OK, they scored 25. Now, we'll have to score 26.' |
I've been wondering whether or not we could pull out a close one, and we did. I hate the fact that we had an early lead and then let them back into the game, but we did what we had to do to win. Special teams hurt us, and special teams helped us right there at the end. |
Our boys could've quit, but they didn't. Our offense came alive, but our defense let us down. |
That first quarter was bad -- we haven't played a quarter like that over here in a long, long time, and that made me mad, |
That's part of the reason we appreciate Naperville so much, ... Certainly as a family -- because we have seen some of the other areas. |
The running balances us out a little more. We wanted to come in and throw the ball with Andrew, and having a freshman running back on the varsity that can produce. |
They're all linemen, and they get the least amount of publicity. But they've all stayed in our program and worked hard for four years. |
We were trying to get somebody dragging across, but I don't think [Blaylock] could see him, ... It shouldn't have come down to that. |
We've been focusing on our punt return team trying to block punts, ... We've blocked three punts before this game and returned two for touchdowns, so that's been a team that's been effective for us. |
We've been focusing on our punt return team trying to block punts. We've blocked three punts before this game and returned two for touchdowns, so that's been a team that's been effective for us. |
You know, I'm going to have to check that guy's lineage to see if he's related to Michael Vick. |