Brady Hoke Quotations

We've got lights. We'd better use them. There's an atmosphere for the night games. It gives people a chance to do family things during the day. Hopefully, the students get cranked up for it. I know our kids enjoy it.

There aren't any secrets. We got beat by a good team. We got outplayed and everything. They are a good football team, real good football team.

He was really recruited by the other staff. But he had made a commitment and this was where he really wanted to go to school. We're glad he kept to that commitment. He's been a bright spot in that class. He came in here as a true freshman and beat out a fifth-year senior.

I think we all have to be a little more sensible about what we're trying to do. There is something to be said about exposing your program to the nation, but playing three BCS teams a year? That takes its toll.

I think that's good. Indiana, you get to play at home in front of your students. I think that's important.

We didn't change anything. I'm not going to talk about it. It's not my job. It's about this game today.

We'd like to score more touchdowns. But as a team we feel very confident when we get in (a field goal) situation that he's going to go out there and follow through and try to help his team win.

We were very young, but we're not young anymore. They've had some experience, they've started some football games and they've been in the heat of battle.

We thought Charles gave us the best opportunity to run the ball, and that's what we went with.

Two teams played their hearts off. It's too bad there has to be a winner because both football teams played hard. We were fortunate because it could have gone either way.

We had poor coverage and they took advantage of it. It was downhill from there.

Bostic is a guy we have to give more (opportunities), I can tell you that. He has to get in there on our four-wide sets on more of a regular basis. Larry Bostic is a football player, and he will get more touches.

It's about the game here today. The 13 players, that's not my job. We didn't do anything different today.

I told the kids in the locker room, I was proud of the way they hung in there. They still believed.

It'll be exciting to go play Toledo there on TV.

It will be nice to be home after playing four of our first five games on the road. But we have a great opponent coming in.

Charles Wynn ran the ball really well, but Charles did most of that (himself).

I don't think there's any question that Charles has the belief he can get the job done. I know Charles believes in his ability and in the guys who are going to block for him.

Their offense makes you tired, but when you're not mentally tough you don't focus and do the things you have to do to win. We had them on the run. On that third-down play, the safety has to get some depth, get off the hash (mark). That's basic football.

You can't afford that, but we have to go in and worry about playing our best football. We have to execute and not play dumb football.

You've got more guys who are familiar with the system. Right now I like the progress. But like anything else, it's not where you start, it's where you finish.