Bill Gray Football Quotations

I think that our offensive line has really started to gel, ... We have three new faces up there on the front line and they haven't played a lot of football. Despite their experience, I think that every time we step on the football field, they get better.

We are seriously hamstrung by injuries and illness right now, and there are some kids who found out at (2 p.m. Friday) that they were going to play. We're going through a real hard time right now. We just can't put a whole football team together at any one time.

We made 4 or 5 really bad mistakes that prevented us from winning, ... We did some really good things against a very good football team. We held them to less than 4 yards a carry but gave up big plays through the air.

We have a defined clientele. The kids come to us. We have to take them and make them into football players. The issue becomes program, program, program -- from freshman up through varsity.

There's no question we have to do that to make ends meet. But it's also a good opportunity for our players. They love playing a I-A game. We've been able to come back from every I-A game a better football team.

He's the consummate freshman football coach. When you listen to Fred talk to his assistant coaches about who they should play, it's all grade-point averages and who will play varsity as a senior.