Jeff Bowden Quotations

A lot more of them should have played in this past game because they could have been just as effective. But it didn't matter because we couldn't hit targets, so it didn't matter who was in out there.

You better be thick-skinned to be in this profession. And you better be ready to handle it when it comes. It's sad that that's the way it is, but that's the way it is.

It was a good surprise because we needed him. The way I describe him is a tough, tough kid. He's got a chance to be a tough receiver, which is a characteristic we really need.

We had a play called, a run to the outside, but we knew that he wanted the fullback belly. We should have stayed with our original call in that situation but we went ahead with the fullback belly and we had not prepared for that against them. We flat out couldn't block all of their guys on the play. We should have overruled him on that one.

He's very familiar with our program, our system and our standards. He will work primarily with the wide receivers and help out in recruiting locally. He played in three national championship games and then got some great experience in the NFL, so we feel like he is a perfect fit.

He's what you call high-maintenance. He's day to day. He's getting it; he's got to.

He can change a game. I know that.

He's a very emotional young man. He's what you call high maintenance. He's getting it ... He's got to. I'd rather him be super talented and a challenge than not super talented and perfect.

I still wish we had run the ball better. That surely would have helped us. But we knew that was one of their strengths. (The running game) will probably be the No.1 focus in spring ball.

The thing about the running game is he can't get it against the defense. You miss the reaction time going against fast people. What he is doing is getting assignments. He's just got to get it down mentally.