(The interception) was just a poor decision, ... It's terrifying. You never want that to happen. I just didn't take care of the ball down there. |
[Instead, he gets genuinely angry when the NCAA adds a 12th game to the schedule. He says hokey things like:] Winning outside the rules is not winning. ... I don't want to put that kind of pressure on him. I want him to be the best he can be, today. |
Coming off that loss, everybody expected that we would be down. We sparked everybody's eyes with the way we rebounded. |
Eyes are on you when you do go out in the public, and I want to minimize that. I just try to be with the family and not make any decisions you don't want to, ... Just being with them because I don't see them often, just once a week, was great just to see them and be with them. |
I didn't play to my ability, |
I go to the spot I'm supposed to be and turn around,'' he said. |
I had a lot of opportunities out there but I didn't execute. I didn't play to my ability. It wasn't the pressure. I'm used to that. I wasn't throwing the ball where it was supposed to go. Some (passes) were high, some low. |
I'm just trying to take charge of the offense. Last year, I was thrown in there as a freshman. You're a freshman and, of course, they look up to you as a quarterback. Verbally, there wasn't much out there. It was pretty much by example and physical attributes. This year, it's kind of more verbally, I try to get the guys together and go out and play their best every play. |
If we spread the ball out like we did today, then the sky is the limit for us. |
If we spread the ball out like we did, the sky's the limit for us. If we get the ball to our playmakers, we're going to be well off. |
It was actually pretty easy. I really enjoyed the recruiting process, and it's something you can never expect. I just tried to remain calm throughout the whole process. I am glad to get it done before the craziness really starts. |
It's always in the back of our mind. |
It's always in the back of our minds. We need to focus on our first couple of games and deal with those teams before we get to that point. |
It's mostly in the spread periods for the defense and trying to give the defense a look for the spread teams that come up (this season). |
Just going through last week, not playing ever like that before ... (you) just pretty much got to ignore it and move on and be more prepared than you were last week. |