Jeff Genyk Quotations

We've got some youth there and not a lot of experience, but they're tough, physical players. We have four offensive linemen coming back, so it has been a point of emphasis to improve our running game. I think we will.

It was crucial for us that he step up. He struggled some late last week against Cincinnati (a 28-26 loss), but he came through at some crucial times for us today. And it always helps when you can start off good and fast like we did.

It's a game we have to learn from very quickly and stay together as a team, then move onto Central Michigan, which is obviously a huge game for us.

For that type of size, he's very athletic. He's got very good feet. He can really move laterally well, and he can really catch the ball. We look at him as a dual threat -- blocking and catching the ball.

Other than the ice-cold weather we're doing fine. We had a practice on Tuesday with a 20 mile-per-hour wind out of the north and with the wind chill it was about 10. It wasn't a good day to be a quarterback or a receiver.

He's definitely a mature young man. He's done a nice job adapting to the offense.

He's very difficult to bring down. The first guy's probably not going to get him down. We're going to have to get a lot of green shirts near him.

We have a lot of young players. But they're playing really good together. They're just making a lot of plays.

Nobody can complain we're going to Texas or California too much to sign players. That makes 41 players we've signed from here, and 35 of them are within an hour's drive.

They've become a big priority for us. When we get a player on campus and they see our facilities, their perception of Eastern changes.