Tom Ellis Kids Quotations

We, I think, are a really good fit for kids who haven't experienced success at a regular school. They have abilities and talents, but the 'one size fits all' approach hasn't met their needs.

We had a lot of kids with assisted tackles, which means somebody got there first and then we had two or three guys getting there second and just finishing them off. We played good team defense.

We've got a long ways to go, but (Friday) night was a great experience for us to get a win and play well and a lot of kids to get on the field and get varsity experience.

It's nerve-racking, but exciting. I'm coming back to an area that I'm familiar with. Obviously you're not going to take over a 10-0 team, but I looked for a program that's been successful and the kids want to win, know how to work.

The kids played hard. I'm real proud of the defense; they played extremely hard.

I really believe the key to the entire game for us defensively was starting the game out on offense like we did. We took the ball and drove it down the field deep into their territory twice, which just totally throws the field position in our favor. I felt like the kids kind of fed off that a little bit.