Mike Owens Game Quotations

I don't think when we first started talking about the game that ESPN was even involved in it. We were going to play the game whether it was televised or not, but after TV got involved, we've tried to get it changed for people back here to be able to watch it since most people won't be able to travel to the game. In this particular case, they should have made an exception.

Our game plan for this game, we have as much stuff in right now as we do in midseason. We are going to load it up and open it up on offense. We may try and take some chances we normally don't take because we are going to try and put some points on the board.

Preston started five games as a sophomore, so I don't expect him to be nervous. I know we've scrimmaged, but that is not a game. I was real pleased in our scrimmage that we actually did better when the coaches went to the sidelines.

We didn't play real well on offense (at Colerain), especially in the second half. We'd make a play and pick up seven yards, and then we'd lose five yards, or get a penalty. I am not going to make excuses, we just didn't play well enough to win, and we had opportunities to try and win the game and we didn't take advantage of them.