Jeff Genyk Quotations

When you think of the MAC, you think of good quarterbacks. When are those quarterbacks sacked with a four-man rush? Very rarely.

One of our alums is an elementary school teacher there. He called the office one day and said they had this real good player we should take a look at. We evaluated him on film and liked him. And he's got an aunt and uncle in southeastern Michigan.

Nobody can complain we're going to Texas or California too much to sign players. That makes 41 players we've signed from here, and 35 of them are within an hour's drive.

Basically, both individuals run the exact same type of offense. They're both drop-back passers, they really want to catch it, throw it and spread you out.

He's got good size. I think he's going to be a good player, but he would qualify as a sleeper because I don't think people knew about him.

He's definitely a mature young man. He's done a nice job adapting to the offense.

Other than the ice-cold weather we're doing fine. We had a practice on Tuesday with a 20 mile-per-hour wind out of the north and with the wind chill it was about 10. It wasn't a good day to be a quarterback or a receiver.

We've got some youth there and not a lot of experience, but they're tough, physical players. We have four offensive linemen coming back, so it has been a point of emphasis to improve our running game. I think we will.

We have a lot of young players. But they're playing really good together. They're just making a lot of plays.

We're learning how to win, and we're learning how to close games out. There's no panic on the sideline if we're behind.

Those three visited Central, Western or Toledo, and they chose Eastern.

They've become a big priority for us. When we get a player on campus and they see our facilities, their perception of Eastern changes.

They give up very few big plays. They're very good at keeping the ball in front of their good tacklers.

They are a throw-first team in my mind. Obviously, we have to find a way to contain the quarterback.

It was crucial for us that he step up. He struggled some late last week against Cincinnati (a 28-26 loss), but he came through at some crucial times for us today. And it always helps when you can start off good and fast like we did.

It's a game we have to learn from very quickly and stay together as a team, then move onto Central Michigan, which is obviously a huge game for us.

It was just so representative of playing at Michigan. We did something we just don't do. It's part of Michigan's athleticism but also playing in this environment. We just played slower, paralysis by analysis.

I like his ability to advance the ball after contact. He's a very mature young man, and I think he will take the work ethic he learned in high school and apply it to the next six months so he will be ready in the fall.

He's very difficult to bring down. The first guy's probably not going to get him down. We're going to have to get a lot of green shirts near him.

For that type of size, he's very athletic. He's got very good feet. He can really move laterally well, and he can really catch the ball. We look at him as a dual threat -- blocking and catching the ball.