For whatever reason, teams always seem to jump on us with early goals. But I think we then realize the severity of the situation. It fires us up and we play a lot better.
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TIM CORBIN We have played at home and it doesn't seem to be a hindrance to us, but it does for the other teams....
BO WILLIAMS A lot of times it seems like for some reason if we're not scoring on the power play we don't seem to...
CHRIS MASON Because of our name a lot of teams don't want to play us. But we feel like this team can get a lot b...
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CHARLIE COLSON
If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack.
CRAIG GROESCHEL It has to do with the severity and frequency of bad fires. It's a choice, but it's always tempered w...
DON ARTLEY It cost us a couple games early, but then guys started fighting for each other. We could have had a ...
JARVIS HERRING I think we played better football than Waterhouse, but one mistake saw us go behind. Things were not...
ANTHONY THOMPSON I think we've always had the confidence. It lets us know we can step up and play with anybody when w...
JAZZ COVINGTON I want to play them early. It's good for us, because I think they only get better and better as they...
BRENT DAVIS We just want to play basketball. We can play whatever game you want to play. I would love to see a s...
CHARLES MCDONALD I think this will be better for us. I think that we have a more realistic chance of making the playo...
DAVE HILLIARD We thought it would be better for us to play teams we don't normally see.
HARRY SACHS A lot of teams out there have these great records, but who did they play? We played those teams with...
JOEY AVILA We're ready to play when we come up from the locker room. We jump on teams and sustain it.
LENNY JEFFERSON Mentally and physically we just were not into the game. We came out flat and I think we're a lot bet...
BRAD BLEW The students are our sixth man. They pump us up and I think we play much better with the students be...
PORTER MOSER It was disappointing. For whatever reason, we didn't get it done. We didn't play with a lot of confi...
DOUG PRESTON Our guys are tough. They got a lot of heart. I love the way we play. We didn't give up. We came roar...
BRIAN BRANDTNER A lot of people gave up on us when we were 5-5 and we kind of went under the radar. We got too much ...
LANCE ROBINSON I think it's a no-win situation for other teams to draw us right now. Because of our record they are...
DAN MAY We have the type of team that can just jump on a team early and we can just hit 'em, ... We can't gi...
BEN CHANDLER It gives us a lot of competition; we get to play a lot of teams that we don't see [otherwise].
MIKE TRACY
Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can ach...
SIMON SINEK People have said we don't play a hard schedule. But (Friday night) we beat one of the better teams a...
ASHTON WHIDDEN It's good for the program, and a lot of teams don't realize that we are here to play.
DOMINIC MODISE We haven't been in that situation very often. Typically we come out strong and make shots early. I t...
ALAN BUSS
Most of us think we're too busy or too important to rest for a day.
CRAIG GROESCHEL It always happens sometimes during the season that the power play doesn't score goals, but we have t...
ANTTI LAAKSONEN We faced the 5-on-3 early and that's not a situation you want to give up but we killed it off and it...
MAXIME OUELLET I don't know what to expect. I would just like us to go out there and play hard. We have some good t...
AUGUSTINE RUIZ We've been coming together a little bit better as a group. Things came easy for us early and we didn...
KIRK KACZOR We are glad to have a football game. Anytime you open a season up, a lot of things can happen. I don...
LANCE ANGEL We try to let the younger players know what it takes to play against the teams we play. We play a lo...
MARKELL RAWLS They always play us hard. We always seem to have a bit of trouble with them or have in the past.
GRAHAM MCNABB Better competition will make us perform better. You play really good teams to prepare for the playof...
BRUCE ALTER A lot of teams want us to stay away from our plays because we run a lot of plays. So they try to spe...
DREW WILLIAMSON It was tough for us to go down there and beat them. It was their first bowl game in a while and we d...
BRIAN TOAL I think the reason we scored so many goals is that the defense played great the past two games. They...
COLIN SOUTH The better teams are, the better we seem to play. We're playing the tough teams now and we're playin...
CARLOS LEE It was hard to move on from the Duke game, but we stuck together through thick and thin. We've tried...
SHAWN HARRIS We sort of got behind and had to play catch-up, but we hit a lot of free throws and I think that's w...
LENNY ROYBAL We sat back a lot and allowed them to beat us to a lot of 50/50 balls, which kept the play in the mi...
FRANK LEAFE Having a lot of veteran players will be a big help to us. We get a quick look at Section 2 teams wit...
DEBBIE EATON It is more a case of us giving the goals away than a product of our opponents play, ... We need to o...
CLAUDE MAKELELE I just think we lost to a better team. They took us out early and never let us back in it.
MONTE STEWART Teams (like Minnesota) that aren't playing for anything are always dangerous because they play loose...
CHUCKY ATKINS That was good execution on their part. We were way too far ahead of their pitcher. We have to sit ba...
