Bobby Johnson Quotations

When you think of great college football programs, Michigan is one of the first you consider.

We're going to miss him in more ways than one. We will miss him as a player and our guys will miss him as a teammate more than anything else.

We ran the ball well at times, ... Obviously, we threw the ball extremely well. If we can continue to do that and get a little more balance, I'll be very, very pleased.

We hope we are smarter than that, ... That's one thing about Vanderbilt; you got some pretty smart guys over here.

We had a very good play we worked on all week, and we knew what we were going to run,

There are only a few teams in the league that win those championships. We're not the only ones that don't win them. There's only a few and everybody is trying to catch those guys.

Mom was well-liked and respected by people from a wide range of ages. Many are driving in from hundreds of miles to pay their last respects.

I would expect a rotation. They're both very capable.

I have consulted with the University officials, and they have been investigating it more than anybody. They have assured me that our players were doing the right things and there will be no sanctions from the university,

I don't know what else you can want in a quarterback. It would have been easy for him to go to the NFL and leave Vanderbilt behind.

I don't know what else you can want in a quarterback, ... It would have been easy for him to go to the NFL and leave Vanderbilt behind.

I don't know who voted in instant replay, but it about stopped my heart.

I don't know who in the world voted in instant replay, ... But it about stopped my heart.

Fortunately, we haven't had many serious ones. (Offensive lineman) Mac Pyle we don't know if he's going to come back or not. That's a serious injury, but we may be fortunate and get him back.

I get into the car and hear one commercial and that's all,

He's champing at the bit and is disappointed he hasn't been able to play, ... We'll be cautious.

He made some athletic plays out there today, ... You have to get that thing fully rehabilitated before you can take a blow. Or give one.

He matured along with our offense and he knows it really well, ... He knows the game plan almost as well as the coaches do every week.

We look at the four teams we play, and there's not a lot of opportunities that you just say, 'We have this one,' ... We have to work for it. It was that way with the first four games we won. They could have gone either way.

We made too many physical and mental mistakes to hang in there with a team like Georgia .

We made too many mental and physical mistakes to hang in there with a team like Georgia. We had opportunities. We had people open. We had to kick a field goal when we should have had a touchdown. Those kinds of things prevent you from having a chance to win the game.

He was exactly right. He bettered us, he bettered his draft position and had a lot of fun doing it.

He could have gone out to the NFL, probably got himself some money, and he wouldn't have to worry about Vanderbilt's win-loss record,

I think it's a very high honor for Jay, but Jay will be the first one to tell you it's preseason. I know it's a cliche, but he's that kind of guy. He doesn't care about it. He wants us to win, and Jay came back to Vanderbilt to help us win.

I think they're ready to go, ... We have a good choice of two punters.

Jay makes a great throw or a great run for a first down. As an old defensive coordinator, I would hate (to face him).

Our guys won't be afraid to play anybody, but we know we have to play well to hang in there and we plan on doing that.

I tell our players all the time that we have to battle every time we go out on the field to have a chance to win, ... That was the case today.

Jonathan is a very talented football player. He brings a lot to the table. He was one of those guys available and the best at his position. We want to get Massey in here and find out what he can do best. He's that versatile.

We were 30 miles from the Georgia line, so we were over there all the time, ... It was the same thing at Furman. We had more Georgia players than from anywhere else.

We hadn't even made it to the airport. Same thing after the Arkansas game. He's a good friend of mine.

We had chances to win all three of those games, to tell you the truth. But unless you're just playing extremely well and hitting on all cylinders, it's tough to win those games against those high-powered teams.

We'll let the numbers sift out at the end of the year and see how we've done, ... You start thinking ahead to this game, that game, you're going to try and win this many, (then) you're not thinking about what you've got to do.

To have an experienced quarterback, it just makes your coaching job a whole lot easier,

We had a play ready. Our defense was tired and had played a lot of plays.

When he came back, I think it gave a big message to our seniors, a big message to our younger players.

We still have a great opportunity. I don't think our guys are going to let that pass by without putting in the effort. I have no fear at all that they won't come out and work.

(The defense) doesn't go out there with their heads down, ... They expect to stop them, and sometimes they don't always do it. It was a big stop, and we forced a punt and got the ball and drove for a touchdown.

We're trying to give them all of the moral support we can,

We're not proclaiming ourselves king of the road or anything.

(Weaver) came from our left and came screaming through there. I don't know exactly where he was lined up. I was watching the spot of the ball and caught him out of the corner of my eye.

To tell you the truth, we're sort of similar to Wake Forest,

Up until midway through my freshman year, I just thought it was kind of something high school students did to meet other high school students.

we tried to make sure our practices ended in a positive, quick mode.

We were ready to kick, and they had their regular return team on the field, ... They were allowed to substitute their whole team before we were allowed to kick. That's why I was upset.

We try to talk to our team all the time about making good decisions, about who they're going to be around, where they are and what they're doing. Sometimes you can't account for who approaches you or who comes where you are.

