Al Lavan Quotations

Obviously it's tough to lose your starting quarterback prior to the season, but we will make adjustments and move forward.

Peter has shown through spring football, the summer and the early fall, he has been remarkably consistent with his distance. We're excited about that and keeping him in the groove.

Bryan recently informed me that he will not return to the university this fall due to personal reasons. He said he wanted to return home to California to be with his family and girlfriend.

I think it all comes down to whether he'll get an opportunity with the right team. That's the biggest hurdle for him, getting with the right team.

To the extent that you know a little more about your opponent, that's good. How we match the intensity and skill is the real key getting where we need to go.

To get signed with that type of team, they might be potentially more suited to the things he does best.

We tried to pinpoint what we do best. We said at halftime we wanted to win the second half.

Very seldom do most of them (young quarterbacks) come out and be spectacular. We tried to put him in as few multiple decision-making positions as possible.

And the fullback was not going to be a big part of the offense. Jarrod ran well and was a tough guy. We put him on defense to utilize his speed.

They not only have the hottest offense, but the most productive offense in the conference. They run an (option) offense that's different from what everybody else in the conference does and they do it with good skill players. When you have very skilled players who can improvise, that creates a great challenge for your defensive unit.

It's one step toward our ultimate goal. We are very pleased with the effort level our team displayed.

It's been pretty challenging. All you can do is play whatever's there on the schedule. Although it doesn't look like it from the scores, I believe we have gotten better.

I'm not so sure it was worse last season against Hampton.

I'm very pleased with him. Red-shirt freshmen will have good games and bad ones. We have to live with it.

He can execute the option game in all its forms. He's a very dangerous player. He can go the distance or make the necessary decision to pitch it out to the other guy.