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• I can only tell you that the only fit to me for those players on this campus is extremely good. - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2005
• I will announce the staff entirely at which time the staff is together. - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2005
• I asked that we not meet until we play our bowl game. Skip said he thought we should and I said 'I think we should too.' It happened three days before we played. - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2005
• Louisiana has a heritage of great players that play their high school football within the boundaries of Louisiana. - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2005
• Louisiana first. Texas, Florida second and wherever you can get to where there is a great interest in a talented player interested in LSU. - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2005
• The only thing that I can tell you is that I am relatively honest and somewhat deceptive - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2005
• There was great interest there as soon as that interest was mutual. - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2005
• I understand the opponents go by Mike (the Tiger). I understand it is called Death Valley and why. I look forward to it. - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2005
• We'll take the group of young men that LSU has been recruiting and I'll start communicating with them in earnest beyond this press conference and beyond the current LSU staff. - USA Today, Jan 7, 2005
• This is a team that has had unparalleled success and this is the staff from this team and I'm going to evaluate them very seriously. - USA Today, Jan 7, 2005
• I think there is a real strong want to on a game-by-game basis to want to give back to this state and to the south. - GoVolsExtra, Sep 16, 2005
• I just didn't think there was any reason at that point and time to think that was going to be any other day but ours. - LSUSports.net, Oct 2, 2005
• So the start may not have been as significant as more as maintained a consistent edge and competitive edge in that game. - LSUSports.net, Oct 9, 2005
• I certainly enjoy the fact that in any regard the finish is there. - LSUSports.net, Oct 9, 2005
• The game looked a lot like I expected it to look upon review. - LSUSports.net, Oct 17, 2005
• In fairness to our guys, not every flag that was thrown on Saturday was a necessity. - LSUSports.net, Oct 17, 2005
• I really think that the evening we had last Saturday night provided other advantages for our football team. - LSUSports.net, Oct 24, 2005
• This is a game that has been looming on the horizon for some time. - ESPN.com, Nov 11, 2005
• I couldn't be happier with the style of men that took the field for LSU last Saturday. - LSUSports.net, Nov 14, 2005
• I think that the way this season has gone, the unusual start has also allowed our guys to practice character and redirect their attentions and refocus. I think all of those things take place in what is the overtime stanza. - LSUSports.net, Nov 14, 2005
• It becomes awfully important at the end of the game when it's yours. If that trophy goes away from you, it means a lot more to you whether it be a boot, a shoe or a toothpick. - Associated Press, Nov 24, 2005
• Glenn Dorsey stepped up, and with the graduation that occurred, he has the opportunity to take control of live play, and certainly he's done that. - Scout.com, Apr 2, 2006
• I feel very grateful that I have a job that in our society people would allow me to go over there and represent what is a very common thought here, and that is 'Thanks.' - LSUSports.net, Jun 29, 2006
• So we have three good quarterbacks. We'll play them one at a time. I promise you the competition at the position will kind of necessitate a great play. We'll look forward to that play. - The Tuscaloosa News, Jul 28, 2006
• That group, both sides of the ball, have to grow up quickly so that we can do the things that our football team will set out to do. - Southwest Times Record, Aug 11, 2006
• There's a little bit of camp soreness going around on quarterbacks arms routinely at this time of year. - The Times-Picayune, Aug 22, 2006
• It's a joy when a guy works as hard, works unselfishly and does it over time, and then ends up playing, at some point in time, significant football. - The Times-Picayune, Aug 22, 2006
• When he contacts you, when he brings contact in to bear, it is a very physical force. - ESPN.com, Aug 24, 2006
• If you're going to be a champion, you're going to have to win road games. We're not going to avoid who we play or where we play them. - Associated Press, Aug 25, 2006
• I think achievement is something that can be measured with improvement. - LSUSports.net, Aug 26, 2006
• I can tell you that playing for a championship is what we all strive for. - San Diego Union-Tribune, Sep 1, 2006
• We came off the game healthy. Any time you go into a first game and any game there after, that is one of the key criteria as you look forward. - LSUSports.net, Sep 4, 2006
• I didn't like the turnovers, not the fumbles and not the pass interception, but I really feel like the offense played well considering. - NCAAFootball.com, Sep 11, 2006
• Certainly the greatest rivalry is to play with championship implications, and this certainly is. - CSTV.com, Sep 12, 2006
• I have sent the film of the play to the SEC and asked them to describe it to me. - The Times-Picayune, Sep 12, 2006
• It's early in the season and counts just one. You don't want to necessarily make it the championship game, because the championship is not on the line. - ESPN.com, Sep 14, 2006
• We're challenged in all three phases and look forward to it, I might add. - KITV.com, Sep 15, 2006
• I think you will find that there will be a lot of enthusiasm around our building with the guys looking to get after and play a traditional (SEC) Western opponent. - RedAndBlack.com, Sep 15, 2006
• I'm certain there are some memories of that last game in our stadium. - The Decatur Daily, Sep 16, 2006
• Our football team played damn well. They deserved to be treated very fairly. I don't quite know if that happened. - The Times-Picayune, Sep 18, 2006
• I'm certain I'll find out what the calls were. No excuses. They won. I've got to get a better understanding of the rules. - The Times-Picayune, Sep 18, 2006
• We would have plenty of yards we would have needed and that game would not have been a game that was so closely decided or it certainly would have put more pressure on our opponents. - LSUSports.net, Sep 18, 2006
• Knowing that the league is reviewing the calls and doing diligence to your appeal is the satisfaction. - LSUSports.net, Sep 18, 2006
• We certainly understand they are neighbors. And when you are in the backyard of somebody it is important to win that battle across the fence. - Scout.com, Sep 21, 2006
• This game gives our state the opportunity to have a rivalry. They come into our stadium and then we have the chance to go down to their stadium. - Associated Press, Sep 22, 2006
• There's a little edge on this program and our kids wanted to win. Get victory back and enjoy the fruits of their labor. - Associated Press, Sep 23, 2006
• Last year's game there was no twist. It ended just as it was supposed to. I didn't have any problem with it. I was told there was some weird twist. - Scout.com, Sep 24, 2006
• The strength of our conference is really shown in a team that has not had a lot of victories. - LSUSports.net, Sep 25, 2006
• I think JaMarcus Russell is a much more accomplished quarterback than what he was no matter where he was playing two years ago. - MSNBC.com, Oct 4, 2006
• We have to respond to what has happened and enjoy the opportunity to improve and work hard at it and return to the team that we are very capable of being. - LSUSports.net, Oct 8, 2006
• There is a piece of the puzzle that says if you gave everything you got and that opponent was a little better, then you understand. - LSUSports.net, Oct 16, 2006
• If a guy has intent to harm or injure, I say yank it. I would have that propensity if it was our guy or not. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 19, 2006
• It was the kind of game we have to have when we go forward from here. - Scout.com, Oct 22, 2006
• They are not really pursuing the run as adamantly as they could. - LSUSports.net, Oct 30, 2006
• Anytime that you finish second on the scoreboard, you remember. Our football team does. - LSUSports.net, Oct 30, 2006
• When the chips are down and a play has got to be made, we play 'em and we make 'em. - TSN.ca, Nov 4, 2006
• That's who we are right there. We are a team that comes out, and in the opening drive of the second half, throws one to them for seven (points), and says, 'You know what? It doesn't matter'. - TSN.ca, Nov 4, 2006
• Our football team will play until the last minute, till the last second. Our football team is strong and lithe. - Rivals.com, Nov 4, 2006
• Those guys in the game and those guys not in the game really were all in the same direction. - LSUSports.net, Nov 6, 2006
• We want to count a victory in each of the next three weekends, but you just never can tell where you might be. - LSUSports.net, Nov 6, 2006
• I would certainly respect the fact that this is Alabama that's just been bruised. - The Decatur Daily, Nov 7, 2006
• We are tremendously talented. When that becomes criticism to our players, that becomes unfair. - The Decatur Daily, Nov 11, 2006
• This game puts in position to do something that we want to do. We want to play ourselves into contention. The contender is the next Saturday. We want to be in contention, and beating Ole Miss is a necessity. - LSUSports.net, Nov 12, 2006
• We always see that if you give a team the opportunity to travel the long field against our defense that something will happen in between that will stop them. - LSUSports.net, Nov 13, 2006
• They have a really distinct opportunity that if they win two games, they will tie as the class with the most wins in LSU history. If they have three wins, they will exceed that class by one. - LSUSports.net, Nov 13, 2006
• Certainly, the goal is to win the (SEC) West, but the opportunity to play and win in your own stadium is a tremendous feel. - LSUSports.net, Nov 19, 2006
• There's going to be some guys whose butts I'm just going to rip if this film shows me anything that resembles a personal foul without intent to play football. - The Daily Reveille, Nov 19, 2006
• We're looking to enjoy a rivalry with the team that has accomplished and taken the West title. - ESPN.com, Nov 24, 2006
• If you were picking the best team, we'd have something to talk about it. - The Washington Post, Nov 25, 2006
• We have the distinct impression that we may be the best team in the West. The West Division champion is the Arkansas team. I'm not certain who the best is. - The Washington Post, Nov 25, 2006
• As soon as we know exactly who we are playing and what date we will be playing on, the schedule will become more finite. - LSUSports.net, Nov 28, 2006
• To compare our football team on the football field and decide a winner with a team that is highly ranked, who has been there with great tradition, we sure would enjoy it. - LSUSports.net, Nov 28, 2006
• In a country where we have set rules and guidelines for rankings and where the best should play, and if history repeats itself, the highest ranked, the best game is where the BCS should hang its hat, not on television ratings. - LSUSports.net, Nov 28, 2006
