It's disappointing, of course, but at the same time we've had a great season with a great group of players. It's a game of inches, and in this one we didn't have the inches fall in our direction. |
It's the same way on defense. They know how we want them to come to camp. There aren't as many questions, and there are no gray areas. We can just line up and try to make our football team better. |
Law is more of a power running back, while Corey has more speed. |
Our goal was to win the line of scrimmage in all three phases of the game, and I think we did that, |
Our goal was to win the line of scrimmage in all three phases of the game, and I think we did that. |
Our offense moved the ball against a very good defense, |
Overall, our offense, I thought there was definitely something there that we could make special. |
Playing in the national championship game is priceless in many ways. |
Ryan makes plays because of his intelligence He knows where he belongs ... knows his assignments which helps him play faster. |
That's a huge part of having success over time, |
The best thing about Eric is he balances up our offense. He throws it to everyone. He runs the offense the way it should be run. |
The intent of the first two weeks was to make sure that we could make a mistake here or there and hopefully come out with a win. If you make those errors (against Iowa), you're playing a team that will take those and turn them into scores. |
The key is to keep those two guys healthy. They need to get a lot of reps. This is an important spring for them. We need to find out what kind of runners they are so we can make the offense work for them. |
The real story on Ryan is how he has overcame his setbacks. Because when you climb to the top - become a starter - and an injury occurs that keeps you out for a long time, you have to start back at the bottom rung. Ryan fought his way back up. |
The reality is, we played a very good football team, fell behind, and then came back to our game plan. We know what kind of football team we have now. |