It feels just like a loss when I was an assistant. |
It was 21-7 for a long time. All we had to do to get back in the game was make a play. But we couldn't do it. |
It was much easier for the players, because you are talking in the same language. A year ago, it sounded like Chinese to them, because everything was new. The coaches' names were new, everything we were calling and doing was new. |
It's not going to be something where we stop and chat. I want them focused - that this is it. . . . We're walking down there to defend our ground. |
Jerod Walker keeps pushing the envelope on the quarterback position. He's a guy that pulls the ball down and makes plays. He is learning how and where to make the throws. |
John Chick makes a play every day, somewhere. That's going to be one of our better personnel moves. |
Leon did a fine job of running the football. Toward the end of the game, he didn't do a few things we wanted him to do. He lost his concentration a little bit. But we're pretty pleased with the way he handled the game. He ran well and took some big hits. He's going to do nothing but get better. |
Leon is making good decisions, and that is when you can win. |
Leon made some nice plays. He knew when to run and get the yardage. ... He is making better decisions. |
Marcus Cross made some good plays when we went live. When he learns more of the offense and what we expect of him, he will get better. |
Marquise has done that a couple of times this spring. He has a good burst and can make those plays. ... That was a nice hit in the open field. That's the way you want to see one side start. |
Overall, we are getting better. We had three freshmen playing on the offensive line, but we are running the zone play better. ... Defensively, we are fitting in better with some young guys. |
Rob Myers has been coming along. ... That catch he made in the end zone was by far the best catch I've seen him make. ... That was a heck of play by Leon and Rob. |
That [turnover] didn't help any. |
The beginning of our schedule is very challenging. We are going to be playing a lot of football in the month of September where as last year with the hurricane and the open dates, we played just two games in that first month. |