I thought our first day went really well. We are at a point now where we are not going to take a step back just because we lost our quarterback from last year. We needed to hit the ground running and I was pleased with how these young quarterbacks prepared themselves. |
I'm having a blast and I'm really enjoying the game, ... And that's what makes other outside issues, like the Pro Bowl and being ridiculously underpaid, secondary. It's not just the fact that we're winning, we're having fun playing together and I'm having fun playing on this defense. |
I'm really pleased with our defensive backs. Pacino and Josh had really good springs and I think the biggest question is with our depth. |
I've been in shock and tears most of the afternoon. You always feel it's going to happen to someone else. |
If Jerry clears himself and we're able to reinstate him, that's great. But our program has moved beyond Jerry Seymour. We're too fragile as a program to hold back and wait for one individual. |
If we are going to get the national recognition for our program we have to play some of these games. And we have to win some of them. There is no point in playing these games if we don't want to win. |
It further damages the state's ability to attract and retain job creators, because it is essentially a tax on small businesses. |
It will be a great honor for me to play against Joe Paterno, (but) we would like to win the game. |
It's a matter of being at the right place at the right time and having the right conversation. There were a number of Big 12 teams that were in the mix there. Ontario was a late qualifier, academically. And we stood by him. Four days prior to our Indiana game he had not been certified by the NCAA, so sometimes you have to hang in there with a young man and build that trust, and we built that trust with him, and he rewarded us with some great play here and ultimately signing with us. |
It's a nice swagger we have right now. There's a lot of confidence in this locker room. |
It's certainly not in the job description, ... The good thing is I've been a head coach for 15 years. A first-year head coach could have been a wreck. |
It's critical for these young quarterbacks to get a feel for the game. Last year, we didn't have our quarterbacks live because we knew what we had in Kent Smith. This year, we need to find out what we have at that position. |
It's not good enough, |
It's very important for this team to get off to a good start, ... This is a big game on the road. We have to get some confidence, get a big win, come back home and prepare to get another. |
Last year, we ran our spread offense with training wheels for Kent, |