Chris Pardue Quotations

Grant is getting better every game and played very well in the first half. However, he still has to get better with his decision making. He made a couple mental mistakes (on interceptions) in the second half.

We had a receiver open that we didn't find in the end zone and then we busted the play on fourth down. That was a great opportunity to take the lead.

They connected four times on third down conversions on their first drive and that's completely unacceptable. We never did slow them down.

Last week he couldn't practice at all. He's a little sore, but he'll be fine.

I challenged them all week in practice. Our defense played really well. They made tackles, and we hadn't been doing that.

I thought our offensive line did an outstanding job. They opened some nice holes and made adjustments we have not been making. They played smarter and Tyler hit the seams he needed. He also made some people miss in the open field and then he finished runs when he couldn't avoid contact. It was his best game running the ball and our best game blocking.

I thought our defense stepped up real big when they had to. They came up and made huge plays for us.

(Philip) not only ran hard all night but he played well defensively, too. He really had some big hits for us tonight.

Danville still looks good to me. They have a very quick, athletic team. They are similar to Henry Clay talent-wise. Maybe they don't have the size of Henry Clay, but they are doing good things with their offense. They are using a lot of misdirection to slow down your pursuit. They are getting the ball to their athletes in the open field and they have a lot of guys who make plays. They look like the same old Danville to me.

Johnson is really a good, tough back. If you don't wrap him up, he just keeps going.