Bobby Bowden Played Quotations

I don't think we are mentally spent, which could very easily happen after you've lost three in a row and everybody is down, ... But I don't sense that in these guys. They played hard.

They played like freshmen, ... Maybe they learned something. The only thing I didn't like was our quarterbacks couldn't hit a receiver. If we can get our quarterbacks ironed out, we've got a chance to be a pretty good team.

They played like freshmen. Maybe they learned something.

We've never played that many home games since I've been at Florida State.

I wish he could have got by without that, but I guess that was asking too much. I thought it was a great call. They had the goal line defense in there and our defense played in real good.

Like I told my kids, what a great game to build (upon) going into next year. I thought our kids played about as hard and about as good as we could. If we could have eliminated penalties I think we might have won the game.

I think he can be a coach, if that's his desire to do it. When he was here, he gained a lot of respect among his teammates just by the way he played. He played a level ahead of most people, so I think he can bring that into coaching.

Both teams played as well as they could play.

All I know is they have done what they've had to do to win. The first week was very grueling because you played two games in one week, and we came out there. Then this ballgame here, you go away from home with a rookie quarterback, and you wonder how is he going to respond to the crowd, and how is the team going to respond to the crowd. You win that ballgame and, of course, that is the main stat you want, that win. So you just say, up to this point, so far, so good. We know we've got to get better because the people we are playing are going to get better.

It comes when you least expect it. The defense played super, but we gotta work on the quarterbacks.

They did a fantastic job, ... They surprised me. We played with a lot of freshmen, and I was amazed with what they were able to do.

They are like us in a lot of ways. They have played for so many championships that they lose a lot of incentive unless it is for a dad-gum championship. I have seen it happen and it wouldn't surprise me if that was one of the things.

I thought our kids played about as hard and about as good as we could. If we could have eliminated penalties I think we might have won the game. I don't know how many holding penalties we got in the red zone. It seemed like every time we got to the red zone there was a holding penalty, even in the playoff in the end. We were our own worst enemy in that regard.

I played in a lot of bizarre games, especially when it comes to missing field goal. I think when they pick the all-time missed-field goals coach I'll probably win that award. That is weird but we're masters at that.

We played a quarterback at Virginia Tech who was the same way and we were able to hem him up. I don't know if we want to hem him up, he may run you over like a bull if you try that.

We played a lot of guys today. Once you do that you interrupt your rhythm.

I was afraid he'd be a little tired, but he played the majority of the game (Monday night),