Brad Franchione Quotations

We have plenty of guys on offense who can play, we just need to find 11 who can do it together. I'm not sure they were on the field enough last week to know how they fit together. James Johnson ran 65 yards on a counter for the first play of the drive, so what can I say? I can't get mad at my offense for scoring too quickly.

He's a guy that can become an all-American this year based on the fact that he has the physical attributes that you look for in offensive tackles and his feet have improved immensely. He can be a dominant force, a guy that holds the corner for your quarterback.

Our biggest advantage is that we're going to wear them out. It might be close for three quarters, but in the fourth we're going to have fresh people and we'll get on them.

We dominated them from beginning to end. We ran the clock in the second half because it was 56-0 at halftime.

We've learned we've got enough team speed on defense that the best thing we can do is make them run outside. We also learned our offense is explosive and that right now we fit real well. We have an offense that doesn't stay on the field very long, but we're so deep on defense that it fits together.

This will be a new kind of challenge. From what we understand, they're going to blitz more than half the time. It's going to be a challenge for (quarterbacks Brad) Guidry and Danna and for our big boys to make sure they pick it up.

This is a game of adjustments right here. About midway through the first quarter we'll know what they do and they'll know what we do, and whoever makes the best adjustments will probably have a great chance to win this.

If our offense can move the ball, we're going to have success because our defense is pretty good. We're not great, but we're pretty good on defense. By the endo the season I hope people label us as a great defense.

He's more dedicated mentally than he was in the spring. Mentally, he didn't do a very good job of committing to learning his plays and his responsibilities. This fall, he's been nothing but cooperative, working hard to be successful.