J. J. Johnson Games Quotations

We're going to have to play really tough the next two games. There's a lot of games left. We're certainly not out of it.

I felt good about the way our pitchers played except for probably three of the 12. But in three games we gave up three runs or less. If we can continue to do that, we'll win a bunch of games.

Our guys are smart guys. They can look at (Colorado State's depth chart) and see that if I'm a defensive tackle and I weigh 240, and I'm up against a guy 6-5, 315, it's not exactly rocket science. We know Colorado State is bigger. It's something our guys have kind of grown accustomed to. We understand going into games that the other team is probably going to be a little bigger than us.

That was tough. We got a few breaks, right up front. They got a few breaks. But overall, they were calling what they see, nothing you can do about it except go along with it because they are calling the game. But it does really change the momentum of games when stuff like that happens.

Most of our girls are accustomed to playing several games in a short time frame. As a coach and as a team, you want to play games. Plus, you might see a different brand of softball than you are accustomed to playing, and that can be beneficial as well.

Coming in with a 2-11 record, for us to start a good like that was huge for our confidence. We've played in games this season not called as tight and we're not strong enough to counter that, so to get to the foul line and getting them off of us definitely helped our offense.

They came in and gave us great games. They got us back in the game. That's what a team is - different players stepping up.