Mack Brown Team Quotations

What we're going to do is enjoy this run right now. We'll be in spring practice Feb. 24 and get ready to start over because next year's team hasn't won a game.

Last year's team had some of this. This year's team hasn't had this yet. They anticipated it at Ohio State, but this was a great learning experience for us and one that will help us the rest of the way.

One of the things we like so much about the team right now is that since the Missouri game last year, this team has finished better. We've played in the fourth quarters better than any team I have been associated with in my coaching career.

One of the things an undefeated team has to do to stay undefeated is handle this. And if you don't handle it, you're not one of the best teams in the country.

Obviously we had a few young guys that were out later than we'd like for them to be a couple of weeks ago. We've dealt with them within our team, and we've talked to our team about it.

Next year's team hasn't won a game. There's not going to be another Vince Young. We can win football games at Texas because we won them before Vince got here, and we'll win them afterwards.

I'd just like to say, look at the year. Vince Young is a great football player and to me, the most valuable player on our football team for sure, and on any team in the country.

Because they're old. They're my age. Today, in a head-on battle, it's no contest. But on that stage, at that time, they were the best team in the country. And they always will be. And that's what this team is trying to be for the 2005 season.

We're playing what some argue is the best team in college football history.

I think it sent the message, ... that this team was going to play with confidence and be aggressive the rest of the day.

I thought at the first of the year that USC was definitely No. 1 and nobody deserved to be No. 2. But this team is definitely No 2.

We have the better team. Let's have the better team . . . today.

We have an opportunity to beat the team that's been the best in college football. That's a goal that we set a year ago. We felt like we'd be back in this game, and we felt like we'd be playing SC in this game, and all of that has happened now.

We don't have to be the best team of all time, just tomorrow night.

Those five young guys, all of whom should be very instrumental in our kicking game, are very, very important to us. The message was important to our team about the kicking game.

We would beat the '69 team ... if we lined up with them and played. It's no contest.

This team has shown the ability to put an exciting win behind them, ... This will be the biggest test of getting them back and getting them ready to go because there will be less attention in this game (Oklahoma State) than there was the last three. I think they're enjoying the ride. We told them that you don't get into this position that many times in your lifetime, so you really need to enjoy it.

This team continues to impress us as a staff. Our guys were excited about this game. But we are still a work in progress and we have the ability to play much better than we have yet. If you don't play your best game and you are still able to score 52 points, you know you have a special team out there. This is such a great win for the Longhorns.

The thing that I liked best about our team tonight is that they just kept playing and they never got discouraged and they never gave up.

You never know how your team will respond to a stage like this. ... So many times teams in this setting try to be someone they're not because they do want to win so badly that they start taking on a personality that they think they have to have. Our team is good enough to win if we are just us.

This is a real tribute to our football team and the fans of the University of Texas. It will be an honor for the Longhorn logo to ride with Michael in our home state.

This is the best team we have had in a number of years and we are excited about moving from where we are forward.

It was really surreal, when you're sitting there in the fourth quarter and you're down by two scores to a team who had won 34 straight game and still think you're going to win. We never ever really thought we would lose the ballgame.

It was really surreal when we were sitting in the fourth quarter and we were down by two scores, and you think you're going to win. You're playing a team that has won 34 straight games, and momentum is turning, and your defense is struggling. But we never thought we would lose the ballgame.

I told the team this wasn't near our best game, ... I didn't even think we played a great half today.

They did not have Bobby Reid the last two weeks, and we think they'll have him back. He can make a lot of plays. Turnovers have killed them the last three weeks. When you're playing a team like that it scares you. If they fix their turnover problems, it puts you in a tough spot in a tight game on the road.

They are the team in college football right now. We understand that we have an opportunity, because we're playing so well, to beat the team that's been the best. That's the goal we set a year ago. We felt like we'd be playing SC in this game. And all of that has happened.

I'm excited to accept on behalf of our team and our assistant coaches, ... It's a huge honor, but much more than one person.

I'm proud of Vince for getting the team up and ready and for being focused himself and for staying focused. After I got on the guys on Tuesday for an average practice, he told me not to worry. He was right.

If you cannot have your best game out there and still score 52 points, that just shows you this team has a chance to be really special,

If you don't play your best game and you are still able to score 52 points, you know you have a special team out there.

I just thought it sent a message that this team was going to be aggressive and play with a lot of confidence throughout the day.

I don't think this team hasn't played its best game yet, and that's the exciting thing, sitting here 5-0, ... We can improve in so many areas, and that's why I think we've got a chance to be special before the year is over, just as long as we keep growing and don't get complacent.

He's one of the great players to ever play college football. He was the best player on any team this year. If he comes back, he's got a great chance to win the Heisman next year.

You can't think that way. You've got to play each week, and that's a very difficult thing to do and it's one of the ingredients you've got to have to be a team that doesn't get upset. This bunch will have to get back to work and ready to play in Stillwater.

You can't think that way, ... You've got to play each week, and that's a very difficult thing to do and it's one of the ingredients you've got to have to be a team that doesn't get upset. This bunch will have to get back to work and ready to play in Stillwater.