Guy Morriss Quotations

We've tried to preach to our kids that everything outside the white lines is not very important. They've done a good job of tuning all that stuff out, which leads me to believe that maybe we can start handling the noisier crowds and the bigger stadiums and the pageantry, where in the past we let that kind of stuff kind of distract us.

Since the end of last season, the whole team has really started to buy into the whole message of doing things the right way. I haven't had any off-the-field problems. I haven't had to check rooms at night. They've been doing conditioning workouts at 6 a.m. four days a week. You can tell they've been investing some time in the weight room. We are starting to look like a football team is supposed to.

I don't think anyone has played their best football yet. We all have things we can get better at.

If we take these guys lightly, we'll have a dogfight. If we're mentally ready to play, I think we can take control early.

I thought the defense ran around pretty good, especially in the red zone. It took us a little while to get anything going offensively. I'd like to see us be a little more consistent in our offense and move the sticks a little bit. We did hit some big plays, which is good to see.

I think we can play spoilers. If we can't go to a bowl, let's make sure they don't get to go to a bowl either.

It is just polishing (the rest of the week) at this point, we really haven't much. We just need to execute better and get everyone clicking.

I think he's taken care of his core issues. A kid like him is so active, I don't think the break will hurt him.

That will create some good competition at that spot and all those young men know if they don't win that job that they'll play somewhere else. All are athletic enough to play a lot of different spots.

We have to learn to play in games like that, with a good quality opponent and a lot riding on it, good prime time TV and stuff like that. That's what they ask for and that's what we talked about all week. This is why you come, for a game like this, and you've got to handle that atmosphere.

When you're recruiting, you sell everything you have and that definitely was a part of it. Our kids believed the coaches when we told them we are about to get it turned around. We're knocking on the door and our next step is that we need you to kick it down. A lot of kids want to be a part of that.

Today wasn't too bad. We had a couple of plays on offense where we got soft on our protection, but we were moving around pretty good. It has been a long, hot week.

We will continue to seek a 60-40 pass-to-run ratio moving forward. I believe Lee can take what we are doing and enhance it. Lee and I have a clear vision of the style of offensive football we want to play.

We're not in that league yet. No more talk about turning the corner.

We have to continue next year to find three or four more.

There's probably two drives we'd like to have back. Other than that, when we needed a play, we seemed to come up with it.

It would set us up, but if we don't win this one, I don't think the wheels will fall off. I hope we're past that.

Right now, we've got three big-time opponents coming up and I think our kids are going to play well. Whether we can beat them or not, we will find out but ... we've just got to go play.

This guy's life is a movie waiting to happen.

It's a great win. We're happy to be 2-0. But I don't want our kids to think that we as coaches or them as players can be satisfied. We just have to play with a sense of urgency.

It's been a long time since our folks have enjoyed football success.

It's probably the most significant game that we have played since I've been here.

It was a good practice. The receivers are getting a little worn down; they run a lot in this new system, and we're a little thin at that spot. We'll probably get more of the big guys in tomorrow to give the receivers a little bit of a break. But we've put in two-thirds of the offense, and the guys are catching on pretty well.

It takes about 48 hours to run its course, so we'll probably have a few more missing (Thursday), too. But, better this week than next. It's just something you have to deal with.

In terms of adding things from a scheme standpoint, there's not a lot left to do. We want to focus more on the details of what we already have in. They are starting to understand it (the new offense) and make adjustments on the run, which is good to see.

In that case, it would have worked against us if they had reversed the call. I'm in favor of replay, and anything to help officials get it right. But I'm sure we will disappointed on the sideline at times, and there will be plays that go against us.

I had a gut feeling that it was right thing to do at that point.

Gary Joe is a young and energetic coach, a very good X and O man. He's an upbeat person and his personality should make him a very strong recruiter for our program. He's excited about coming back to Baylor and will relate well to our players.

The history here in the last few years has been such that they haven't enjoyed those kind of games and those victories. Hopefully we can give our fans the confidence that so they can expect more of that so we don't have to keep buying new goal posts.