• If there's a characteristic about a competitor it would be when the game's on the line, whether it be overtime or with time ticking, and you have to perform that characteristic. Being able to do that is the greatest advantage. - LSUSports.net, Nov 28, 2006
• We're looking to enjoy a rivalry with the team that has accomplished and taken the West title. - LSUSports.net, Nov 28, 2006
• We are concerned with a number of things they do. They are very talented. They have been Notre Dame for a long time. - Associated Press, Dec 18, 2006
• The fact that we're here, I think it's right. - San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec 30, 2006
• Let's just say we will look at the opportunities and how which to use him when he is most prepared to compete. - CSTV.com, Feb 27, 2007
• Hopefully we'll get to the back end of this thing and find all those people that made the prediction about us finishing first are right. - LSUSports.net, Jul 27, 2007
• It's going to be exciting to me to see where we are in the opener, because that really is the mark of where your football team is. - MSNBC.com, Aug 28, 2007
• As I have noticed in the past when we travel, the LSU faithful that show up to the away stadiums are really appreciated by our team. - LSUSports.net, Sep 3, 2007
• I can only tell you that the men that represent Michigan are hard pressed to find a smile. - LSUSports.net, Sep 3, 2007
• I try to understand where they are at as best as I can from being an outsider. - LSUSports.net, Sep 3, 2007
• I don't think anybody didn't enjoy it. I told them very honestly that was an accomplishment. Victory was big. There was no lack of reward. - LSUSports.net, Sep 9, 2007
• The honesty of the evening is that we played well. The truth for the future is we must improve. - LSUSports.net, Sep 9, 2007
• Hester is a load. When you're tacklng him, you're tackling a big, strong man. - The Daily Advertiser, Sep 10, 2007
• I'm looking forward to going to New Orleans and seeing our friends down there. It's always enjoyable for me to be in a stadium filled by fans from two teams in one state. - ESPN.com, Sep 24, 2007
• The opportunity to be in a pretty selective uniform will be fun for this football team. - LSUSports.net, Sep 24, 2007
• I enjoy the position where we are in currently, but it will only be enhanced by the ability to achieve game-by-game the rest of the season. - LSUSports.net, Oct 14, 2007
• I think beyond the game that we just experienced, we are looking forward to playing a very capable opponent because frankly, it is just what we need. - LSUSports.net, Oct 15, 2007
• We don't rely on faith or destiny. Those things are made. They are not looked to or hoped for. - LSUSports.net, Oct 22, 2007
• As it was recalled to me before I went there, this would be a great environment to play in. - LSUSports.net, Oct 29, 2007
• When we have the opportunity to play our best, I would be surprised if our best wasn't good enough. - LSUSports.net, Nov 5, 2007
• There is real strong improvement, if we can just factor a component that allows avoiding mistakes. - LSUSports.net, Nov 5, 2007
• What we have accomplished is that we have shown ourselves that we are capable. - LSUSports.net, Nov 5, 2007
• When you play the schedule that you do in this conference, you play as many quality teams as there is. - LSUSports.net, Nov 11, 2007
• Our football team has goals and we are applying our trade. - LSUSports.net, Nov 12, 2007
• Being in the (SEC) Championship game puts you in a position where if you achieve victory, you can still gain something. - LSUSports.net, Nov 12, 2007
• I have no reason to fear the hat. I put it on my head everyday - LSUSports.net, Nov 12, 2007
• I'm not looking for a job, don't want a job. I've got a great job. - The Commercial-Appeal, Nov 20, 2007
• This team's not happy. We understand it cost us. We understand what it means. Nobody's happy. Right now, a goal's off the wall. Zap. - USA Today, Nov 23, 2007
• We still have an awfully lot to play for. - TriCitiesSports, Nov 25, 2007
• I think with the understanding that this team has achieved, it won't be hard for them to understand that they are in an advantaged position. - LSUSports.net, Nov 26, 2007
• My town was a steel town and Friday night football was as exciting and enjoyable as anything viewed in the area. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• If there is one characteristic about a team, competitiveness is the first. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• If anybody wants to race us 60 yards, my entry will be Trindon Holliday, and if there is a chance it was worth points we'd like to do it a lot. I don't know if I have that opportunity. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• What needs to have happen is we need to prepare to play in this game, and I think this team has that. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• We understand that we are second ranked in the nation playing the No. 1 team for the opportunity of being No. 1. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• Matt, like a number of our seniors and our team, is qualified for this game. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• I know it may appear from the sidelines that, 'Oh, this guy has lost his mind' and that might be true, but the truth of the matter is we are operating with a set of circumstances and criteria that are in flux. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• With that throw you should take the opportunity to win that game right then before you take the opportunity if you can then to kick the field goal to win. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• Any reference to what the coach is trying to get accomplished and any personal acts that a coach might wield really is a bane and a secondary agenda that I have not been able to operate with. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• I can't imagine that a coach would wear that moniker and call himself a coach and look at things that speak to what he needs to do and what he is about. - LSUSports.net, Dec 17, 2007
• I've talked to a couple of mentors and gone with the same recipe that we have gone with other bowls. - LSUSports.net, Dec 19, 2007
• We're really getting ready to implement game plan a little more sincerely. - LSUSports.net, Dec 22, 2007
• There was never a bottom line that my eventual full circle would be back to Michigan. - The Columbus Dispatch, Dec 30, 2007
• Of course, we've had some wonderful experiences here and look forward to participating fully in this championship series. - LSUSports.net, Jan 2, 2008
• There's only two teams going to play this late. This will be our 14th game. We enjoy that. We enjoy the achievement in being at the back end of the season, being the last teams to play. - ESPN.com, Jan 4, 2008
• We will always look to the in-state players first for an opportunity to get a great education and help with future employment. - LSUSports.net, Feb 26, 2008
• We are going to allow that position to compete fully, and we are not looking to rely on anybody as the quarterback. - LSUSports.net, Mar 27, 2008
• If we're defending, come see the trophy, it's in our trophy case. We're not defending it; it's there. - LSUSports.net, Jul 23, 2008
• I think that last year certainly being a great year in this conference, you know, can be repeated, in my opinion, through time. - LSUSports.net, Jul 23, 2008
• We're paid in a system where it's reflective of capitalism and democracy that allows people to ascend. - LSUSports.net, Jul 23, 2008
• I'm for a system of economies that allow people to ascend. I think that's what this is reflective of. - LSUSports.net, Jul 23, 2008
• To this point he is and we are very excited at how the team has responded to the summer. - LSUSports.net, Jul 23, 2008
• I think college football is as exciting a sport, dealing with the style of athlete, the variance from a Saturday to a Saturday as there is in the world. - LSUSports.net, Jul 23, 2008
• I think last year was a year like many years that will come and be there in the future. - LSUSports.net, Jul 23, 2008
• I can tell you that how we look at it is the opportunity to play a team to advantage our team and to, you know, win the west. - LSUSports.net, Jul 23, 2008
• We might go for things more this year, and likely less. - LSUSports.net, Aug 8, 2008
• Comfortable is a word that I don't recognize as something I'm in. - The Advocate, Aug 20, 2008
• Virtually everybody that can play in this game or showed up for camp should be eligible to play in this game with the possibility of one exception. - LSUSports.net, Aug 25, 2008
• I will take the Governor's lead, the chancellor's lead, the system president's lead and then the athletic director's lead. - USA Today, Aug 28, 2008
• Our prayers and our strong want for not being adversely affected by this storm for this state is coming from our team. - ESPN.com, Aug 30, 2008
• Again, like (2005), if the decision is made not to, we are LSU and certainly represent this state and enjoy decisions that are made ... period. - ESPN.com, Aug 30, 2008
• Every drive is a game on the line even though it's not. - LSUSports.net, Sep 14, 2008
• I think that they will be very fundamentally comforted with the idea that there is a game to look forward to at the back end of this week. - LSUSports.net, Sep 14, 2008
• They can always equate some big game in the past with the style of environment they are going into. - Associated Press, Sep 15, 2008
• Any time you play a Western Division opponent it has very significant consequence. - LSUSports.net, Sep 15, 2008
• I think efficiency is the whole issue and the want to be able to pick up third downs, which we did pretty effectively a week ago. - LSUSports.net, Sep 15, 2008
• I suspect it's just the variance that's not explainable other than it's the schedule. - LSUSports.net, Sep 15, 2008
• To be tested away and be tested by a very, very capable opponent and answering that test is just what this team needed. - Associated Press, Sep 20, 2008
• We think he'll be fine. He had his neck yanked and it kind of stung. - Associated Press, Sep 20, 2008
• I think the reason we didn't score a lot of points last time was that I don't think we were as good on offense at running the football as we are currently. - ESPN.com, Sep 20, 2008
• I enjoyed the number of young players that spoke to how it was time to get going and plays they were about to make. - LSUSports.net, Sep 21, 2008
• It was a very enjoyable locker room to attend after the game. - LSUSports.net, Sep 21, 2008
• This year it was a nice pass that was underneath the coverage that Brandon LaFell interpreted to be a touchdown. - LSUSports.net, Sep 21, 2008
