Brodie Croyle Quotations

With them having to move and practicing in a different state and having to deal with everything they've dealt with, it's amazing they can even get ready for a football game. It's going to be impressive, the fact they can move away as far as they did, with all the distractions, all the unknowns a lot of them have.

We ran the ball ten times better than we have all year and when we do that we don't have to throw it as much. (Our running backs) ran the ball really well. The offensive line came up huge as well and created some big holes.

Matt's one of the toughest guys on our team. He never complains about not getting enough reps. When it comes crunch time, he's there.

Obviously, as you say, there's the top three guys that probably go in the top three picks. There's a lot of quarterbacks to be taken after that. Hey, I'm happy to be here. A year ago today, I was still recovering from a knee injury and wondering if I'd have this opportunity. I'm loving every minute of it.

If we could get into the end zone, if we can do it one time, things could escalate. I don't know what the deal is. We are not doing a good job on offense and that's my fault.

Growing up there made me anything and everything I am today. The kids who come to the ranch, you could see the hatred in their eyes. And to see them become good people and really love life and realize bad things are going to happen but you can overlook them -- I wouldn't trade that for the world.

We've got to put points on the board, because they're going to score. It's going to be a matter of us finding a way to get in the end zone.

Just to say we went out 10-2, won our last game and got it going back in the right direction, will make the rest of our lives a lot easier.

J.P. made that one bad decision, but other than that I think he had an extremely good day. He got the ball down when he had to, and he's going to be fine.

It doesn't matter to me. As soon as I start worrying about who my center is, I'm worrying about the wrong thing.

That was a tough Texas Tech team. They fought and fought and fought.

We haven't won an overtime game since I came to Alabama.

You can do anything you want to do at practice, but it's going to be a matter of translating it onto the field.

We haven't been able to pick up third-and-short running all year. But I think our offensive line is finally coming together.

We've been saying all week they've got a great defense. If we're going to face a tougher one, we might not want to face them. Their front four was awesome. It's the best front I've played against in college.

To be able to do what they did, no sacks -- I got hit once and that was a late hit -- was amazing.

We've got three tough games left, and then if we handle our business in those three games, we've still got the SEC championship game. We've just got to worry about Mississippi State. They don't have anything to lose. This is their big game.

Everywhere you think you're going, there's probably a 102 percent chance you're not going there. So you try not to think about it too much.

Every time I've ever played with him, he's shown up for the game. It seems like at game time he goes to another gear and catches the ball.

We were thinking the game might be over. Their kicker had been shaky all day.

We didn't have the first half we wanted. On first down we'd get a first down. Then we would have three straight plays where we couldn't get 5 yards. That's not the type offense that we have been practicing.

At the time, I don't think I wanted to believe it but from everything I've heard this week they said they knew how I could play, they knew how I could throw the ball. They wanted to see how I could be if I took shot after shot. I took a lot of them that game, and I got up from every one of them.

Coming into Alabama, that's what you dream of. Your last game, in the Cotton Bowl, you got two minutes to go score.

Don't get used to that. I want to stay back there and throw it if I can.

Our defense is good enough to win the national championship. We just aren't playing up to their standards.

A record of 10-2 has a whole lot better ring to it than 9-3.

That's what we're here for. We can't reach our dreams if we don't have confidence in ourselves to get the win.

That's what makes this team different from all the other teams we've had. Even when we don't have the momentum, even when we're not playing great, we're still finding ways to win.

That offensive line y'all have been asking questions about, they showed up. They'd been criticized all camp, saying they're kind of our weak link.

You're playing against the No. 5 team in the country. You have to try to score.

You're going to be in a fishbowl. You're either going to be the most liked man in the state or the most hated. One or the other. I'm glad I finished my career liked instead of hated.

This is exactly where we thought we'd be.

This is the best part of it all. To come and talk to the kids is an honor for me. This may be the only time they get to meet a collegiate athlete, so it is exciting for us to come and tell them to enjoy life. One thing I tell them is never say never and to keep fighting.

I told him it's not the end of the world.

It's on my shoulders. We did not play good at all today. We moved the ball at times, but I'm the quarterback, I'm supposed to be the leader and I threw two picks. That's totally unacceptable.

It's Tennessee. Tennessee brings out the best in everybody. We expect them to bring their best game, too. It's huge.

It'll be the biggest game in Tuscaloosa since we've been here.

It seemed like we'd get something going, then we'd stall out. If you're going to be a good offense, you can't do that. You have to give a lot of credit to our defense, but that's by far the worst practice we've had. It starts with me, so I'll take the blame for it.

Anytime you go undefeated in the SEC and then have to play the SEC championship game on top of that, you'd kind of like to think that's enough. All we can do is handle our own business.

Any time you go undefeated in the SEC and then have to play the SEC championship game on top of that, you'd like to think that's enough. All we can do is handle our own business.

That's all we talked about all week, that we could make history.

That's all we heard since the Auburn game. Everybody wanted to forget about our nine wins to start the season. I don't care what people say about me, but the fact we're going out with the Cotton Bowl championship and a 10-2 record, that shows we've got this program headed in the right direction. That's a great way to go.

That's all we have heard about since the Auburn game. Everybody wanted to forget about our nine wins before then.

I have no clue how the BCS works. If we take care of our business, we'll leave the BCS to everybody else.

If you go undefeated and you do what Auburn did last year, I don't know about them but I'd argue until the day I die that we were the best team that played in the year 2005.

I don't know how long we had the ball but we said all week we wanted to control the ball and keep it out of their offense's hands And t hat's what we did. We didn't score as many touchdowns as we obviously wanted to, but what can you say about our defense? They have been a pleasure to play with.

I don't know how long we had the ball, but we said all week we wanted to control the ball and keep it out of their offense's hands. And that's what we did. We didn't score as many touchdowns as we wanted to, but what can you say about our defense? They're awesome.

Honestly, I think this game was better than if we would have blown them out. We were up and then we went down and we came back to win after being down by 11.

You'd go out to eat somewhere, and people would start yelling the 'Roll Tide' chant.