Mickey Matthews Quotations

Id much rather be playing Lock Haven than Nebraska, ... Im sure Jack would switch with me.

He just really impressed us with both his athletic ability and the kind of young man he was. We feel like his potential is unlimited.

I think that's what everyone's getting right now. Like Astroturf, you don't have to water it and mow it, so the maintenance is very low on it. And it doesn't have nearly the injury problems that Astroturf has.

Rodney needs to play. Justin?s had a lot of live action and Rodney has not. If you don?t get it right now, it?s very difficult to do in the fall.

I think he?s about half a step off. He?s not as quick as he was.

We'll be tested. Any time you've won 11 of the last 12 games, you think you're pretty good. Regardless of who you're playing, you have a high level of confidence.

Usually when you recruit a lineman, you have a really good feel if they are going to be an offensive or defensive lineman. Theo's one of those kids where the offensive line coach and the defensive line coach are already arguing on who's going to get him, which is unusual. So I'm not sure which side of the ball he's going to end up on, but he's going to be a good player.

When people are loading up on us, we have to have the ability to throw the ball. We cant let people put eight or nine people in the box and expect to run the ball.

We always start at Page 1. Everyone that?s returning knew exactly what to do and practiced really well. And everyone?s that?s new was struggling, to put it mildly.

We need to look at other backs. We?re trying to establish who?s our third-best running back this game.

we just need to keep it in his hands.

Everyone understands money, ... When the head of the household gets a big raise, theres more things you can do. If your athletic department needs money to operate, thats why you go play em.

Theres nothing good about playing one of those teams,

During the coin flip, one of the coaches up in the press box said 'Coach, Adam can't go the first series,' and I said 'Why not?' ... He said 'He got run over by the Duke Dog on a motorcycle.'

That?s like saying I had a date with a blonde. Well, there are some ugly blondes and there are some good-looking blondes. Sometimes the committee gives the same weight to all Division I, but who did you play.

It's not like we walked through the league. We had some very difficult games and some things went our way.

The biggest understatement is that we're the best I-AA conference. We could be one of the seven or eight best in the nation at any level.

I?m in favor of it. We don?t get to play many games, and if we get a chance to play, we should play. I wish we would do away with open dates period, and just start playing in September. If it?s fair, it would be fair to everyone.