• We understand how to play from behind, but we are there, and we are behind. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• He does a tremendous job at practice and is much more professed and has greater ball skills, so we're with him. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I think that if we get to a point where the teams that we play, that our running back will match and compare, in my opinion, favorably against any that we play. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• What our offensive line and what our team is doing to get the ball in his hands will benefit his skills. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I'll focus on the team end of it, and let those guys, as he starts to amass statistics, worry about national honors. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I think, frankly, I kind of enjoyed the fact that I had a punter who was going to wear No. 30. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I didn't want to get confused, so that I knew that the punter was on the field when he wore 30. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• That may be the reason. It may not be the reason. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I enjoy the fact that one guy kicks right-footed and the other kicks left-footed, and they both wore the same number. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I would be optimistic to say that he'd be ready to play this weekend, and I feel that is likely. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I think he plays with a passion and an eager want for football. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I think if you put a ball on the line and you want to play for it, you'll find 11 guys in our building that will be there. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• I like the fact that the best team should have some time to prove it. - LSUSports.net, Sep 22, 2008
• There is a respect for Mississippi State that has nothing to do with some of the teams that they've already played. - LSUSports.net, Sep 24, 2008
• The good news is that he's rounding into health. - LSUSports.net, Sep 24, 2008
• I don't think that there's any question that the level of intensity is raised and everybody understands that the significance of the play is much more important considering that it is in conference. - LSUSports.net, Sep 24, 2008
• It's not been the first time we've gone to a place where they've kind of figured the other team was supposed to win. - LSUSports.net, Oct 6, 2008
• Last time they were there, they lost. I don't know if that has anything to do with anything. - LSUSports.net, Oct 6, 2008
• I didn't enjoy obviously that it was a quote that reflected this game in any way. - Tiger Rag, Oct 9, 2008
• This football team will be just where we need it to be when we win. - Tiger Rag, Oct 9, 2008
• Charles Scott is a team player and he understands that there are no moral carries. There are only carries made for victory. - Tiger Rag, Oct 9, 2008
• If you look at where they rank defensively, they're ranked pretty well nationally. - Leesville Daily Leader, Oct 10, 2008
• There seems to be little show of any injury. - Leesville Daily Leader, Oct 10, 2008
• Our team's resolve and want to prepare is pretty strong. - LSUSports.net, Oct 13, 2008
• If that would have happened, the pressure would have been squarely on our opponent for the first time in the evening. - LSUSports.net, Oct 13, 2008
• They didn't play badly. It's just that they played poorly at the wrong time. - LSUSports.net, Oct 13, 2008
• I suspect that will be reviewed and given thought to and fixed. - LSUSports.net, Oct 13, 2008
• I think our team will respond very favorably to what was a showing that we could have played better. - LSUSports.net, Oct 13, 2008
• The good news is that we are in a similar situation that we were just in. - LSUSports.net, Oct 13, 2008
• I think the defense hopefully has caught themselves a good gear and play like that the remainder of the way. - LSUSports.net, Oct 19, 2008
• Minus being undefeated, I think we're on point. - LSUSports.net, Oct 19, 2008
• I suspect that in many instances the game before the one we just played was a turning point and will call to life some dormant aggression and want to fight. - LSUSports.net, Oct 19, 2008
• That advantage when you're a team that provides great opportunities and also an opportunity to play for a national championship is, in this state, a tremendous advantage for us. - LSUSports.net, Oct 20, 2008
• If you put the ball on the line, they'll like to scrap you for it, and they understand that playing in this league, it's going to be close. - LSUSports.net, Oct 20, 2008
• Part of being close is at times, being behind. - LSUSports.net, Oct 20, 2008
• I think anytime that you play not as well as you're capable, there's a lot of review. - LSUSports.net, Oct 20, 2008
• It gives (defenses) another personnel group that they have to prepare for and it brings quality characteristics to our football team. - ESPN.com, Oct 25, 2008
• You can't uncover people in coverage. You can't let runs that should be tackled go untackled. - Associated Press, Oct 26, 2008
• I think our team has talent. If I thought that we were lacking or this is what we don't have, I'd be saying other things. - LSUSports.net, Oct 27, 2008
• I spoke to the defense as well, and nobody, not coach nor player is void when a team finishes second in a football game. - LSUSports.net, Oct 27, 2008
• I've got to be honest with you; I've never operated with expectations. - LSUSports.net, Oct 27, 2008
• Right now, our view can only be that we would love to have the opportunity to play better in a couple of games. - LSUSports.net, Oct 27, 2008
• Obviously, you look back, and we haven't played like we would've liked to play, but the opportunity to be there and to play in some of those games and play well in the future is in front of us. - LSUSports.net, Oct 27, 2008
• I think we are in position to improve and be a heck of a football team as we go forward and hopefully, very soon starting Saturday. - LSUSports.net, Oct 27, 2008
• The truth of the matter is that we need to play well for victory. - LSUSports.net, Oct 29, 2008
• The process is to be the best team we can be this Saturday, period. That process hasn't changed. - LSUSports.net, Oct 29, 2008
• We want to play a great game and they certainly give us competition enough to do so. - LSUSports.net, Oct 29, 2008
• They understand there's been some times we've lost games around here and the response has always been good. - The Advocate, Nov 1, 2008
• The process is to be the best team we can be this Saturday, period. - The Advocate, Nov 1, 2008
• Certainly, we will appreciate the national media that will surround this game. I can tell you that I really don't care. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• Certainly, we are encouraged by some of the performances and also have to encourage the fact that we need to eliminate mistakes. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• I said things that were consistent to the team and the team would expect me to say that were probably private and not necessarily something I'm going to share. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• It's something we look at with great importance, but it has nothing to do with who coaches there or who coaches here, at least it doesn't by me. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• Again, it is football, and I think those kind of matchups happen rarely, but certainly, it's the place that it would happen. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• I encourage them to root for us hard, not necessarily be too pointed at our opponent. Leave our opponent alone, just root hard for LSU. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• I don't read books, but if I read books, it would be like reading a book. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• It seems to me that so many times each year that you play and each game that you play are very specific. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• Finishing second is not any fun, and we are all pulling in the same direction. We certainly want to win and play best. - LSUSports.net, Nov 3, 2008
• There's still a lot of football to play for and a lot of football left. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2008
• We have the desire to play like we played minus the mistakes and to come in and play complete games and to do so for the remainder of our time, starting with this week first. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2008
• I don't know that I'll forget that memory. - LSUSports.net, Nov 10, 2008
• I don't know about other teams and the buoyancy of other teams. - LSUSports.net, Nov 10, 2008
• We would have liked to have taken the opportunity there and taken advantage of it certainly. - LSUSports.net, Nov 10, 2008
• By strategy of call, it was an excellent call. By productivity, it was a bad call. - LSUSports.net, Nov 10, 2008
• I don't know that anyone on my team knows what a self fulfilling prophecy is. If they do, I hope that they take it in later in their years. - LSUSports.net, Nov 10, 2008
• What you hope is that there's a light that comes on and, instead of on and off, it stays on. - LSUSports.net, Nov 10, 2008
• For all the right reasons, we encourage to be a great team, encourage playing four quarters of quality football and encourage to improve. - LSUSports.net, Nov 12, 2008
• That certainly was not the recipe for victory we prescribed, but victory is sweet, and I promise you our football team is enjoying it at this moment. - The Advocate, Nov 16, 2008
• It tested the reserve, and there's plenty of reserve in this tank. - The Advocate, Nov 16, 2008
• I have enjoyed the memory of that game and I have said 'Wow' to myself many times. - Scout.com, Nov 17, 2008
• The enjoyment of winning and victory is plenty enough for this football team. - Scout.com, Nov 17, 2008
• Football is a great game, and to determine achievement by one venue or championship probably isn't fair. - Scout.com, Nov 17, 2008
• That's the reason that it was a historical turnaround by numbers. - Scout.com, Nov 17, 2008
• That's the reason that it was a historical turnaround by numbers. - Scout.com, Nov 17, 2008
• The stadium, those of you who stayed heard as loud a crowd for however few there was. - LSUSports.net, Nov 17, 2008
• I think we have to understand that when we step into this stadium, we aren't just playing for mom and dad, that there are some folks who come into this stadium who support this football team. - LSUSports.net, Nov 17, 2008
• Senior day certainly is the day that we honor them at home in every season. - LSUSports.net, Nov 17, 2008
• Each Saturday, certainly victory is something that is ultimately important to play for. - LSUSports.net, Nov 17, 2008
• If you can add to your team the characteristics of the second quarterback or for that matter any substitution, certainly you must give way to the advantage. - LSUSports.net, Nov 17, 2008
• I can tell you that the enjoyment of that victory certainly was strong, that the sweet taste of victory was very significant. - The Houma Courier, Nov 18, 2008
• The quarterback carry is certainly the best carry and one that we have an opportunity that if you play coverage on the remaining players, the numbers are best to run the football. - The Advocate, Nov 18, 2008
• I thought that stadium was just as lively and fired up as any big game and any large crowd in the back end of that game. - The Advocate, Nov 18, 2008
• People who sit in the stands, it's based on their want and desire. - The Advocate, Nov 18, 2008
• The issue is the matchup with the next opponent and the want to improve. - Associated Press, Nov 18, 2008
• He gave his team a real lift with his feet and the throws, and it appears to me that will be the direction we go in as we go into the future. - LSUSports.net, Nov 22, 2008
• I want them to want victory. - LSUSports.net, Nov 22, 2008
• I hope like heck that he's available this week. I suspect not. - LSUSports.net, Nov 22, 2008
• Whether the light switch is on in every room or not, I'm not certain, but I can tell you that most of the house is lit. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 22, 2008
