[After a parade of Scarlet Knights went down late - and prompted a parade of on-field trainers' visits in the process - Illinois QB Tim Brasic charged them with] faking cramping. ... They weren't cramping when they were winning. |
But it turned out a lot better than I thought. I call it Lucky. |
Coach came in and evaluated film and moved a couple of guys, ... but he said he liked my aggressiveness, how I kept my pads low and went after the block. |
He definitely knows them well, ... It's a big week for him. He's giving us a heads-up on ways we can attack their technique, which guys like contact and which don't. You can get that as the game wears on, but he's giving us a heads-up beforehand. I'm hoping it will give us an advantage. |
He's going to come right out and tell us everything he knows. Just a heads-up on ways you can attack their technique, which guys like contact and which guys don't. You can get that from film as the game wears on, but he's giving you a heads-up beforehand. |
I felt good all spring. I threw the ball well and felt good. |
I missed four blocks, a couple coming off the goal line, that normally I wouldn't miss, ... That was my fault from first-game jitters. |
I was on the field probably for every series and every play (in 2004), ... With this offense, I'm not, but I'm contributing. I still have to do my job to block, protect, catch the ball and run the ball. ... There are more chances for others to make plays. So, am I playing every play like last year? No. But we won. |
If someone doesn't have as many beads as they need, I'll help them out. |
If we can get some energy to feed over from Assembly Hall and get it into Memorial Stadium, we'll be all right. It's set up good because those two home games can catapult us into the conference schedule. |
It can get away from you in a hurry if you lose a couple pitches. I have to stay focused next time on hitting my spots. |
Just having him around brings a smile to my face. |
Playing to win is the attitude you have to have, to go out there every night and try and compete. I've done it (in Cleveland) before, and I feel I can again. But it would be kind of sad to leave this family, too. It's a great bunch of guys. |
That surprised me. A guy like him doing something childish like that. |
We just want it to be a fair fight. |