Bobby Ross Quotations

We use the Naval Academy and Air Force Academy as our models, ... I have to give credit to Johnson and his staff. They turned it around so quickly. It's amazing how fast they have done it.

Maggie was a wonderful girl. She will be greatly, greatly missed. Our players have handled this tragic loss well.

Last year, we probably exceeded some things on offense, ... This year, we've had to mend some fences. You lose a certain degree of continuity.

One of the really, really big reasons why the league has been so good is that it has had outstanding leadership. The commissioner has led the league through some real growth periods. Obviously they're going to lose a great man who has done a tremendous job a tremendous job. That has to be one of the toughest jobs that anyone could ever deal with: the owners and the players and all the issues that come up with that. I can understand why he might have felt it was time to retire.

I have every intention of using them and hope we can execute.

Carlton is our go-to guy. It helped having him.

Glenn Davis was my hero. I think that Carlton, when he has time to get over the excitement of this victory, will be able to look at what he has done as an unbelievable accomplishment.

He was a very special man. He was a strong supporter of our program and he really, really cared. We're very honored to have the opportunity to wear his (uniform) number. He was a great, great player, but he was also a great, great man. We just think it's the right thing to do. Our players are pleased and excited about it.

We took a beating. It's very disappointing to end the season the way we did. All in all, we made progress but this game was indicative of the work that needs to be done.

I think they'll be moving up in the rankings. They're as big as any team I've coached against, and that includes my 13 years in the National Football League. They're really big.

Koenig is the guy to beat. He has to be, he had a great year for us, but it's going to be a heck of a fight. I like the way Nielson competes. He competes like the devil.

Justin was actually sick before the game, but took a little medicine and came up with his best performance.

We had three shots at him but he made a remarkable play on it. It was a remarkable athletic play,

Both of our teams, we're very close. We have been mutually supportive of each other.

Boy, he played hard. That's a very, very complete ballgame for him.

I've been pleased with the way Jordan is hitting. He makes a lot of contact.

Our equipment manager, Jason Pierce, thought it would show better on the jersey. I was totally supportive of that because I did want it to show and I did want people to know that he was a great man, and that we're proud to be a part of his program.

Zac is turning some difficult plays into big plays.

Zac is playing way ahead of last year. I couldn't be more pleased with him right now. He's making all the right decisions and is showing good evasion skills.

You reach a point where you need a win. You want to win, and we're at that point. There is a degree of frustration with all of us; from me right on down. I'm trying to analyze what we're doing and to get us as prepared as we possibly can be.

They're very down. But these kids are resilient.

You can't imagine the pressure that starts to mount with your football team. To constantly read and hear about the longest losing streak in the country is something that's very difficult to deal with.

It's a concern. But I think we have the talent base to do well. It should be interesting. They are some smaller kids, but their speed is good and they are strong.

It's not that clear. But Jamal is the guy who has really jumped out the last few days. He's done some good things.

David has done some real nice things. He's had a good camp. I think it would be very hard to unseat him as the starter.

I've heard mixed reviews on Collier. Some doctors say he can play again, others say he can't.

The interceptions were killers for us. I'll have to look and see what happened. I think we might have broken a route or two on them. We knew we could not turn the ball over against this team.

I had them in here as openers awhile back, and they were really good. They'll be back as headliners on April 21.

I really had a lot of admiration and respect for Glenn Davis,

I didn't feel like yesterday was the right spot. We will work (Pevoto) in. I was trying to score. I felt at that time Zac gave us the best chance.