• When I got here, I heard all about it and certainly became a student of that history and understood it fully. - The Advocate, Nov 22, 2008
• They are really caught between two positives there. - The Advocate, Nov 22, 2008
• I challenged myself to see if there was great effort to get to the ball, and there was. - The Advocate, Nov 22, 2008
• We don't sustain finishing second very well. - The Advocate, Nov 23, 2008
• I tell you one thing, he gave us something with his feet that I really enjoy. - The Advocate, Nov 23, 2008
• I recapped the Ole Miss game. It looked like it did on Saturday. - LSUSports.net, Nov 24, 2008
• I review me, my view offseason and my view of opponents, and I check my box. - LSUSports.net, Nov 24, 2008
• The view of air of negativity, I don't want to define it too well. - LSUSports.net, Nov 24, 2008
• I think there's a very small margin of error, and therein lies the difference of victory. - The Advocate, Nov 25, 2008
• I'm trying to get that back. ... I don't know if it's a comfortable generality that we're not hungry. - The Advocate, Nov 25, 2008
• I hope that they'll have the pent-up frustration and the want to play very strongly. - The Advocate, Nov 25, 2008
• I look forward to him stepping on the field. He gives us some thrill. - The Advocate, Nov 25, 2008
• The opportunity to enjoy the outcome of a victory against our last opponent certainly is there. - Scout.com, Nov 27, 2008
• Don't pretend for a minute that I'm not looking at me and our coaching staff in a very critical way. - The Daily Advertiser, Nov 28, 2008
• The want to get this team playing well really revolves around the understanding of doing your job and relaxing, having fun and enjoying yourself. - The Daily Advertiser, Nov 28, 2008
• I'm just going to operate from the premise that there are going to be some adjustments made without question, first and foremost, attitude and doing the right things. - LSUSports.net, Dec 2, 2008
• From the start of the season, to the distance where Jordan Jefferson has come now has been tremendous. - LSUSports.net, Dec 2, 2008
• I think we all want success. - LSUSports.net, Dec 2, 2008
• I have to be honest with you, our football team wants to play. - The Advocate, Dec 12, 2008
• I will look at and evaluate any considerations beyond this bowl game very quickly, but frankly, we're going to need all focus and every view to prepare and play well in this bowl game. - The Times-Picayune, Dec 12, 2008
• The young man, the true freshman that's there now, probably deservedly is going to get the start and we expect him to play well. - The AJC, Dec 15, 2008
• They are going to hand someone a trophy with champion on it after the game and we want it. - Associated Press, Dec 15, 2008
• The vibe I'm getting is they're working hard, and they do understand it's a bowl. - The Times-Picayune, Dec 21, 2008
• It's been a good week. It's been good work, I should say. - The Advocate, Dec 22, 2008
• There is a lot of young men who are getting their degrees and pursuing a real quality lifestyle and allowing them to compete in a great society where there really are no barriers. - The Advocate, Dec 22, 2008
• We have some pretty nifty special teams guys. - USA Today, Jan 1, 2009
• Those things he would do differently might well have been observed by me when I listened to him talk. - The Advocate, Jan 6, 2009
• The understanding of how competitive it is in this league and what you need to win is very specific to this conference. - The Advocate, Jan 6, 2009
• Potentially, this is the style of class that competes for championships year after year and people will be attracted to the style of men that we recruited this year. - LSUSports.net, Feb 4, 2009
• Our school is well respected throughout the country, so we have great attraction to those surrounding states and those people that have proximity. - LSUSports.net, Feb 4, 2009
• I think competition propels that position greater than the announcement of a starter. - LSUSports.net, Mar 11, 2009
• I find I have four children, two of them that call me dad, and two of them that call me daddy. I enjoy that. - LSUSports.net, Jul 24, 2009
• His experience in this league, his comfort with a dominant defense, met very comfortably with those men on our campus where we have played dominant defense for our time. - LSUSports.net, Jul 24, 2009
• Football is one where you have to take somebody on in a frontal position, it's certainly a point of leverage, that helmet. - LSUSports.net, Jul 24, 2009
• In this particular year, I had (SID) Michael Bonnette, in conjunction with me, fill that ballot out. But those were my calls, as well. - LSUSports.net, Jul 24, 2009
• I took those observations you made in our last game as observations that I also made. - LSUSports.net, Jul 24, 2009
• I think we're fortunate to live in a country where those things, market value, is generally looked at as a positive thing. - LSUSports.net, Jul 24, 2009
• I think there are lessons that need to have been learned, and I think shared pasts and histories are common knowledge. - LSUSports.net, Aug 5, 2009
• I think we understand the problems that created that, and that's being addressed routinely. - LSUSports.net, Aug 5, 2009
• The one thing about football is that if they didn't play games, no one would want to play it. - LSUSports.net, Aug 9, 2009
• Your business must be done as well as it can be done. - LSUSports.net, Aug 15, 2009
• Any time you go into a period of time where you have to mature your team, to me, it's improvement that must take place. - LSUSports.net, Aug 25, 2009
• Our football team understands the want to play best. - LSUSports.net, Sep 8, 2009
• I've always enjoyed huddle, but there are certain situations that no huddle is best, and certainly that was one. - LSUSports.net, Sep 8, 2009
• I think there is a want to play well in this state and any time you line up against a team that is from here and has players that went to school with our players and really know each other back and forth and really have a real respect for. - LSUSports.net, Sep 14, 2009
• Any time that you get beyond a team with victory, it's much easier to discount their abilities because frankly, you won that, and Lord, I'm thankful that we did. - LSUSports.net, Sep 14, 2009
• Every time that I line up against a team that does not have a name that warrants a national viewing audience, I always find out that they're pretty good, have talent and can play. - LSUSports.net, Sep 14, 2009
• I think this game will give a chance to the people of Louisiana to fill that stadium and celebrate two in-state teams. - LSUSports.net, Sep 16, 2009
• These are games that we've won. Those aren't nearly as important as the games we've yet to play, and if he's ready to play in games we've yet to play, that's what I want to see. - LSUSports.net, Sep 21, 2009
• The history of the series may be the least significant statistic that predicts any outcome. - LSUSports.net, Sep 21, 2009
• They tell me it's going to be early. To be honest with you, I kind of look forward to kickoff time. - LSUSports.net, Sep 21, 2009
• They tell me too that we'll be wearing our purple uniforms, the purple jerseys, so I'll enjoy that day. - LSUSports.net, Sep 21, 2009
• I know I vote, and I'm excited to vote. I do a great job, but I have to be very honest. I vote based on record and things that are not significant. - LSUSports.net, Sep 21, 2009
• Certainly our football team met this morning and reviewed the fact that we've played four games, and we have four victories. - LSUSports.net, Sep 28, 2009
• If he didn't run out of gas, I ran out of gas for him. - The Advocate, Sep 28, 2009
• The intermission probably affected our play, but I don't know to what extent. - TSN.ca, Sep 30, 2009
• We recognize the quarterback can be a different guy, but he'll probably be asked to do very similar things. - LSUSports.net, Oct 7, 2009
• We recognize that they're going to be talented there, and we'll play that quarterback whomever takes that snap. - LSUSports.net, Oct 7, 2009
• I want Tiger Stadium to be as loud and as enjoyable and as noteworthy as any venue at any time that Tiger Stadium has got it cranked. - LSUSports.net, Oct 7, 2009
• There are (many memories) and probably too numerous to name and would take a little bit of the magic away if you tried to identify them too fully. - LSUSports.net, Oct 7, 2009
• I think the excitement of a big game will take place in our building and with our team irrespective of the outward view and those people who are watching. - LSUSports.net, Oct 7, 2009
• It's fun to prepare for big games, and this will have that. - LSUSports.net, Oct 7, 2009
• This is the greatest football state in America. It's a place where the women understand what it means and how to play it. - LSUSports.net, Oct 7, 2009
• In a game where you have just few possessions you have to move the football. - The Houston Chronicle, Oct 10, 2009
• The point at this point in the season is the team that improves the most from this point forward has every opportunity to be in the title game. - LSUSports.net, Oct 19, 2009
• The want to improve has taken on in really every phase of the offense. - LSUSports.net, Oct 19, 2009
• The measure of this season will not be made on what we've done but what we're about to do. - LSUSports.net, Oct 19, 2009
• Certainly it's something that we have not gotten accomplished at this point and something that we desperately want to get woven into the thread of our offense. - LSUSports.net, Oct 19, 2009
• I like the development of our quarterback who is currently our starter. - LSUSports.net, Oct 19, 2009
• I certainly enjoy the fact that at the right time the two teams in this state will get into a stadium and celebrate football. - LSUSports.net, Oct 26, 2009
• I can tell you that we've always wanted to honor our best opponents with our greatest effort, and certainly that's the intent this week. - LSUSports.net, Nov 2, 2009
• The only thing I can tell you about how the clock rules have changed is we were brought to bear on it as coaches. - LSUSports.net, Nov 2, 2009
• I enjoy watching good college football, and I think certainly that's what will be played this Saturday. - LSUSports.net, Nov 2, 2009
• I told my team this morning, 'We're going to bemoan the position we're in currently, and you're allowed to be disappointed and unhappy.' - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2009
• The enjoyment and celebration of victory lasts so long and the same thing when you finish second. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2009
• It's an interesting fact that we go up in the BCS standings beyond a game that we finished second to a very good Alabama game. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2009
• I look forward to the opportunity at very positive consequences beyond finishing the season strong. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2009
• I can tell you that with exception, that play certainly was a turning point in that game. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2009
• I didn't think there would be a lot of scoring in that game, and the want to make the three-pointer more important certainly was there. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2009
• Anticipating was not what they need to hear the personnel call and be given the directive. That did happen at times. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2009
• I think there is an emotional toll that's taken on this game, and it's wonderful just so you know. - LSUSports.net, Nov 9, 2009
