Our players left everything on the field. When they came off the field, they were spent. I was watching them come through the tunnel going to the locker room. I just really hurt for them because the effort was just terrific. It was like two heavyweight fighters through the overtimes refusing to go down. |
Our product has to be better, and I say that without hesitation. We have to get to a point where we're making significant and consistent progress. That will take the level of interest up immediately. |
Tell us what the threshold (for qualifying) is and we'll try to meet it. Right now, there's no clarity. There's no consistency. |
That was never even a thought. |
The banner of the mid-majors is clearly being carried. |
The biggest thing to deal with is the weather. If it never rained, it would be fine with me, because I have irrigation. I can put the water on the field when I need it and when I want it. ... So much of the job is putting water on and taking it off. |
The profile has to change. We can't spin our wheels with resources potentially not being maximized and people's time not being maximized. ... Everybody is looking at that, and we're no exception. |
The safety of the visiting coaches and team, as well as the game officials and fans, is of the utmost concern. |
There was additional security in place for this game, and a meeting was held as recently as game-day morning to review alternatives one final time. |
There's no question in my mind that we never belonged on that list. |
They certainly took appropriate action. |
They're brokenhearted, they're devastated. They feel as if their life is over. |
This month we just kept getting storm after storm after storm. |
We can't lose an inordinate number of people to academic and character issues. |
We have a segment of the student population who have really responded very positively. They come and they've really done a nice job. But they represent still too small a number of the total segment of students that we need. We just need to have more numbers. |