DON SUTHERLAND Beating the defending district champion is a big win for us. We need to prove to ourselves that we c...
JUSTIN SHELL We're just trying to hold teams under a certain percentage. It's a challenge for us and we take it o...
JOSH HOWARD
The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have.
CRAIG GROESCHEL A lot of those teams normally are district teams for us, so we can kind of see how we measure up.
JOE WOJTKIEWICZ We're very aware of the situation. We need to jump on teams who are tired from playing the night bef...
ETHAN MOREAU We play with a lot of heart and a lot of intensity. Really, I think people have underestimated us.
FREDDIE BIEHL
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BILL CARLIN I figure we'd might as well have tests for us to get to state so when we get to state it might be a ...
DEANTHONY ZANDERS If we can pick up six points from two games then we can close up on the teams above us and make a re...
HARRY REDKNAPP Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD We didn't come out with a lot of emotion for whatever reason, and I'm sure a lot of it had to do wit...
PAUL COLTON This was a good meet for us. We got to see a lot of the better Division II teams and some of the bet...
KIRK PEDERSEN In games, we can't let other teams hang around with us. Other teams get pumped to play us and we're ...
DAVE BOWMAN He's on the same line as (Joe Peruzzi and John Benson), scoring a lot of goals. We have a lot going ...
BRYAN LARRISON We just played one of the best teams in the state. For one half, we hung in there with them. They di...
BRAD BOY
You must realize that it is the ordinary way of God's dealings with us that our ideas do not work ou...
THOMAS MERTON I think primarily the reason we did better was we concentrated on teaching fewer players what to do....
HARRY MASCH It's a big task, but we're ready and we're up for the challenge. We're just going to go out there an...
ANDREW TAYLOR I think moving up to Group AAA would give us better equity among the schools we would play. But I th...
JACK TUCKER This game means everything. It means a lot. We played with a lot of emotion when it was time and it ...
MAXIME TALBOT Bingham defended us well, and it was hard to play catch up against two quality teams. We didn't play...
JAY WELK The next two teams we play don't have a lot of wins either, but we're on top of the A-Sun right now ...
KAREM KEMP We didn't play with the same fire and intensity that got us here. We got here with a lot of work and...
CEDRIC DRAKE We hadn't faced a lot of teams that pressured us and picked us up at half court.
JOSH HARTMAN I don't want to say that Verona outplayed us. But they played better. I thought we were ready to giv...
BRIAN HAMMIL The schedule is something we wanted to address. We think with the addition of Miami (Fla.) and some ...
TRACY SMITH We played a few non-conference games early against some teams that were better, and now we?re into o...
MARK SOLL We take a lot of pride in earning the number one seed. However, we also realize that means all the o...
ERIC SHELTON Win-loss records, we were right around .500 (early) but we got a lot more out of that. It was a grea...
JOE MARSH I saw him helping us out a lot on special teams and on the defense. He's a playmaker. Unfortunately,...
CATO JUNE I think the reason our mission work has grown is because of the 'prayer principle.' If we think we s...
BILL CAMP Once we get that first goal, we seem to flip on the switch. That's why I like for this team to get e...
JAY HAUGLAND We seem to play better on the road more as a team. It's just an us against them mentality. It dra...
ANDY MANGIN We seem to play better on the road more as a team. It's just an us against them mentality. It dra...
ANDY MANGIN That pumps us up. That helps us play better, I think. It helped us out.
CAMILLE LITTLE I don't know if we think it's going to be an easy schedule when we are playing teams like Columbus a...
CHRIS MASON I don't think we've played our best against Dunedin, for whatever reason, and I think it's time for ...
DEREK NICHOLSON We know we can't let teams hang around. Getting on them early can set a tone for the rest of the gam...
JACK SCALCUCCI (Ballard) is a team that can make us better later on by playing against it. We can use this game to ...
CARY THOMPSON
Whatever happens this season happens for a reason. But one thing we are sure of is that all things w...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Teams are better in transition at home, at least that's what I've noticed. At least we are. We are c...
BILL CARMODY That was the start we've been looking for all season. The defense again set us up with good field po...
DAN GROSSMAN Nobody was comfortable; everybody realized the opportunity they had. And I don't want to point finge...
BROOKS ORPIK We needed a game like this where we had to step up at the end. I'm upset we didn't play well, but it...
CARMEN DOLFO They've always been close games, because usually both of us are near the top of the conference, and ...
DAVID MCGINNIS They did a great job, played us tough, but I think we were a little flat being off for eight days. I...
MATT HERTING Defensively, I think we have a long ways to go, obviously. We have to know our assignments and then ...
CAMERON JENSEN Offensively, I think we hoped for a little more out of Jeremy and I know he expected a lot more from...
MIKE HARGROVE It's something to give us a reason on Sunday to watch two bad teams play.
MIKE LOWELL