• I think the style of athlete that Louisiana Tech employed was not as talented but certainly gave a view of the style of running that can be used by Ole Miss. - LSUSports.net, Nov 16, 2009
• The feel and the want to win a game and to put a history and a trophy beside that, certainly we understand that the feel of victory is a very singular motivator. - LSUSports.net, Nov 16, 2009
• Certainly we covet both the trophies that are on the line in the next two games, but victory is the first want. - LSUSports.net, Nov 16, 2009
• I don't know that the forum or the voting of booing in any way affects anything positively. - LSUSports.net, Nov 16, 2009
• I'd much rather have a free-swinging game that there were successes on both sides of the ball, and it was decided by the whim of good fortune. - TigerSportsDigest.com, Nov 23, 2009
• As a head coach in review, that is where I want to win the game. - TigerSportsDigest.com, Nov 23, 2009
• I'd be the first one to tell you that I would like to think that I had called timeout before that. I can't imagine that I did not. I can't tell you that I did, and that's my issue. - TigerSportsDigest.com, Nov 23, 2009
• We were missing two tight ends that were nicked, so the opportunity to get the run that we wanted in the game was not quickly accessible. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• Now, we refute this now put into this position, how do we get a play snapped? I suggest that it's very difficult. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• Now, in terms of the issue of clocking it, certainly there was every want to win that game. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• Now the one second and to try to come to the line of scrimmage and get that ball snapped with some positive result with one second to go was certainly what our greatest desire was. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• At that point in time with one second to go on the clock, I had lost that opportunity for the team there by squandering seconds. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• I understand the mistake that this head coach has made, and it will not be repeated. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• The want to have had the players on the field make the timeout call in that spot certainly is a great call. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• Certainly I would have anticipated that I would have gotten the official's attention, and the timeout would have been defined. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• Certainly the easiest piece is to correct me. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• We are improved by strategy, but it doesn't help us last week. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• My issue is that mentally certainly I thought that the timeout was called. - LSUSports.net, Nov 23, 2009
• The opportunity to have competitively played yourself into an advantage position where you can play for a bowl championship – we recognize that as the reason why we're here. - LSUSports.net, Dec 10, 2009
• A bowl championship is a very realistic and very engaging opportunity for our football team. - LSUSports.net, Dec 10, 2009
• I've always looked at competition being the responsibility of an opponent. - LSUSports.net, Dec 10, 2009
• You've invested in a guy for two years who will now have benefit and dividend for our team. - The Times-Picayune, Dec 17, 2009
• But in any event a team has to play beyond what would be accepted and predicted feelings, and we've done that well here. - The Times-Picayune, Dec 17, 2009
• I expect no other subtractions and no distractions to this game. - The Daily Reveille, Dec 31, 2009
• It's hard to use the world legend, but he certainly is an icon in coaching. - LSUSports.net, Dec 31, 2009
• Certainly you want no field to be directly a cause to injury, and you want it as fast-tracked as you can be. - LSUSports.net, Dec 31, 2009
• I want for him not to be in poor health. - LSUSports.net, Dec 31, 2009
• Any time that you line up to play in a postseason game, there is an opportunity to win. - LSUSports.net, Dec 31, 2009
• So the opportunity to go down there and have a chance at a field goal late in the game certainly would have been what we planned. - Associated Press, Jan 1, 2010
• The players have done a great job of doing what the coaches have asked of them. - ESPN.com, Feb 26, 2010
• It's very much hopeful that we'll have the ability to do from similar personnels, many different things. - The Daily Advertiser, Feb 28, 2010
• I think it's not that we have to do it differently, but that you have to do it with great approach. - The Daily Advertiser, Feb 28, 2010
• We'll have a renewed affirmation and feel and want to run the football. - The Daily Advertiser, Feb 28, 2010
• A football team does not improve in football unless they're on the field practicing. - LSUSports.net, Mar 1, 2010
• I think we have enough youth in the team where it will bubble of competition. - The Shreveport Times, Mar 2, 2010
• If that's true (again), it will be because that's the way it worked out. - The Shreveport Times, Mar 2, 2010
• Certainly with time, he'll be potentially a great player. - The Shreveport Times, Mar 2, 2010
• He's a talented thrower and … he has a great opportunity to do so. - The Daily Reveille, Mar 6, 2010
• I thought it was a nice start to our endeavor on becoming a dominant team and more physical than we have been. - The Town Talk, Mar 9, 2010
• I say we are going to run the football; we are going to run the football. - The Daily Reveille, Mar 13, 2010
• We're very talented. We have ability. We have people that make you miss, but they must improve. That improvement needs to take place. - The Shreveport Times, Mar 21, 2010
• There were some penalties that backed them up and some turnovers that made the day not as productive as it could have looked. - The Shreveport Times, Mar 21, 2010
• We wish he'd take some of the responsibility of the offense under his umbrella. - ESPN.com, Mar 22, 2010
• It will be a great time for the state of Louisiana to fill our stadium and to have a good time watching LSU football in the spring of the year. - LSUSports.net, Mar 23, 2010
• And so I think standing to the responsibility is kind of the right thing. - The Shreveport Times, Mar 26, 2010
• I can tell you we shored up some areas and some repeat mistakes will not occur. - The Advocate, Mar 26, 2010
• I like our guys to throw perfectly. I don't know that anybody does that though. - The Daily Reveille, Mar 28, 2010
• With his anticipation of the things he's going to need to do to make those plays will make him better and better because he's a bright guy and will apply his abilities. - BayouBuzz.com, Mar 31, 2010
• I think our team is really poised to really get better. - ESPN College Football Live, Apr 14, 2010
• He runs really explicit routes, and he is very specific to detail. - The Daily Reveille, Apr 21, 2010
• He's the kind we would expect to throw some balls to and to have him throw some balls. - The Times-Picayune, Apr 29, 2010
• It's only my hope the opportunity for JaMarcus to land with a team that will invest in him and give him the opportunity to continue to develop. - The Times-Picayune, May 6, 2010
• There were some things we didn't do with him in the spring game that didn't benefit him. - The Shreveport Times, May 11, 2010
• We felt like the signing date in mid-December would change the calendar and disadvantage quality of life, as well as the teams that you have on your campus and the ability to deal with that effectively. - The Advocate, Jun 3, 2010
• (The increased money) will certainly a paycheck for a lot of people and good for college football in the long run, but it will be sad to see Oklahoma won't play Nebraska anymore and some of these old traditional rivalries just won't be served. - The Shreveport Times, Jun 16, 2010
• It wasn't very long ago I was an assistant, so I certainly feel that in the position that they're in there's a higher demand for success. - Rivals.com, Jul 20, 2010
• At LSU, we show up at the stadium, (92,500) all figuring LSU is going to win. Just by how much is the question. - SEC Digital Network, Jul 23, 2010
• I think experience of a season, if you will, always adds to the coach. - SEC Digital Network, Jul 23, 2010
• They've had great summers, and we look forward to seeing how it fares this fall. - SEC Digital Network, Jul 23, 2010
• There were a couple of situations in that game certainly that were going to be foreign to me. - TideSports.com, Jul 23, 2010
• I've never felt any pressure to win or - specific to me - other than the pressure that I have on me to be excellent. - TideSports.com, Jul 23, 2010
• I've always operated in the position where the coach was never the issue. - TideSports.com, Jul 23, 2010
• Each year there's a specific, unique characteristic that overcomes a team. - TideSports.com, Jul 23, 2010
• There's never been a question that they were going to have this summer to prepare. And they have. - TideSports.com, Jul 23, 2010
• I think our team will look forward to getting into two-a-days schedule and working hard and knowing the only place to achieve victory is beyond the practice schedule. - TideSports.com, Jul 23, 2010
• That's not paying players, it's the scholarship, suddenly the scholarship involves a $200 stipend, the level of scholarship is taller. - The New York Times, Jul 23, 2010
• When I allowed our administration to envision this game, the decision being made (whether) to take it, was only based on the fact that my team would accept the competition. - McClatchy Newspapers, Jul 23, 2010
• We need to start fast. When your team sees that and understands it in the right context, it gives them a responsibility to prepare with a purpose. - McClatchy Newspapers, Jul 23, 2010
• It will only be a championship season, and that's the only point and direction of this program. That's where we're headed. - Athens Banner-Herald, Jul 23, 2010
• I can promise you that those situations, some of those situations I'd never run into in coaching. Some of those situations I was, even though prepared for, had not envisioned the time constraints. - MyFoxAL.com, Jul 23, 2010
• In fact, the lifestyle and the living in Baton Rouge is a tremendous place to be from. - SEC Media Days, Jul 23, 2010
• Offensively, we got to run the football better. We put a down payment on that in the spring and I think our running backs have enjoyed it. - SEC Media Days, Jul 23, 2010
• We're very fortunate at LSU, we have an opportunity to offer quite an opportunity. - SEC Media Days, Jul 23, 2010
• We went through some of the situations we went through last fall. That did not go beyond my scrutiny. - SEC Media Days, Jul 23, 2010
• I think anybody that enjoys competition enjoys playing best teams. In the western division, we have it. - SEC Media Days, Jul 23, 2010
• I anticipate him being with us, but it wouldn't be without the realm of possibility that the Dodgers went after him hard. - The Daily Reveille, Jul 23, 2010
• My view, very honestly, has been a view of how to coach and prepare my team for victory. - The Shreveport Times, Jul 24, 2010
• We want to play well and play for victory within each contest. - The Advocate, Jul 24, 2010
• I just want you to know, this will be a great time to play to the great expectations of Louisiana and agree with the 92,500 that come into Tiger Stadium each week. - The Advocate, Jul 26, 2010
