Gary Patterson Quotations

The only difference between us and them is that we won two overtime games and they lost three.

We have received questions from players all over the West Utah, California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico since the move was announced. We understand how good the competition is, that we're going to places like BYU to play in front of 60,000 instead of some places in Conference USA to play in front of 6,000. Bigger stadiums. A stronger league. Stronger nonconference scheduling. It's all a big difference for us and yet our kids are very excited.

One of the things I'll fight when we have the national convention is to keep the coaches' challenge.

Next week will be the hardest week that we'll have. For me, I hope it gets to be about 85 or 90 degrees again. We need a little bit more heat to start becoming condition ready and keep working.

For me, this will probably be the biggest win as a head coach for this program. You've got to know everybody will have ups and downs. This is real important. These are all my kids now that I've recruited. It's good to see them play hard and play in that kind of arena.

If that's how his (Bronco Mendenhall) teams are going to play in his tenure here, they are going to have some great football teams.

He's given TCU three great years. All you can say is it shows that TCU has arrived.

There are so many things being taught. We're just trying to install and get better.

I think (the players) know that they have a chance, with some other people losing, to move close to the top 10.

I think that nine times out of 10, Oklahoma wins this game. Today was our one. We got a chance to show off on national TV and show America that TCU is not gone.

I think that nine times out of 10, Oklahoma wins this game, ... Today was our one.

I think what we were able to do (in 2003) and then what Utah did gives everyone hope for (automatic BCS inclusion),

I said going into the ballgame that I thought there was a little bit of an advantage in having a senior quarterback. He gave me a scare .. and I told him to never do it again.

I said when we got here that I thought it was going to come down to a field goal in the fourth quarter.

I thought he handled that very well. Then we were able to get him some bootlegs, and I don't think they were expecting him to run. ... I'm not sure he's a great runner, but he's mobile.

You always worry about your offense, but our offense is a little ahead of our defense right now. This group is ready, but you never know until game time.

We don't have a supply crisis here. We have these dependable sources.

We came back here to win two of three, and these are the two I wanted to win. One's for conference and the other is for national respect.

This senior class is special since it was our first full class. To win 11 games this season is a great tribute, and seniors like Quincy and Michael are on the forefront of this program's success.

We knew coming in that we were going to have a dogfight, and we had to jump on them early, ... We did that, and our defense was swarming.

We feel very fortunate and are very happy to be 1-0. I don't think many people gave us a chance to be 1-0. But you lose everything you gained winning against an Oklahoma if you go and get beat by SMU.

You do what's best for the team. But we've always had a policy that you don't lose a starting job because of an injury. We'll see how it goes when he gets back.

To be honest, I think that game probably put us in this situation,

Even though it's only 70, the humidity is a lot worse than you give it credit for.

After a game like this you always feel like you are No. 1. We wanted an opportunity to finish high and jump into the top 10 in the final rankings. I feel like we've earned it.

A couple plays here and there, and things could have turned out differently.

This is one of those games. If it had gone on for another hour, it would have kept going the exact same way. It was a great ballgame.

The way the BCS is anymore, it doesn't matter if you are an automatic bid or a non-automatic bid. You've got to start high in the polls early to be able to do anything.

It's going to be a great ball game. We're very closely matched in lot of ways.

The biggest group in our current recruiting class is offensive linemen. Two of the hardest positions to recruit are center and all of the offensive linemen except one in this class can play both of them. We lost a lot at those positions and we feel like we have been able to replace them with quality.

The BCS still is a long way away for us, ... We know we don't have a chance unless we win the conference title. . . . But we feel like if we keep playing better we'll give ourselves a chance.

Oklahoma lost a lot from last year but still has a lot. Neither team knows what it has until the ballgame is over.

Oklahoma has more question marks, I think. If I'm them watching film I'm not sure what kind of TCU team I'm getting. Last year was an uncharacteristic year for us defensively.

It was a great win for the program, but now it's time to move on. I'm very happy for TCU, the alumni and the players. It's been a lot of fun, but now it's back to work.

They helped us out by coming out throwing.

It was just a game with a lot of plays and a lot of football action. I think most people enjoyed it. I even did, and I'm a defensive guy.

I'm really proud of the team and really proud of the way the defense played in the second half. We wanted an opportunity to finish high and jump into the top 10 in the final rankings. I feel like we've earned it.

I'm not sure that we would have the fortitude and chemistry that we have right now and how we've handled things if it wasn't for that loss.

In pass coverage, we looked like a high school team.

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Clint can run right by you and Jimmy can do a lot of things.

BYU plays great defense and we'll have to find a way to take the ball game, ... That's how you win in conference on the road. They've moved the football this year and had penalties and turnovers when they got into the red zone. You have to create lost yardage plays to stop them. You have to take the fight to them and not play on your heels.

I don't think many people went out of the stadium that day saying it was too long of a game,

I didn't feel it was a slight because I probably would've picked us eighth, ... Obviously, as a coach, you use that as a motivational aspect of, 'The West Coast doesn't know much about us.'

I asked the official and he said he (Thompson) made a football play. I didn't think it was a very good football play. Those things happen. I'm an emotional coach. I get a little upset and then I get settled down. I was disappointed in the young man but the game is the game. We cut as wide receivers too.