Pat Hill Season Quotations

He's a very durable running back. He's always getting us the tough yard. The first two weeks of the season we didn't use him much. We rode him pretty hard (against Toledo) last week.

This was sort of the story of our season - down the stretch we didn't get it done. I thought we had opportunities but credit Tulsa, they made the plays when they had to and we didn't when we were in position.

We work from the top of the ladder. National championship and undefeated season out? OK. Move on. What's next? Our top goal now is winning the WAC title, and that's a lofty goal.

It was sort of the story of our season down the stretch.

Until Nov. 19, it went very well. At the end, it didn't go very well. We had a very, very good season going and we didn't finish the way we wanted to. But I'm not going to take anything away from this football team. We played at a very high level in many games this year, and it was never from lack of effort.

Whether your undefeated season ends in Week 2 or after Week 8, it's tough,

The main thing about our schedule every year is it gives us an opportunity, when the season starts, to play for something. If this team can run this table, there's no way they can be denied.