We had people open, and at a good part in the game. I'm not saying that we would have won the game if we catch some of those balls, but it prevents you from having a chance to win.

Everything we've been working on, we've had Wake in mind. This is just now a concerted effort to narrow it down.

Earl had a fantastic game. He's a fine player, and we have a lot of confidence throwing him the football. But we were in a situation where we had to throw it to Earl because we didn't have anybody else.

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The storm was so devastating, it could have destroyed our lives as well as it did our property.

I've always said if you can't run the ball, you won't be able to get any passing game going, and we couldn't tonight.

Ray Brown hasn't played yet. Nigel Seaman hasn't played yet. We haven't been untouched,

You prepared all week for this and then you lost that opportunity forever,

They were coming out to see if it was all true.

They know SEC football, and they read about it all the time. They grow up with it. They know about it and want to play it.

They have assured me that our players were doing the right thing. There will be no sanctions from the university on them,

It's just hard to be consistent when you're moving guys from position to position. We'll have to see who's going to be available next week.

It wasn't like I said, 'Oh yeah, you guys want me? I'm coming,' ... I look back at it, the staff we were replacing was let go during the season so recruiting was going to be an issue. We knew there were going to be multiple problems.

It was frustrating, every Saturday you felt like you had to play perfectly to win, ... We're not out of those woods; we still have to play well.

It was a tough game against a tough team. They ran the ball down our throat and somehow we found a way to win the football game.

It was a wholesale change, ... There's no simple answer. It's everything, recruiting, player development. The process is ongoing.

It might have hurt us in recruiting that first year. A lot of schools were using it against us, saying we didn't have an athletic department, saying we were going to intramurals.

It's hard to imagine what's going on in their minds. It's very, very tough.

It's possible. He might try to do something in certain situations. We haven't made a big emphasis on that. He can do some Superman stuff. I'd like to see it.

It's been kind of a normal injury pattern,

I want to go to a bowl. They want to go to a bowl. They can do the math. But we're not saying we just want to win two out of the four. We want to win all four of them. You start with your next game, which is the South Carolina game, so that's the game we're going to try to win first.

It will indeed be a great challenge to our football team, but it's also a tremendous national platform for our players and program.

They were running the ball down our throat, ... But somehow we found a way to win.

I'm not saying we win the game if we catch some of those balls, but those plays prevent you from having a chance to win.

I'm going to work as hard as I can, our staff is going to work as hard as they can, ... We'll take suggestions. The people who call you idiots and all that stuff, that's not going to make me change anything. They can do that all they want because it's not going to affect the way we go about doing our jobs.

I'm not coaching and trying to win to keep my job, ... I coach for my players and my coaches and for the fans to have success. Someone is going to have success at Vanderbilt. I hope it's me and this staff. This staff has worked extremely hard. But if it's not, I don't coach out of fear of losing my job.

I'm not looking at the schedule. I'm looking at Richmond. I don't even know. Do we have a schedule?

I'm disappointed because I felt like we were going to have a good chance to go for two and be successful and try to win the football game, and we didn't get that opportunity,

I'm proud of the way they've come through and carried that stuff off the practice field and onto the playing field,

I'm tired of talking about what might have been. We've got to seize those moments or potential moments and play as well as we can. If we play as well as we can and Georgia still beats us, you can live with that. When you drop balls and don't do the things you're capable of doing, that's what is frustrating.

I'm tired of talking about what might have been,

In the NFL, those guys are almost independent in what they want to do, I think you've got a different animal there, ... If you look at it for us, it just sort of makes sense. We've had very few problems with knees on our big guys. I would say overall it's been very good for them ... We believe in them.

I think our guys did the right thing and they were doing nothing wrong.

But in the overall scheme of things, we wouldn't be too far past what we are right now.

He's really timid, but the main thing this class is doing is building his confidence, ... Now he's taking control.

I can't tell you enough about Jay Cutler. He has got size, he has got strength, arm strength. He can run. He knows what our offense is trying to achieve every time he goes out on the field. I don't know what else you can want in a quarterback. It would have been very easy for him to go into the NFL and leave Vanderbilt behind.

I asked him why he didn't pick it up, run and score, ... But he knew the game was going to be over if he fell on it. He's a smart player.

He can do some Superman stuff. I'd like to see it.

He can do other stuff that he hasn't been doing, ... He can play tight end. We haven't gotten into some of the stuff we want him to do.

You know that's going to be a problem. We tried to do the best we could, and probably pressured him more than we thought we would, just trying to keep him in the pocket. He's a good player, and that's why he's playing quarterback for Georgia.

All interceptions are critical. You never want to turn the ball over, obviously, but that to give them an opportunity like that was too big of a gift.

You've got to know that you're going to see those kinds of teams every week in the SEC and see those kinds of athletes. To execute is certainly at a premium, and you've got to be able to do that. I don't think we have anything to be ashamed about, losing to LSU and Georgia. We just have to make sure that we play better.

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