He played basketball, but he ate lunch with me in the cafeteria last year. I told him, 'You're going to play football.' He said, 'I am?' I just said, 'Yes, you are.' Then one day, he turned around and said, 'Coach, how do I block as a receiver?' Right then, I knew I was going to have a good one. |
Last year we said we would take one game at a time. This time we're willing to go for it all, and take the risk of being disappointed. |
My guys are defining themselves. They believe in themselves. It's a very close group. |
There's not a jealous bone on this team as far as who gets the scoring. We really feel good about the roles our other guys play. |
We didn't play a terrible first half - they're a very good basketball team, but we raised our level of play that extra little bit we needed to. |
We were one and done on every shot it seemed (in the first half), and they had a second chance on every shot. |
We won all three phases of the game —offense, defense and special teams. |
We're raising the bar. We're taking more risk. We're opening ourselves up for more disappointment. That's a chance we're willing to take. |