Joe Tiller Ball Quotations

We obviously didn't play our A game today and yet we had a chance to win at the end. That tells me we've got some football players and we'll be fine.

Particularly turning the ball over where we turned it over, three times in the red zone in the first half. Particularly to turn the ball over and have it ruled as a touchback. I think it was 1970 the last time we were going in to score and fumbled into and out of the end zone for a touchback.

They had the edge early, but our guys came back and competed and got themselves in a position to win the ball game. It was a heck of a game.

Football is a chess game. You always try to stay one move ahead.

We needed to do something to get the ball in his hands as a runner as well as a passer, ... We wanted to take advantage of his athleticism and his ability to get out in space and make some plays.

Brandon Kirsch doesn't lack confidence. He's not one of those cold and timid souls that's going to disappear when the ball is snapped.

when the guy intercepts the ball and he takes off on that side of the field, you've got a bunch of offensive guys chasing him. Once he reversed, those offensive linemen aren't the greatest at changing direction and chasing him down.

When you watch nearly every college football game on TV and you're sitting on the sidelines, as a team and as a staff, you get anxious to get out there and play.

Jim has been a loyal assistant and a great friend for some 13 years. He played a major role in our success at Wyoming and Purdue. I know he's excited about this next phase of his career, and we wish him nothing but the best in the National Football League.