Bill Snyder Quotations

The positive side is that we put together about 12 minutes of play where our offense, defense and kicking game played probably as well as we could play at this particular point of the season. That was only 12 or so minutes, though.

Rhett just gives you the complete package, I think. Now, it's just a matter of growth for him.

I would prefer Meier if he gets healthy, ... He has a better arm, and Webb seems a little too sporadic.

I would have gotten the money, ... There wasn't any doubt. We were fighting tooth and nail to get this thing going. We weren't just going to let it fly by the wayside.

If they are in the middle of the field all the time, yes, it is probably pretty hard for anyone to stop, ... If you can get some field position, and you give them the three- and four-yard completion . . . then eventually they miss one of them.

I can't root for that game, so I can't pick a winner. ... But it's not surprising. Dan's done an incredible and amazing job at Iowa State. That victory was not a fluke.

I don't think it's quite the issue that it was made out to be initially,

He's done some tremendous things, as you've seen, ... and he's made some errors. The interceptions (and) the decision-making process needs to improve. He's got segments of his game that just need to get better.

I think the people that have come through the program and have gone on to be productive young people in society means as much as anything, ... I mean really productive people become special people in their own right.

I think we're a better division than we were a year ago. I don't know if all of us are, but collectively, that's the case. I think the North champion will be above .500.

I think we consider ourselves to be very fortunate to have won the ballgame.

I think that's probably the case. But that's an excuse, and I don't mean it to be.

I think the time is right ... because first and foremost, it's best for the university, ... I think that because of the nature of the profession that we are in, it becomes a difficult thing to follow a great deal of success.

I think there is a misperception that Vince Young does a lot of things that Chance Mock can't do, ... If you get lulled to sleep with the idea that they won't let Chance run the ball or handle the option, you could get yourself into some serious trouble because he can do these things and he can do them well.

I sat by my locker, and tears ran down my face. The man was a legend. He made some of my dreams come true.

People are beginning to understand the value of heart screening, and Sharon has been instrumental in promoting that effort.

Penalties and turnovers probably put us in a hole more than anything else. It's a matter of focus and discipline, and penalties and turnovers really created the difference.

Part of it is he presses awfully hard. He wants to make a play every time he gets a chance.

I think he's learning what this conference is all about. What I like is his mental toughness. He did a pretty nice job today.

I think for everything there is probably a right time, and its normally pretty difficult to define what that right time is, ... To me, this is the right time and the reasons are pretty simple.

I think I would assess his play somewhere in that category (mediocre), with the thought behind it meaning that he's a very capable young guy, ... Even though he did well, he believes there is a lot more in the tank, and I believe exactly the same thing.

I thought his presence on the field allowed you to gain some confidence and understand that he wasn't going to get shaken. He wasn't going to get rattled.

That win was not a fluke by any stretch.

We have to let things settle down a little bit. It's not what it appears to be. And I'm not in position to tell you, to elaborate on that. But I don't think it's quite the issue that it was made out to be initially.

Thomas is a better back than what you saw today. I'm not saying he was bad, he wasn't bad at all. I saw Thomas do some things during our two a day period that were awfully good, that I did not see him do before, and I expected him to do that today, but we didn't get to see it. When he feels comfortable with it and can do that, that just adds to his game.

Thomas had no intent, nor did he harm anyone. He was wrong in departing from where he was, and he accepts that responsibility. He knows that there are consequences, and he is in the process of responding to those consequences.

First and foremost, coaches, and then players, have to really recognize what are the issues. We're in that process right now. We got a decent start on it (Monday), and we hope to continue through the week.

Well, how do you want me to measure it, ... On a scale of one to 10, we were a zero.

The other 10 guys need to give him some help. We've got a lot of talent at other positions, and to make that kind of commitment to one guy can be somewhat risky.

We spent a lot of time looking backward, and that was out of necessity. What has taken place is we've worked very diligently and hard collectively, our staff and our players, to define exactly what the issues were from this past season.

Every game, T.J. always finds hustle points. Every game he is going to kick in with pure hustle plays, and those are the plays that lift you emotionally. When you see a teammate make plays like he does, you've got to kick it up a step, don't you?

Beating Chippewa Valley is a pretty good win for us or for anybody. I don't care what their record is when we play them. They come out and they play hard and play good defense. They have everybody coming in playing their A game against them because they are Chippewa Valley and they are trying to get their footing right now and it has been tough for them.

As I said to Davin or any of our players, no one play (decided the outcome). I can think of 100 in any ball game.... No one should have to carry the burden for that. Not Davin. Not anyone else.

Every time we put him on his back, he threw to the end zone.

