There is no doubt they are much better prepared for the season than any other freshmen coming in the summertime.
We haven't been able to do that in a long time. We haven't done that in five years, I think. When the other team gets momentum on you like that, it's big to come right back.
It gives these young men a leg up to get here in the spring. I think you'll start to see more and more of this.
This game will be another dimension that quarterbacks have to go through to become efficient. This is another test... and it's away from home.
He died right after he retired, and seeing that made me feel more conscious of a man needing a motive to live. If I ever got out of coaching, I would have to get a job somewhere, or I'm afraid I'd wilt on the vine, too.
It usually comes down to the mental attitude of your players. They have to be just as focused against Wake Forest as they were last week against Syracuse, or Boston College (Sept. 17). Because you know they're (Deacons) going to be focused.
They did what you expect freshmen to do. They needed some confidence. They needed something good to happen but it didn't,
I don't think we are mentally spent, which could very easily happen after you've lost three in a row and everybody is down, ... But I don't sense that in these guys. They played hard.