Jay Norvell Quotations

I think we're doing a lot of good things. We have a lot of offense in and every drill we want to win, but we aren't playing a game today. I'm really happy with the way we're starting to run the football. Our (I-backs) are running hard, we're starting to understand concepts and we're getting better.

We're not pleased by that, obviously, but we are 2-0, and we were 1-1 last year. What's the most important stat? I'll take the last one.

It was a nightmare. We had penalties on things that were so elementary.

We have got to be the kind of team that finds a way to win. That's what we have to do on offense until we get established guys who are playmakers. We just have to find ways to get first downs and score points and take advantage of our opportunities in field position.

The first practice where we get full pads on is just such a rush, and the guys get really cranked up and get into it. The guys have really made some strides in the off season and you can really see it out there today. Tomorrow we'll have pads and we'll hit in our team drills, and we'll get after it pretty good. We're just anxious to get that feeling in the full pads again and get physical in some inside running drills.

They still have a drive-in movie theater across the street from the school.

These are great practices for us. They give us a chance to do a lot of fundamental things. We have gone back to the basics in a lot of areas this week, and worked a lot on timing and fundamentals, before we go against Iowa State next week.