There's no doubt there will be things that will be different from when we played them two years ago. We can run ourselves silly looking at Ohio State tape (when Mark Snyder coached there), this year's Marshall and looking at our game with them.

I've been thinking about it maybe off and on for a little longer than I should have,

The Yale-Harvard game means every bit as much to the players, coaches, faculty, administration and fans as any rivalry in college football.

There will be some consequences for Thomas. We have to let things settle down a little bit. It's not what it appears to be. And I'm not in position to tell you, to elaborate on that.

I've not been the kind of father that I should have been, and the kind of husband,

I've not been the kind of father than I should have been, nor the kind of husband, ... I don't know if I can correct that. I'm going to spend some time because they have been so wonderful.

It was the worst quarter of the year for us. But that was the best team we've played. I think a lot of it had to do with them, not my coaching. We played well enough to still be around. We made a lot of uncharacteristic mistakes, like dribbling into the corner against a double team.

It was very wet. The greens were very hard to putt. A lot of golfers had a problem with that. If you're a long ball hitter, you were fine.

Anything that happens within the confines of our program, it has been our policy to keep it in-house. Indeed, I will always do that.

As far as I know, my doctor has not complained well, he's complained about some of my habits, ... But to my knowledge, I'm physically fine.

Young people are resilient and can get up at early times. They just like to play. We're not going to make a major issue of it.

The whole game is played out of the press box, when you get right to it. Spectators on the sideline don't get to see very much.

They took him through the mud, pretty much. He was a good man.

All of our headsets went out. We had no communication whatsoever. Fortunately, we had a cell phone. That probably cost us about a thousand bucks in charges. Anyway, that's how we did it.

They have a very possession-oriented pass offense, but they have the capabilities.... They can stretch you down the field and stretch you laterally as well, ... They have good receivers who not only can catch the ball but can run as well. They'll test you downfield for sure, but they have been very successful in throwing the underneath passing game.

You don't have a good running game unless your offensive line is doing well. I think we made some progress after making some unforced errors. It was a little shady but we got better and better as an offensive team in the second half.

It was a tough year. I give my kids credit. The (MAC) White division is so physical. The second time through the league is just brutal. I couldn't be more pleased with my kid's performance all year.

It was a monumental game, I think, for him. I thought he handled it quite well, from what I saw. He's a very poised young guy.

I told them just to include the really special runs, not the mundane ones. Well, there's over 200 snaps on there.

It's so difficult to assess. We've made some improvement, but how much we'll define on Saturday.

It was my intent for him to be here, and Thomas was on board with that. But because this hasn't been settled yet legally, we'll wait until that takes place. His not being here is not his doing at this time. It's mine.

It will be very competitive. All four candidates are doing well. Now to qualify that, we don't have a Darren Sproles. But they're all doing well. They're assignment sound, they work hard and they have capabilities.

The turnovers were more a product of our spacing. We got out of sync and (Romeo) did a nice job of pressing us and distorting our spacing.

They did a good job of taking away our transition game and not letting us get out and run and that is how we do most of our scoring. The pressure of the game and the noise of the crowd caused us both to make mistakes out there.

There was a period of time after we had given the gift of 10 points, probably 12 and a half-, 13-minute period of time, where we probably played as well as we've played for quite some time.

It's not about losing at Nebraska, or the Colorado game or the Texas A&M game; it's not about those things. ... It's what is best for this university that has been very special to me and what is best for my family.

That's certainly a concern for us, and maybe as big as any. The fact that we only have two sacks in two ballgames probably addresses that issue as much as any other stat that's out there.

I'm making myself available. We communicate back and forth. I'm abreast of everything taking place.

I'm pleased we won. That shows character. ... I'm more concerned with the fact that we found ways to self destruct. It's the same as was last week (against Florida International), three turnovers and 90 yards in penalties.

I'm not thinking about dignity right now, but what happened and what we need to do to make sure it doesn't happen again, ... As bad as it was, we did have opportunities in the ballgame to make a difference. We didn't take advantage of the opportunities that presented themselves.

How did he play? Not very well, ... You saw in the second half he was a very competitive young man. Collectively, over the course of the ballgame, he probably didn't play too well.

I don't know. I thought he ran very, very well. Yes, he'll be a factor.

The good thing is we repaired, for the most part, a substantial amount of issues that we were concerned with. I was concerned with us fumbling the ball, and I think we managed the ball well.

The individual pass rush, which was a major concern, has made some improvement,

The difficult thing is that it's still an early season game, there's a change in the coaching staff and there's a number of different things,

The county attorney did what he had to do, ... I'm confident there was no intent on Thomas's part time bring harm to anyone. He made a bad choice, a bad decision, and outside of that I don't have anything in particular to say.