Todd Butler Quotations

I am sure they will have prepared hard for this game after our victory over them last year. Emotionally they will be pretty jacked up for us. We will have to come out and do our best to set the tempo of the game, especially in the first quarter when they will be so fired up.

Roberts had cannon of an arm so we have to be on our toes. We have to play our style of football, take care of the ball and grind it out and block up field.

We need to get off to the kind of start we did last year. We need to sustain the first quarter of play. We have got to play well on special teams. The opening kick is huge for us whether we receive or kick. We have to execute and play to our potential.

Every year they are athletic and usually big up front. They are well coached (Troy Johnson) and they have a very good tradition.

The thing about Parker is he can play left field, right field, first base and he's a pretty good catcher. But for the team, we need him at third base.

Defensively, they run a four and five man front and are pretty athletic all the way around. Defense is the key this week. Our defense played real well last week. We have to have good vision and find the ball because their fakes are outstanding. We have to handle the run and stop the pass.

It's a dramatic message that will have a dramatic impact.