Bobby Bowden Throw Quotations

The only way we could lose it was to lay the ball down, which we did. The whole thing was turnovers. And we had so many busts you could not believe it. That's inexperience ... we are doing a a lot of new stuff. Once they get it they will be OK because you saw their ability. They did show they can throw the football.

I wanted to see what we could do throwing the ball,

If you've got a pitcher throwing a no-hitter, you don't take him out and rest him and try to bring him back.

Mobile quarterbacks that can run and throw on the run have always given us fits. We picked the wrong time for the quarterback to have the best game I've ever seen him have.

It looked like it was Florida, Florida State and maybe Oklahoma. In the background was Penn State. And I remember thinking he's going to head south. If you like to throw and catch the ball, head south where the weather is good. I thought he would end up coming down our way. But he went to Penn State.

We've come out trying to run the ball. The second ballgame (against I-AA the Citadel), we came out throwing because we thought we were superior and we could do what we wanted to. Now, when you're playing Syracuse and you're playing Miami and you're playing Boston College, you better do what's best. I felt like sooner or later, we're going to have to come out throwing the darn ball, and that's what our offensive staff wanted to do.

We've come out trying to run the ball, ... The second ballgame (against I-AA the Citadel), we came out throwing because we thought we were superior and we could do what we wanted to. Now, when you're playing Syracuse and you're playing Miami and you're playing Boston College, you better do what's best. I felt like sooner or later, we're going to have to come out throwing the darn ball, and that's what our offensive staff wanted to do.

He has come out and run some and thrown the ball in drills; nothing live. He's getting some good work and that's what he needs to try to get himself back in there.

Well, I just think he's had an amazing year for a freshman, and if we could have protected him all year, there was no telling what he could've done. But when he's had protection, he's thrown about as good as you can ask.

We were lucky to win, ... We've got to get our quarterbacks ironed out. They just couldn't hit open receivers. Somehow, we've got to get them to throw the ball to open receivers.

That's the way I see it, he's ahead right now. Xavier has got unlimited potential. Xavier must maintain patience, and I think he will. He and I talked about that. Don't throw every egg into your freshman year. Gee whiz, you got four dang years. I think from here to there he's going to be way up there. I think both of 'em will. But it's a good problem. It's a problem, but it's a good problem.

A lot of his interceptions lately have come when he was pressured and had to throw the ball sooner than he wanted. In other words, getting only three seconds to throw instead of four.

The elite is sitting up there with no losses, ... Then you got the good guys. We just got thrown down with the good guys. Now we just got to win games and go from there.