Mark Richt Time Quotations

We were all excited about how the interview was going. I was thrilled to have him back, but it was a little bittersweet because we saw what Coach Ball had to offer also. This time around when a position became available I didn't need to do any interviewing.

Kirby did a great job with our backs during the past year. We hate to lose him but at the same time recognize the opportunity he has and wish him nothing but the best.

How will we handle that close ballgame? ... How are we going to handle being down 21 points at halftime to Boise State? Is everybody going to push the panic button, or can we stayed poised ... ?

We're hoping by the time we roll around in the fall we could take that variable of 'How much does a guy really know?' out of it. If he is struggling with the learning of it, he is probably not going to play. If he understands it, now it is more of a competition.

We put the onus on the defense one more time and they made the plays again, thankfully. Running game, field position, defense. It isn't pretty sometimes.

Today was kind of a dress rehearsal for a dress rehearsal. We're a little ahead of schedule, as you always are this time of year.

If a guy thinks every time he drops a ball you're going to drop him out of the lineup, it's very hard for him to gain confidence,

We have our schedule set up so the mornings are about business and after lunch is time to enjoy the bowl.

I was a little befuddled, ... I've seen guys making plays all the time in practice, and I'm like, 'What's the problem?' But when you'd look at the tape, it really was just one guy making a mistake.

It's been talked about a lot, probably more than most (openers) for us, and that's because we're playing a great team. It's a team that wins almost every time they play.

I'm blessed to get paid well as it is. Usually, these types of things take time. Time is more precious to me than the money. I get more time to spend with the family.

I try not to be too hard on him. We have a good time when we get together.

It's just different from anybody we've seen. Thankfully, we've had time to practice and prepare for it.

They bought a lot of time on that play. They allowed the quarterback to see it really well, stop and set his feet and make a really pretty throw.

(One game) we have looked like a finesse team, a passing team, run it here and there. And the next time we just flat out ran it and didn't even do anything to try and loosen the perimeter.

Any time I can just be dad is a good time,

I'm very disappointed and penalties for behavioral issues are going to be severe. Playing time is valuable to all players and it will be very limited to those who cannot conduct themselves in an appropriate manner.

Every time you turned around, somebody was out. We were really struggling today just to line up in some of our personnel groupings.

Right now, we think he'll be 100 percent, ... (Monday) was the first time we let him do everything, and he had no setbacks. I watched him close, and I saw no signs of him limping around or gimping around.