If someone thinks we're going to dominate the game, well, no one has for a long time against them. What we've got to do is try to knock a ball loose, or tip a ball, or just make some plays. |
If we lost it I was going to be fired. Those will start coming into your mind as big games. . . . Not that I remember, but it was on a wheel route to Bucky Brooks. |
If you cannot have your best game out there and still score 52 points, that just shows you this team has a chance to be really special, |
If you don't play your best game and you are still able to score 52 points, you know you have a special team out there. |
If you win the national title will it be the greatest thing that's ever happened in your life? No. I asked Bobby Bowden once, and he said the second national championship's a lot tougher than the first one, so don't get excited about it. |
If you're good enough to finish where you want to, and that's to win all your games, you'd rather start high because it's a lot harder now to come from the bottom to the top than it used to be. If you're out of the top 10 and some other teams have good seasons, you can have a great year like Auburn did and not have a chance to win it all. So there's no doubt that it's more important. I wish we started polls in October. Since we do not, I'd rather be rated high. |
If you've got two beautiful girls, I don't think you have to pick. If there are two beautiful girls, I don't think I'm going to say, 'Her hair's a little shorter' or 'Her hair's a different color'. These are two great offenses. It's hard to score to 50 points. How many times in the history of college football have two teams averaging 50 points played against each other at the end of the year? |
In listening to so many people who have been touched by Mr. Penick's life, I really heard a message about coaching. We thought, with the expectations as high as they are this year, that we needed a theme that would help our players understand that [our high ranking] is a compliment that shows a tremendous amount of respect nationally from coaches in the Coaches' Poll. |
Intelligence isn't a concern here; maybe the process is. |
It did send a message. It was an important score. It put us up by three scores, which is a huge difference. |
It has been a very good week of practice ... the most focused I've seen them because they can't wait until Saturday. They know it is going to be a great test. |
It helped us understand that all of the hype around the game is totally unimportant unless you enjoy it. Don't fight it and don't get nervous about it: enjoy it. I had a great time the week of the Ohio State game. I had never been to that stadium and I was like a kid walking in there like a fan. It was fun for our group to have all the odds against us because that doesn't happen very much for us. And that's where we are again. We've earned the right to be here but the odds are against us. And that's a good position for us to be in. |
It looks to me like she's still in charge. |
It makes it very, very difficult for us to prepare. It's like preparing for an opening ball game — again. |
It seems like the bigger the stakes, the better he plays, which is really exciting right now for us. |