Jerry Schmitt Quotations

We have a lot of very good players who have been through this before. That should help our young quarterback.

We'll be a little different with Knapp. But I'm sure we'll be ready to play against Robert Morris.

I was really pleased with the way this team competed all spring. The energy and effort they brought to each and every workout we had over the last month has made us a better football team.

This program has been very successful and a new coach won't drive us. This program is more about the kids, about them playing the game.

This is going to be a tough spring. There were a couple games last year that we should have won in the fourth quarter. We didn't. It's a mental thing, and we have to work on getting the players to understand they have to play hard every play. They can't take a play off.

We've been practicing with a sense of urgency to our preparation. Duquesne's program has been very successful. A new coach won't drive us.

He's a kid who's a winner. He did great things at Perry.

I knew we had a good defense, but they are impressing me more and more each week. This is more than I expected.

Palumbo is the most athletic and a very good scrambler, Rupert has the strongest arm and Knapp is somewhere between the other two. We're looking to use their skills to manage the game the way we want them to. I'd prefer to have a No. 1 quarterback and stick with him, but we'll do what it takes to win games.

Obviously people are going to make comparisons between me and Greg. We're very different coaches, but when it comes to results I hope they are the same.