Brad Clanton Quotations

He'll play this week. He's not 100 percent, but 90 percent of Brian is better than most people at 100.

He makes a huge difference. He has experience. When he comes out and plays hard, you see big hits and collisions. He accelerates the play of the offense. They do things they're not ready to do. They start playing with one eye on him and one eye on the play.

Humphrey puts on a clinic out there, especially defensively. He's very technically sound. Mauro is the hitting leader on the defense right now. He's 145 pounds and flying around like a crazy person.

Kenny played a little bit of middle school football. He's fairly quick and changes directions pretty well. He has to learn our system.

We went without a middle linebacker. We went to a three-deep zone, and then occasionally we would go three-deep man-to-man. We put two speedsters on the line so we could get in the backfield and make them throw under duress. That made a difference.

Another week of work. We're going to work hard during the week. There's some grumbling on Monday and Tuesday when we're pushing them, but tonight was a wonderful example of what hard work does.

It was a very physical game. It doesn't bother us to play that way.

The kids showed a lot of heart and a lot of fight. This game was a measuring stick. We know we have some talent, but until you play a game like this, you don't really know how to gauge yourself. We're going to be all right.