Pat Herron Quotations

Our position has been the same since the beginning: We don't change the prototype.

We'd been able to beat them on that pattern most of the night. I'd prefer he would have thrown it to the other side, but the kids played their hearts out.

We had to come out focused, like we do every game. You've got to keep playing, because if you don't play 100 percent you get hurt.

Some things we can yield on, and some we can't. We have to build everywhere, and we have to maintain equity.

The way they run the ball, we've got to stop them. We can't let them chew up the clock and just run it down the field. I think we can throw on them, but I still want to run the ball 'cause someday that's going to kill us.

There's a little more commitment. That's been a problem, just getting kids to commit to the program, but I'm starting to see it. The kids are playing through the minor little hurts and bumps that they may have not a year ago. That's showing some commitment. They're not staying home when they've got a little cold. They're coming and playing through it.