There will be nothing routine about this game week. |
There'll be some thought given to some punishment. I can tell you right now the punishment may be most painful when it's watched in front of your teammates and you see how you hurt your team. |
There's no question this football team feels drawn to play for the state of Louisiana. |
They need to make sure they can read what the defense is giving them. They need to know which play is the right play and look at the play and make the right decision with the ball. If they do those things and have the ability to compete, they would take the job. |
They're our natural rivals. We're 90 miles away, we get the newspaper. Every time they write something good about those guys, we have to read it. |
They've been to four straight bowls. And they come in here with the idea that they can swing for the long ball and take every cut and opportunity to beat us, any unusual play or anything that will work for them. |
This football team, like the state that they represent, has been through an enormous, difficult time. But they're ready to play. |
This game means a tremendous amount to our players. Who they play for is in all of their goals. They play for family, themselves, and we play for the state of Louisiana. They understand as we get closer to each game what it means to our people. |
This is another turn in the road for this football team. It's something that we have gotten used to over the past month. I think we'll respond very well. The players are excited about getting the opportunity to open the home season on Monday night. I expect our fans to pack Tiger Stadium just as if the game were being played on a Saturday night. |
This is not a made-for-TV movie. This was a real-life trauma where friends and family had to stay in the dorms and the town swelled to take in the New Orleans evacuees. We are treating people that are injured and disadvantaged 200 yards from our stadium. We have a scrimmage, and Blackhawk helicopters are flying people from New Orleans over our heads. |
This now creates an opportunity for Justin and Shyrone to step up and get some additional carries. |
This team (LSU) might be the worst team to play if you're the next team, |
This team (LSU) might be the worst team to play if you're the next team. |
This will be the first one, if you think about it, the first normal game week ... and wow, I can't wait. |
Those things can be adjusted. There will be a differing degree of 'come get ya' and press and cover one and a good zone attack. That variance will change week to week. |