• It would be our great honor to join you again in the Sugar Bowl game. That would be the direction and the want for the program, I promise you. - The Advocate, Jul 26, 2010
• You want to have physical contact and tackling and you want for your team to have the ability to do the hard things routinely. The best way to do that is to keep them freshest and tax them when they're freshest. - LSUSports.net, Aug 4, 2010
• He's a very bright guy, a very talented man. In our minds, he's definitely a future at quarterback. - The Advocate, Aug 5, 2010
• Like, for instance, he was 226. He's now like 206. He's lost at least 10 pounds. - Press Conference, Aug 5, 2010
• Our defensive ends are smoke in a bottle. - The Advocate, Aug 20, 2010
• The improvement Jefferson continues to make if he stays on that pace, we're going to like him. - The Times-Picayune, Aug 25, 2010
• I certainly wish them well in any and all difficulties that they are currently having. - LSUSports.net, Aug 27, 2010
• Our team enjoys when the purple and gold files into a stadium that we are playing in. - LSUSports.net, Aug 30, 2010
• They don't do a lot, but what they do they do very well. - LSUSports.net, Aug 30, 2010
• The more that you have first downs, the more that you move the chains it stands to reason that the longer your drives the more plays you get. - LSUSports.net, Aug 30, 2010
• I think the want to play the best player and the want to play that player that you trust will play well is something every coach has, but the want to play the best player certainly overrides any natural bias. - LSUSports.net, Aug 30, 2010
• This team has a real ambition and a real want. There is a youthful enthusiasm. - Associated Press, Sep 3, 2010
• Our expectations, what we want are very, very high. We want to exceed those expectations of people in the perimeter of our program. - The Shreveport Times, Sep 4, 2010
• The opportunity to close out victory and win in a convincing style, we weren’t good enough for that (Saturday). - The Advocate, Sep 5, 2010
• I would say that he had the kind of night tonight on a national level that would put him in line for any national award including the very highest. - The Advocate, Sep 5, 2010
• Finish the game and have the opportunity to take an opponent and remove any opportunity of victory that they might have. - LSUSports.net, Sep 6, 2010
• We got that communicated to the field, but the difference is they didn't understand exactly what we were saying. - LSUSports.net, Sep 6, 2010
• Every guy that carries the football understands it is not his football -- it's ours. - The Town Talk, Sep 10, 2010
• I think Jordan Jefferson has run this team and can run this team, and whatever we can do to make him more aggressive playing quarterback for us is what we are going to do. - LSUSports.net, Sep 13, 2010
• I enjoy him and I enjoy his leadership, so we are going to work to that eventuality. - LSUSports.net, Sep 13, 2010
• They use the duality to benefit their offense, and it seems to be working. - LSUSports.net, Sep 13, 2010
• I think friends and family, first and foremost, is one of the fun things that I look forward to when I get done at the end of the day. - LSUSports.net, Sep 13, 2010
• We enjoy two backs, and we enjoy the fact that we can put a fullback in front of that ball carrier. - LSUSports.net, Sep 13, 2010
• It should be loud and a celebration of great effort and enthusiasm just like it is every time we go in there. - LSUSports.net, Sep 16, 2010
• I felt like the opportunity to control the ball down in the red zone, we would’ve liked to finish with sevens. - The Advocate, Sep 19, 2010
• If we have sevens there, it makes the score much different. - The Advocate, Sep 19, 2010
• If they continue to put their nose to the grindstone and fight like hell, they have a very, very good upside. - The Advocate, Sep 19, 2010
• I think that our team beyond this game certainly understands that there is a lot to accomplish. - The Advocate, Sep 19, 2010
• Don't pretend for a minute that this team doesn't light up in this stadium. - The Shreveport Times, Sep 19, 2010
• We took the field, and I can tell you every one of our players in uniform was proud to be in that stadium. - The Shreveport Times, Sep 19, 2010
• I like how our team is continually improving. If they continue to do that, there's a good football team in there. - The Shreveport Times, Sep 19, 2010
• I think this team has got a fundamental 'teammanship' to it, or in other words, the enjoyment of team. - LSUSports.net, Sep 20, 2010
• They have a number of quality defenders that make it sticky to move the ball. - LSUSports.net, Sep 20, 2010
• There's a fine recollection there. Obviously, there was some special in that evening. - The Advocate, Sep 23, 2010
• They will still attack you, not only vertically, but up the middle and with width. - The Advocate, Sep 25, 2010
• I can tell you that is wasn't a great night to be a quarterback in our offense, no matter who the quarterback was. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• Ultimately, any time a team has a differing opponent, they are going to have to show different characteristics, and an ability to curtail great speed out of the backfield was something I really needed to see. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• There were several times in the game where guys jumped to an open space, and I very quickly made note to see how that open space would affect our defense. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• I can tell you that anytime you are in a game where you are penalized as often as we were, that quarterback has a very difficult situation. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• Any play that is three or four yards is certainly a positive. Anything in excess of three or four yards would have to be based on the criteria or need of the first down. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• I do have to say that I think there is some magic in that stadium at night that we all enjoy. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• There is no way I'm going to be anywhere but pretty excited and finding positives at 2:30. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• I don't necessarily spend a lot of time with my ear to the phone. I'm not necessarily looking for reviews. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• There is a very fine line with that field and the boundary, and making sure that he's ready to step onto the field and do the things that we've expected him to do is kind of my push. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• The scenarios that we've seen in the last four games, that defense has played so dominantly that the offense did not necessarily need to exhibit every ability it has. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• I would look forward to hopefully attacking an opponent in a like fashion. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• I think there are times that your mental energy is a little greased and ready to roll. - LSUSports.net, Sep 27, 2010
• Any football team, certainly ours, operates best when each phase is called upon to do the job that they've been trained to do while that other phase is pulling their load and doing well. - SECSports.com, Sep 29, 2010
• It's a way in which your mind slants your world to pick up the things that you need to perform well. I have a scotoma against ... all that other stuff. I don't see it, I can't reflect on it, it draws no feel, it's nondestructive. - The Times-Picayune, Sep 30, 2010
• It was such a rare treat to be in the stadium of color and music and excitement that I elevated it well above anything that could be negative. - The Times-Picayune, Sep 30, 2010
• I don't think we played near to our capacities. - LSUSports.net, Oct 2, 2010
• They just called that team a winner and then whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa — come on back here and then they called us the winner. - The Advocate, Oct 3, 2010
• The necessity of the run that we like as opposed to just a run or an advantage in play to just a play. - The Advocate, Oct 3, 2010
• The want to get the personnel onto the field took precedence in the mind’s eye of the play-caller. - The Advocate, Oct 4, 2010
• The multiplicity of personnel created certainly some of the issues. - The Shreveport Times, Oct 4, 2010
• That's something at this point, I'm not ready to say or see. It might be something. - The Shreveport Times, Oct 4, 2010
• I can tell you that the issue was trying to use and have utility in an extra down. - LSUSports.net, Oct 4, 2010
• Before the series generally there is conversation that would involve me, and during the series generally that's the play-caller. - LSUSports.net, Oct 4, 2010
• The mistake that was made here also dealt with clock management, but it was a completely different scenario and will be approached in a like fashion. The correction will be made very well. - LSUSports.net, Oct 4, 2010
• That decision was made prior to the time understanding. - LSUSports.net, Oct 4, 2010
• The 'clock it' call certainly was the absolute best call at that time, and it would have gone in the order that it would have anyway. - LSUSports.net, Oct 4, 2010
• I can't really comment on what speculation is on the perimeter. - LSUSports.net, Oct 4, 2010
• I don't know that I could recommend that a flag be thrown, to be honest with you, off of the vision of the film. - LSUSports.net, Oct 4, 2010
• Every quarterback and any quarterback that goes on the field certainly is going to have the confidence of the coaching staff that sends them on there. - LSUSports.net, Oct 4, 2010
• The play-calling, minus the gaffe at the back end, the last drive was really excellent. I’d like to get those and get by a short span of time when mistakes were made. - The Advocate, Oct 7, 2010
• They recognize that he throws a ball that they'd like to put their hands on. - The Advocate, Oct 7, 2010
• Since the start of the century, it's the two programs that have led the conference and historically they've been very, very good very talented. - The Advocate, Oct 9, 2010
• It must be nice to have the ability to have humor at the expense of a school and a team and maybe a coach. Maybe, they're not right. - USA Today, Oct 10, 2010
• The play that we are getting from our defense is specific in my mind to the play that we are getting from the participants. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• We never considered what ended up being going for a first down, which is what we got with the fake anyway. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• We are operating two quarterbacks in what appears to be the best possible scenarios. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• Right now, if they play like they did against Florida minus an interception, we kind of like to see that play. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• We lost a couple of guys in special teams play, and when you lose those guys the balance of power and want to have an elite team can be short-circuited by a participant right in the center of that coverage unit. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• What you are going to want to have is certainly both guys being able to contribute and contribute positively. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• Now, hopefully we'll go quickly through the next games, and the ease of how we play them will continue to manifest itself. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• If at one point in time, the balance were to swing where the contribution is not equal to the number of reps, then certainly we'll give thought to playing them differently. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• Certainly we enjoy the opportunity we have to improve that position and now we control our own destiny, and the things that lay in front of us allow for great ambition. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• I certainly want to have the ability at both skill sets during the game, and how we play them obviously will depend on how that continues. - LSUSports.net, Oct 11, 2010
