In the locker room after the game, it was festive. I think they were excited about the performance they gave. |
is the hardest one I've ever been in. |
Is there anything I can do that will change that? |
Isaiah will have Casey (behind him) and then we'll make a decision from there. |
It accelerated the announcement, but not necessarily the decision. |
It is a very fertile area in this country to recruit. It is always nice to go there and do well. |
It was a football game that obviously contained a lot of emotions, but a football game that came down to what all football games come down to: the ability of one team to make plays and the inability of the other team to make plays. They did a great job of making plays when they had to make them. And conversely, we did not do the same. |
It was just the right time to do it. |
It's a great rivalry, but I didn't think we lived up to our end of it. |
It's a rare skill to do both of those well and to know the right time to run and the right time to throw. But I think he's come along very well in that area. |
It's an important game, |
It's difficult, but it's not as tough as you can imagine because these guys are great guys. It ain't just the sunshine they came for. They're excited about another opportunity to play football and that's what's so gratifying. |
It's much more difficult to determine from the film the speed, the size and all those kind of things, |
It's not just this loss. This football team has suffered a lot of losses. At some point, we've got to break that trend. It's not just about losing games. It's about the mindset that accompanies that. We've got to break it. |
It's one of those scenarios where you don't necessarily throw the baby out with the bath water. We like what we are doing. We will stick with what we are doing and we think that we have the young men that can do it. But on occasions, you don't do it. We try to address those issues and go forward. |