Chuck D. Game Quotations

Rhett threw an outstanding game for us today. This was actually his third appearance of the year, and he's had a good outing every time.

We've executed and gotten the ball to guys who can score. We've established our inside game and played pretty good defense.

John does a pretty good job of keeping his composure. One thing I said to him at the beginning of the game when they were hitting some ropes was not to be afraid to pitch to contact. Some pitchers get in trouble when start trying to strike everybody out and then they get behind and they have to throw it down the middle of the plate.

I thought we were making all the hustle plays in that first half. I thought this game was won on our defensive end.

I thought we played really well in second half after coming out flat in first. We got our rushing game going and Murray did an excellent job receiving.

Our running game is going to be solid, ... but our passing game may be as good as it's ever been.

Our goal in this game was to create a physical presence on our offense, nothing fancy.

Winning this game would do a lot for us nationally. It puts your program in a permanent national status.

We were not a throwing team in high school, ... If you were recruiting now with 85 scholarships, you're not recruiting me. We threw the ball five times a game in high school and didn't get many phone calls.

Andy didn't throw an 11-4 game. It's a shame. I know it's an oversimplification but there are really three aspects to this game -- you have to hit the ball, throw it and catch it. And this week we haven't been able to put all of those together. Our consistency has to get better. They can be a really good team -- there's a lot of potential there. But when you don't do everything right, every little thing gets magnified. They have to realize how good they can be.

There's no change in his game no matter who he plays for.

I understand that we're going to make physical errors - that's part of the game. However, we need to correct some mental errors we made. We were in the game and in position to win, but we just beat ourselves.

Del is a very meticulous person who knows both the run game and the passing game very well. He has great experience at a high level. I put together a list of high-level coordinators and he was on that list.

They have great inside players and some good guards outside. They're going to be a tough challenge for us. We'll have to play a really good game in order to beat them, especially at home.

I told them after the game that you might have outside influences who try to split you apart, but the important things you need to stay together.

It may have been Jay Davis' best game here.

It's going to be a great game. You don't play an unbeaten team in March very often. It will be a tremendous challenge.

It's not an excuse but it's a reason. I thought our kids gave a great effort. Our game plan, we did exactly what we wanted to do. We relied on our defense and our special teams. We wanted to make sure our offense didn't turn the ball over. We just didn't execute when it came time.

It's clear that both these teams are much better. This game was definitely different than the first time.

It just wasn't there. This wasn't the game I was looking for, not the way I wanted to leave.

I can't understand how we can play so well one game (a 74-70 victory over defending conference champion Arizona Western on Wednesday night) and so poorly the next. That's the disappointing thing. We had a chance to get on a run here, and we turn in a performance like this.