Mike Hidde Quotations

We felt like we had to do something. It was so easy for them. You have to answer back. It was something that we had been working on for several weeks and had looked good in practice. It was worth a try.

We're hoping our kids will be up to the challenge. We're looking to execute and make Boonville play solid football.

I don't know. When Jasper watches this tape they may figure throwing the ball is the way to go. They'll have a power running game. We've got some things we need to fix.

He is an excellent running back. He's stronger and faster this year. He's physically better than a year ago. He's a tough kid to hit and bring down and should be very good for us this year.

He holds the offense together. He can do a lot of things. They throw in a lot of kids, but he's the one consistent. He makes plays and makes things happen.

Jeremy has a lot more confidence this year. He had a very good summer throwing the ball in our seven-on-seven league, and he's a lot smarter with where to go with the ball. He's very capable throwing the ball. I thought he hung in very well last year as a sophomore. We think he's going to have a very good year.

Our tight ends work as much with the line as they do with receivers and backs. I've been pretty pleased with his progress in practice. He'll have some problems here and there at the beginning, but he is a big target who can also catch the ball.

Matt gave everything he had. He just wore out at the end. Garrett had to play the whole game both ways. We just didn't have quite enough horsepower to beat them.

That was a game that we were going to have to play extremely well the entire game to win, and we played fairly well for three quarters. Part of the fourth quarter was fatigue. Too few were doing too much. We just made mistakes. We were stretched very thin.

Mike and Chris have gotten a lot stronger, and they should help stop the run. We moved Taylor because we thought we needed a kid of his strength there. McCarter and Lane can also help at times. They will need to keep people off our linebackers to give them chances to make plays.

We've had some things on offense that we've needed to improve. We may have to do some of those things to be in the game. If our guys do their job, we'll be fine.

We'll have to have a lot of confidence that he will be fine to risk him playing. Whether he plays or not, our game plan doesn't change a lot.

We have experience on offense up front. We have nine starters back on offense and experience all the way through. Running the football will be one of our attributes and our passing game should be improved from a year ago.

Brad and Jeremy can both kick. Adam has a lot of natural ability. He could be a huge addition for us. We were looking for someone to fill that role. I think he will definitely help our special teams to be special this year.

Dean and D.J. have experience. Jeremiah and Paul have both worked very hard. I think they will all just get better as the season progresses.

This is the first time that we will play a team with kids their size. We'll probably have to stop their run right away. It's a big challenge for us defensively. Hopefully, the kids will rise to the challenge.

They got better as the year went along last year. They are now stronger, quicker, and wiser than they were a year ago. Martin is the newcomer to the group and he has done well in practice.

They are a very good combination. D.J. has good size that will cause problems and he does a nice job of going to the ball. Dean seems to be quicker this year. He has the ability to get open and then do something with it after he catches it.

A big play by Dean got us going. The turnovers kind of balanced out. They owed us a few. We had some tremendous opportunities that we let slip away in the first half. We had a chance to take control of the game and didn't.

The kids responded well after halftime. Offensively, I thought our kids did a nice job of blocking. It was a very strange game.

The kids fought hard. I was proud of their effort and determination. We just made too many mistakes.