K.C. Keeler Quotations

For two weeks in a row, we did not make the plays when we needed to make the plays. The last two years, we were able to make those plays.

He went from being a kid we never thought was going to play varsity football to a kid who's one of your better, more dependable offensive linemen who can play at different positions because of injuries or because you want more athleticism. He gives us a lot of flexibility.

He has better feet than I thought he'd have. We'll be able to do some things in the offense that I didn't think we'd continue to do. We've seen him run away from some guys we didn't think he'd run away from.

He is absolutely fearless. What we expected from Aaron Love when we recruited him is what we're getting right now. I just didn't quite see all the things I was hoping to see last year. I was saying to myself, this kid might need a couple birthdays before he's going to play for us.

We are extremely fortunate to have Nick join our staff. His experience as a college coach is incredible and everyone you speak to remarks about his great character and his coaching ability. We're getting a great person and a great coach.

People are innocent until proven guilty, but due to the severity of this situation, we are suspending these three immediately. If any of the three is found to be involved in this crime in any way, each will be terminated.

I think he'll tell you we treat him like we didn't know who he was. I don't know if he appreciates that or not. We coach Sean very hard.

My best attribute is that I handle pressure very well. My job is to see how good I can get this team to be. I went to the Touchdown Club one day, and I listened to all the different opinions from alumni and others. Then I said, 'I really appreciate your opinions, but I have no interest in them. It's kind of like me going to your work for an hour and watching what you do and then telling you how to do your job. My staff and I work 80 hours a week, and just because you think we should do this or that what kind of leader would I be?' I let the people know.

We really think he has a very bright future if he keeps developing.

We were working through some things. And when you work through things and beat a good football team, so much the better.

We put Sonny in positions last year I would never want to put a first-year quarterback. We threw 51 times against Maine, and he threw for 415 yards that day. We didn't have the same running game we had the year before or we'll have this year.

The good news is, we'll be very fast. The bad news is, we may not survive physically. No one wants to play on that stuff. No one.

I told the kids in our meeting Friday night that we can't have any more freshmen. We have to grow up and become sophomores and juniors. It's easier to say than do. But you can't explain how important experience is. We just don't have a lot of it. These games are learning experiences for us.

I told them, 'Sit down, because I've heard you brutalize a guy who won 300 games and three national championships and I know you'll get me one of these days, too.

He's just comfortable with everything. Last year was still a learning process. You saw he had all the ability in the world, much like Andy. At the same time, it's a process. It's just a matter of getting comfortable with it. Now he knows the offense as well as anybody.

For people to say he's staring at the receiver ... in our offense, he's making his reads. He's doing exactly what we've taught him.