Brian Brohm Quotations

Nobody said the Big East would be easy.

I grew up not liking St. X and loving Trinity. The guys at St. X, you grew up with them, played ball with them. It's like a rivalry with your brother. You want to beat them in everything.

I don't feel like we escaped with one. I feel we earned it.

We feel like a team that can get it going at any time. We're not going to get jumpy. You don't want to have a bad series, but we always think we're going to score on the next one. And I know the defense thinks the same way.

I think we were up pretty handily and some guys got a little complacent. We didn't have as much energy and didn't execute like we needed to, and that contributed to Kentucky getting back into the game.

I was visualizing this game all week long, ... I knew we could make big plays. It was fun.

Stefan was No. 1 in pass efficiency, ... Obviously, he was doing things right. He's a tough act to follow, but I like it that way.

It felt good to come into Lexington and get a win. This is what it's all about. Come in, get a victory and start 1-0.

Mike did a great job in the beginning with the run, so then they started loading the box up, ... And then it really opened up in the second quarter, where we had things open downfield.

We just didn't come ready to play. We hurt ourselves with penalties and were never able to get going offensively. ... It came down to not being able to execute. They made plays and we didn't.

We need this game to kind of get rolling before we go into the rest of conference play.

We were a little sluggish and didn't have the same energy as the first half. I made a few errant throws and some mis-reads here and there. But Kentucky made a good comeback.

We were playing a little tight, and when Coach told us, we all realized it. We went out there in the second half, relaxed and had fun and you saw the results.

We got that momentum going, got in a rhythm, and you saw (that) once we get into it, we can do pretty much anything we want to, ... We've got to get into that rhythm every game.

Once we got it going, we couldn't be stopped.

That's what Mike's going to do. He's a big guy. He'll pound away and pound away.

You saw once we got in there we can pretty much do anything we want to.

This is a big game. West Virginia is probably the best team in the Big East right now. We need to go into their house and pull out a victory.

It was supposed to be a pass play. They covered it pretty well, so I took off with it. They came off the ball and stopped me. I have three options there. We were trying to get someone in the back of the end zone. I tried to run it myself when that did not work. I didn't get in.

It was supposed to be a pass play,

It's a play we've practiced. But it broke down, and I had to try and run it.

It's going to be a great atmosphere, ... I love it. It's fun to look up in the crowd and see faces I know and see people who have been cheering for me all my life.

That's one of our strong suits, our skill positions. Deep at receiver. Deep at running back. Those guys go down, we think that we have guys behind them that can pick up the slack.

No, maybe before or maybe after the game when the game is ending up, ... Not while I'm actually out there during the game.

I love it. I can look up into the crowd and see faces that I know, and people that have been cheering for me all of my life, ... It's fun to see those people cheering for me while I'm out there.

I have very high expectations for myself, and a lot of people outside have them too, ... I like it that way. It keeps me on the ball and pushing for perfection. I wasn't happy with the way I played in the second half. I think I might have been pressing a little. I think everyone is very eager to get back out there because we didn't put on the show we wanted to put on against Kentucky. So we want to get out there and show everyone what this offense is all about.

I'm used to it. They've been on me that way my whole life.

I love playing on the road like that, ... I just think it's fun to get in a hostile environment and challenge yourself.

I have three options there. We were trying to get someone in the back of the end zone. I tried to run it myself when that did not work. I didn't get in.

He's the one who dreamt it all and basically, he's the reason behind all of it, ... it probably makes him very happy to see we have gotten all of this in place.

You've got to make the read correctly, ... You've got to be able to see the defense and recognize what's going on and know where to go with the ball. But you don't have to throw the ball as hard as Brett Favre.

All three guys were covered pretty good, ... so I thought I'd take my chances, run up as far as I could in the middle, and the guy came up and tackled me at the two.