• The great thing about the league we play in and who we play is you have the opportunity no matter who you are to earn your way. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 13, 2010
• I guess the challenge is always weekly and always about the situation and always about the team you are coaching. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 13, 2010
• It's nice that there's a passionate fan base that wants us to succeed. If we perform and worked as hard as we do in anonymity, it would be much different. I don't think our guys would appreciate it as much. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 13, 2010
• Our football team enjoys the fact we're going to work hard in our approach to training and how we prepare. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 13, 2010
• The want to get to the call that we eventually win the game with is certainly a burden that I’m carrying. - The Dan Patrick Show, Oct 14, 2010
• I think there's some want for the good guys that you can compete against that fight like heck to win. - The Shreveport Times, Oct 16, 2010
• I think you'll see a want to play in this next game that will represent us best. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 17, 2010
• We're seeing the ability to throw the football in practice. It just needs to manifest itself in the game. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 18, 2010
• There is a lot of enthusiasm and energy coming out of the building that I work in. - LSUSports.net, Oct 18, 2010
• It's fun for a coach to see a guy get his first reps and go at it with as much want as he did. - LSUSports.net, Oct 18, 2010
• Any time you play a real quality opponent, the match is the key. - LSUSports.net, Oct 18, 2010
• I can tell you that games are meant to be played with a natural enthusiasm, some want, some ambition to take the lead and win. - LSUSports.net, Oct 18, 2010
• We are going to recognize that we may need to score some points in this game, but that's what we try to do in every game, and we are going to work in the same way that we have, aggressively as needed certainly. - LSUSports.net, Oct 18, 2010
• Whether we change the order or if we don't change the order I truly do not think is of any importance. - LSUSports.net, Oct 18, 2010
• When you get into a game against your best opponents, you're certainly challenged best. - LSUSports.net, Oct 18, 2010
• Anytime you have a quarterback that has the abilites that Cam Newton has, it's the best numbered run there is. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 20, 2010
• He's a guy in normal football you don't necessarily account for. Now, he's the first consideration maybe on every play. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 20, 2010
• He's a guy you can focus on him and get beat by the other very talented perimeter. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 20, 2010
• If I could have a spy no one could see, a guy on the field that didn't count, that would be a great answer. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 20, 2010
• I don't think you can hide when there is a national enthusiasm for a specific game. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 20, 2010
• For the coach to come into the team meeting room and not really have a little extra juice about preparing and understanding this game is a significant one, would not be an honest approach. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 20, 2010
• For you not to enjoy playing in a matchup with two nationally ranked guys, both teams undefeated, to not have enjoyment of that circumstance, I don't know if I could do it. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 20, 2010
• The things we're doing here are with a mindful eye. That's the best I can tell you. - FoxSports.com, Oct 22, 2010
• There is a want in every football player to take it on and take the man. (Saturday), a 250-pound man was a little much. - The Advocate, Oct 24, 2010
• The passing attack has not changed so significantly that it's not comfortable for all. - The News-Star, Oct 27, 2010
• There's not a great deal of symptom, and we're expecting that he might be back. - The News-Star, Oct 27, 2010
• They have a big physical front group that are as strong a force as we have been around. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• Certainly the receiving corps could have caught more balls, and I think those things are not things that should continue. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• I think the pieces that we have done here really that have benefited us is we have looked at those things that we have been successful, and we are going to work to maximize those yet again. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• The opportunity to carry the football in a predictable fashion and the ability to hand the ball off as well as throw it really give you the most diverse attack. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• I think any time you look at the passing game, you have to look at the whole piece. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• I think those teams that lose games back-to-back routinely don't necessarily have the pain in the pit of their stomach that this team will have. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• I guess what I'm saying is I'm in the key piece of my season where the big plays have yet to have been made. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• Let's prepare well so we can let it rip and let our best team present itself. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• I think any time that he takes the field, I think there is a need for him to have the opportunity to carry the football. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• I think any time you have a team that cares, they will look to progress, and they look to ask that the team and their group come along. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• I don't know that getting over the hump is the view. - LSUSports.net, Nov 1, 2010
• I'm pretty confident we'll be able to throw and catch it. I felt that way before. I suspect it will come to fruition Saturday. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 3, 2010
• Our passing game looks like we're throwing the football better in practice on a regular basis. The need is to translate that to the game. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 3, 2010
• We're at our best when we are throwing and catching. That's the best recipe for us on offense. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 4, 2010
• You're going to play where you know victory lies. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 8, 2010
• Hurst has an injury that's going to be temporary. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 8, 2010
• I think that when you are put in a position where it's a key down and distance, it's not inconceivable that that's a down and distance you can achieve. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 8, 2010
• I think that anytime you call a team to perform on fourth down, it tells them that they can do this. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 8, 2010
• I think he had a confidence with the throwing game that he enjoyed. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 8, 2010
• The first thing you're going to do is secure victory. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 8, 2010
• It's not within my understanding how somebody could not see that as a mistake. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 8, 2010
• It's an earned position. It's not one that is void of schedule. It's rich in schedule. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 8, 2010
• Those things that we feel like we do well and how it factors versus our opponent is kind of how the game plan will unfold. - LSUSports.net, Nov 10, 2010
• We know now we have a chance to perhaps put ourselves in position to win some kind of championship. - The Advocate, Nov 13, 2010
• Year in and year out the view of the BCS system will become popular or not. - LSUSports.net, Nov 15, 2010
• I think they'll miss it most after it's over. - LSUSports.net, Nov 15, 2010
• You can not turn a blind eye to misconduct. And if you do, you're as guilty as the misconduct. - SECSports.com, Nov 17, 2010
• Number 7 - I hope he comes back, or I hope he goes. - LSUSports.net, Nov 20, 2010
• I recognize the enjoyment to come over here and see you all, and that the quickness to which the season goes by really predicts how much fun you are having. - LSUSports.net, Nov 22, 2010
• In that piece when they go back in the pocket and throw, it will predict a lot of the success that they have. - LSUSports.net, Nov 22, 2010
• I look forward to what will be whatever the next opponent will be. - The Advocate, Nov 27, 2010
• I have every reason to enjoy how my family is progressing. - The Advocate, Dec 2, 2010
• I think our football team will be very hungry to improve. - The Advocate, Dec 2, 2010
• He feels like there's reasons he could represent the kind of guy an appeal should be listened to. - USA Today, Dec 28, 2010
• Speculation is not factual. - The Advocate, Jan 5, 2011
• When Jerry Jones speaks, he has something to say. - LSUSports.net, Jan 7, 2011
• This facility calls you to play your best and calls you to make plays that are incredible because it's fitting here. - LSUSports.net, Jan 7, 2011
• I'm told that we will speak, that time and place has not been identified. - The Times-Picayune, Jan 10, 2011
• The want to have our school as an alumnus be successful and do right things. That's my greatest concern. - The Times-Picayune, Jan 11, 2011
• At times my inability to communicate what was going on and how we're going to address it and why is based on the program. - The Advocate, Jan 12, 2011
• I could not have met with Michigan without the possibility of another outcome. - The Advocate, Jan 12, 2011
• I believe where you're at is where you live your life. - The Advocate, Jan 12, 2011
• It's positive that we're in right now with two quarterbacks who can both throw. - The Advocate, Jan 21, 2011
• There's still a piece of me that would like the opportunity and certainly times in games in both the Auburn game and the Arkansas games, I'd like to have done things differently. - The Advocate, Jan 21, 2011
• When I sat down with him with our staff and our staff confirmed, he's really good. - The Advocate, Jan 21, 2011
• I think our guys are very ambitious toward the fall and by necessity will compete very well this spring. - The Times-Picayune, Mar 3, 2011
• His knowledge of the back end will give him a real advantage in the front end, because he knows where everybody's at. - The Advocate, Mar 11, 2011
• I think a week ago, the offense won the day. Today, the defense returned the volley. - The Advocate, Mar 27, 2011
