Karl Dorrell Quotations | Page 2

I'm in the record book, ... That's not something you're proud of, so I think that's something we worked on from that standpoint, and (we) put a lot of stress into that as far as prioritizing that particular area. That's why we improved the last couple of years.

His kind of injury usually takes a full eight to 12 months for recovery. But Drew has done a tremendous job getting himself ready to go. He has worked really hard. I mean, really hard. He wants to take this program to the next level. He is a prime example of how the attitude has changed around here.

His ankle is really sore. Playing on that surface probably made it more significant.

Can we put up those kind of numbers against Oklahoma? That's to be determined.

He's our leader. He's grown and matured this year to where he's physically and mentally the best he's ever been.

He's proven that he can win. He's proven that he can win when the chips are against him. He's proven that he can win on the road in a pretty crazy environment. He's the leader of our offense and he's leading by how he's playing.

I don't know if you ever really can stop him. But we need to make sure we're paying attention to him and we need to restrict as many opportunities as we can.

He's learned a lot. He's grown. He's matured, both physically and mentally, he's the best that he's ever been. Am I surprised that he's playing that way for us now? No. He's been visualizing this type of season for him. He's been visualizing having a great senior year and leading this football team and putting this offense into a position to do what it's doing.

If he was healthy, he would have played in the first game. We wanted to get him some experience and some snaps. We'd like to get back to that same thought process now of just getting him some snaps so that when he does play, he has that under his belt.

How much and all those things, I can't tell you right now. Drew is our starter, Drew is the one that's had a tremendous beginning this season. If we get a chance to play Ben, we'd like that opportunity. But if you can't, you can't.

He played it like it was a championship-style game. Drew played well again for the third straight game. He's a senior and is the most experienced in this system.

He played it like it was a championship-style game.

Their offense spreads you out effectively with the run and pass, but they have that third dimension in a quarterback who runs very effectively. When you defend, you don't count on the quarterback being integral in the run game. His decision-making, when to hand off or keep it himself, worries me. He does that as well as anyone I've seen.

The first year (2003), Drew was sporadic in his execution of a new offense,

The fun and all that stuff, in terms of the bowl experience, you can only take it so far. And now it's time to play. That's where the real fun begins, and that's the reason why you're here.

The first play from Maurice Drew, that can get any team excited.