• I still am very much an advocate of college football. I realize what it does for a great majority of the youth of our country. - CBSSports.com, Apr 9, 2011
• He comes with some intuitive knowledge of my position and it makes him a tremendous resource for me. - SEC Digital Network, Apr 20, 2011
• Going into a guy's senior year, there's a general want to be one of the best in college and certainly that's a goal of his. - SEC Digital Network, Apr 20, 2011
• I think change is a state of constant need in any game that sees imperfections and must be corrected. - SEC Digital Network, Apr 20, 2011
• I think he raises his level of play based on what is the need to have victory. - SEC Digital Network, Apr 20, 2011
• Leadership is a piece that the quarterback position must embrace. - SEC Digital Network, Apr 20, 2011
• Obviously this is a wonderful game where hard work and dedication and all the applied principles of our country are working. - SEC Digital Network, Apr 20, 2011
• I think that there's a serious industry and a wonderful representation that comes from college football. - The Shreveport Times, Jun 15, 2011
• The most enjoyable confine for us to play is in Tiger Stadium. - ESPN College Football Live, Jun 21, 2011
• Every time we come down this road, we talk about what it was like to take a team trip on a bus that was very significant -- to play for a national championship. - The Times-Picayune, Jul 18, 2011
• Our football team recognizes that this would be the place to play in any postseason play. - The Times-Picayune, Jul 18, 2011
• Those people that sign their name 'Slick Willie' don't necessarily have legitimate opinions. - SEC Media Days, Jul 22, 2011
• The things that we do and the criticism that he sustains happens within our team room. - SEC Media Days, Jul 22, 2011
• I think the things that our guys want to achieve certainly would match a very ambitious schedule. - SEC Media Days, Jul 22, 2011
• So rankings can be a compliment certainly, and it can certainly be a distraction, but not certainly at this level. - SEC Media Days, Jul 22, 2011
• I fight for unique and accurate ways to be descriptive. - ESPN.com, Jul 27, 2011
• The want to travel on a bus to that national championship game is a goal. - The Monroe News-Star, Jul 28, 2011
• I am certainly superstitious. I think it's more of a need for routine and to make sure the routine goes uniformly as it's always gone. - ESPN.com, Jul 29, 2011
• I'm now pointed north and south with football. - The Times-Picayune, Aug 4, 2011
• Obviously, there has to be advantages for the conference for them to encourage expansion whatever they might be. - USA Today, Aug 13, 2011
• We're preparing to play those guys that would expect to play, and yeah we're preparing for if a happenstance would occur. - The Shreveport Times, Aug 24, 2011
• I told my guys, we made our bed, and now it's time to get it right. - The Shreveport Times, Aug 25, 2011
• If they're anything like their coach, they feel like they've been pent up and they're finally going to be allowed to pursue the field and pursue victory. - LSUSports.net, Aug 29, 2011
• The issues for me are that I’m kind of stuck into what is our discipline here, and I’m going to maintain that. - The Advocate, Sep 1, 2011
• I hope very honestly that (Jefferson) can defend himself very effectively, that he can abide by whatever the constraints of the legal system are and let it be expedited so that he can step to the field. - The Advocate, Sep 1, 2011
• It's a time where you have to put a lot of distraction in the perimeter. - ESPN College GameDay, Sep 3, 2011
• The want to be an excellent football team is certainly what they've taken to the field every day. - ESPN College GameDay, Sep 3, 2011
• We asked them to put to the perimeter all those things that could be distractions and things the sports media needed to visit about and rehash and define and clarify. - The Times-Picayune, Sep 4, 2011
• I think it would make great sense, great rationale if the SEC, the view A&M would give it, and the view of those schools in close proximity, obviously they would come back to Texas to play. - The Times-Picayune, Sep 7, 2011
• Ryan Baker sustained a penalty of play, and we withheld him from play today based on the rules violation. - LSUSports.net, Sep 10, 2011
• There are some other memories, but that's the one I choose to log that day with. - LSUSports.net, Sep 12, 2011
• I'm not going to preclude young guys from having impact and/or developing a following on our team. - LSUSports.net, Sep 12, 2011
• I think it's a nice opportunity to start the season with some real quality experiences that will lend us to the remainder of the schedule. - LSUSports.net, Sep 19, 2011
• There are some strong similarities. The want and enjoyment in throwing the ball is certainly the first. - LSUSports.net, Sep 19, 2011
• We're fortunate that we started on the road and that our road routine is well demonstrated. - The Advocate, Sep 21, 2011
• There will be some immediate awareness and fondness for the offense. - The Associated Press, Sep 22, 2011
• The chemistry stirs really well with Russell in the mix. - The Associated Press, Sep 22, 2011
• I think there's a real concerted effort to do the right thing with that ball. It's ours and we want it returned to us. - LSUSports.net, Sep 26, 2011
• Certainly we were all embarrassed in things that were not held in an immediate position of emphasis were suddenly reemphasized. - LSUSports.net, Sep 26, 2011
• I think an addition of A&M is certainly a piece that allows us as a conference to continue to upgrade and make our presence felt nationally. - LSUSports.net, Sep 26, 2011
• I think it's also important to realize that with another skill set, you would soon introduce Jordan Jefferson to an opportunity to playing some of the time. - The Times-Picayune, Sep 28, 2011
• We were ranked one, then we went to Kentucky and finished second in the ball game. - Lexington Herald-Leader, Oct 1, 2011
• That defense comes to the field with a want to make an impression; with a want to be ambitious and to be recognized. - LSUSports.net, Oct 10, 2011
• Maybe he gets the game he gets to have a year later. - The Shreveport Times, Oct 13, 2011
• I certainly understand the interest surrounding what seems to be news. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 19, 2011
• I am not reactionary to needs of media and things external to this building. - The Shreveport Times, Oct 20, 2011
• I can tell you that our uniform will represent LSU and look very much like a uniform an LSU football team will wear. - The Times-Picayune, Oct 21, 2011
• If you can't recognize youth, happiness and the want to play and if that doesn't make you smile, for me that is not right. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 1, 2011
• Playing denotes something that you need to do, and at some point, it needs to be fun. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 1, 2011
• We have a team that has learned to play with freedom. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 1, 2011
• We have a youth that can make a coach smile. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 1, 2011
• Frankly, I don't know how high too jacked-up is. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 1, 2011
• If you are the champion of this conference, you should be able to stand at a position logistically to argue that you deserve to play for the national championship. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 1, 2011
• In some way the guy that finishes in a position left of the championship in the SEC, if he can demonstrate statistically by what kind of team he has, I am for the SEC. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 1, 2011
• The contact that takes place when our defense is on the field is very sincere and requires a ball carrier to hold onto the ball. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 1, 2011
• I want my guys focused. I don't want the distraction of not being focused to be a distraction. - Scout.com, Nov 2, 2011
• I don't know that anybody has any more than a very generalistic view of any coach that coaches out there. - SEC Digital Network, Nov 2, 2011
• Victory is decided in a short amount of time at that point, and we came to play toward the end. - The Advocate, Nov 6, 2011
• We look forward to our future. It's something we're really pointed to. - The Advocate, Nov 20, 2011
• The opportunity to have a defensive score early in the game was really an indication of how the game went for our opponent. - The Advocate, Nov 20, 2011
• I think, when we're called upon to raise your level of performance, not to exceed that of your opponent to win the game, that's competition, and I think our football team does that. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 27, 2011
• I think our guys translate the glare of the lights to making plays in the game. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 27, 2011
• I think this school, this place, this opportunity would afford a coach the ability to achieve. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 27, 2011
• I think most coaches, me included, are more comfortable with letting his football team speak for him rather than he speak for them. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 27, 2011
• When it finished I could not tell it was not Saturday night in Tiger Stadium. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 28, 2011
• As much as anything, we ask our guys to not only play but describe their play and try to give us what we would describe. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 28, 2011
• We've not really been in a game where we needed to throw the football as repeatedly as we're capable. - The Times-Picayune, Nov 28, 2011
• Certainly playing in this game has its own merit and its own want. - SEC Digital Network, Dec 2, 2011
• I could have taken how it had gone no matter how we finished after that press conference. - SEC Digital Network, Dec 2, 2011
• The memory of the day is elevated by how the team performed. - SEC Digital Network, Dec 2, 2011
• To pretend that this team here wasn't looking at that game kind of all along would be hard for me to say. - The Advocate, Dec 4, 2011
• There cannot be a greater game to play than to play your best against the best opponent. - The Advocate, Dec 4, 2011
• Certainly the defense is responsible, as we all are, to make sure that the opponent does not score and that we can score more. - ESPN, Dec 20, 2011
• There are a lot of wonderful things that were accomplished this year, except for the last one. - The Advocate, Jan 11, 2012
• Jarrett said, 'Coach, I would have really enjoyed going into that game.' So I understood his real want to be in that game. - The Advocate, Jan 11, 2012
• Obviously we weren't prepared because I think preparation certainly would have led to victory, but certainly there were some things that we were not prepared for. - Tiger Rag, Jan 12, 2012
• I have a difficult time bemoaning my team's effort, the coaches' effort and the want to win. - The Times-Picayune, Jan 18, 2012
• When you get to third and long, and you call pass, it doesn't predict a quality call - period. - The Times-Picayune, Jan 18, 2012
• We'll have a guy that will scramble but will throw the football by percentage greater. - The Times-Picayune, Jan 18, 2012
• He did not necessarily have the chest and the ability to lead a program, so you know. - Yahoo Sports, Feb 2, 2012
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