Billy Godwin Quotations

We felt like someone had to step up and give us a shot in the arm and we didn't care who it was.

When he got behind, he seemed to do a really good job of making quality pitches. I think that this was the thing, If he found himself in a little bit of a jam, he was able to not just throw it down the middle but spot his fastball and his changeup.

If we can win every series, we'll have a good season.

I felt like he was laboring and that's when guys get hurt.

I was joking with (Gary Overton) a while ago that maybe we'll just skip Sunday and just play on Monday.

I would say, that certainly, this was all of a sudden. I would say there was some concern. I think they realize where this program is at, at this moment, and they're ready to tackle that and move forward.

I think it's about creating pressure. When you can get a bunt down in a good situation in the right location against a team defensively, now you've created where the team's got to make that throw. Even in college baseball as good as teams are, it's easier said than done.

I thought we had better looks at the plate. But you've got to give them credit. They made some plays on some balls that were hit hard.

I thought the key was he was just a little late getting out of his glove. Mechanically, he was leaving the ball up. I didn't want him to get off to a bad start. Dustin (Sasser) went out (Saturday night) and left the ball up. I just told him, 'Keep the ball down and lets get it going.

I though the key point in the game was Scott Andrews coming in first and third and Duke with a 2-1 lead and getting out of that inning without them scoring a run.

Wins like this help your character. It makes us believe that when we're down, we can come back and beat anybody.

We had a lot of production at the top of the order. At the seventh inning we were looking and we had eleven hits at the top of our order. That's really good to see.

We just didn't string anything together. They got a big hit at a big time and that was the difference in the ballgame.

We just didn't string anything together offensively. There's was no consistency, but I tip my hat to Virginia Tech. They played well.

We just didn't string anything together offensively. If you look at the difference in our hit total from (Sunday) to (Saturday), it was only three. But there wasn't any consistency. I tip my hat to Virginia Tech. They played well.

We'll just pick up the pieces. We won't dwell on this one for a long time. We've got to play a whole lot better and our players know that. I'll probably have to say very few words to them. That's the one thing I've always been pleased with is they're competitors. They're probably just as disappointed as I am.

We created some pressure in other innings, but we just didn't cash in on them. At the end of the game, we got more than they did and that's all that counts.

Every job that I have taken, my goal has not been to see where I was going, but to work as hard as I could and let the chips fall where they may. And that is what will probably happen in this case ... I am assuming if I do a good job, I will get an opportunity (to remain head coach).

Every day in this game anything can happen. That's one of the lessons I'll talk to our players about. You can't take for granted anything. On any given day, anybody can beat anybody.

Dustin has what I call the X-factor. If he doesn't go out there with great stuff and I don't think he went out there as sharp as he had been but he's going to compete and give you everything he's got. What a great job he did to keep us in the ballgame.

Especially when it's a head hitting a neck, you thank the Lord that they're both fine, able to stay in the game first and nothing serious.

There's nobody on this team that I pull harder for than Adam Witter. He works hard and good things deserve to come to him. I just felt like he was going to do something good there.

I've seen him when he's been on top of his game. He's still got a ways to go, but I saw signs of an old Brody Taylor, which will be good for the Pirates.

I've been around a while so I've seen plenty of close games. I hate it that we tried to make it that interesting.

Any good coach has to have the team behind them.

It's a lot of fun to watch Jake Smith when he's on your team in the dugout, I can tell you that. It wouldn't be a whole lot of fun to be in the other dugout.

It's going to be kind of neat to get into that mid-week role of games and get our kids in the swing of things. We'll approach it like how we play games on Friday, a class day.

It's been a great day. Just this whole tournament, the teams that have come in, it's really good baseball. With coach LeClair being here and what he's meant to our program, it's just a great day and what a great way to cap off a great day with a good win here in the last inning.

It's got to be a lack of focus early in the game. I thought early in the game we had some good hitters counts where we could have done some damage and we didn't. We have to do a better job of that.

It's probably the most humbling and uplifting experience you can have. First to be humbled by where he's at. Then be uplifted by how he's handled it.

It's like I told the guys, I'm not very smart so the only thing I know to do is work hard when things don't go right. That's what we're going to do.

It was a great call. It was a line drive right at the right fielder. He came up and made a great throw. You can't get thrown out right there, especially not with a hitter like Jake Smith coming up.

It was great that we had the opportunity to get those young guys in there. I think the key even from the beginning of the game was all of our hard hit balls were backside. I thought that was a good approach to have that we've been talking about with our players. They didn't try to jerk it or yank it.

I'm not really disappointed in our effort. We had some great swings, but (Roemer) made some great pitches. You've got to tip your hat to him. He came out and had command of all three pitches.

I'm not a big self-promoter. I'd prefer to emphasize our club. I don't think that billboard is going to get us any wins come February.

I'm kind of glad after what happened that we have a mid-week game. I think if you're a competitor, you have a burning desire to jump right back out and compete again.

I personally don't think it could have went to a better candidate.

I just told him to settle in because I thought he was rushing it a little bit. Once he got out of the second, he cruised pretty much.

I just thought he elevated some balls early in the game. I didn't think he had bad stuff at all. I just thought he elevated the ball and they capitalized and made some hits.

In this game, it's hard to shutout anybody. So many things happen with an aluminum bat. You have to give credit where credit is due, our pitchers and defense. I think we've really played well the last two days.

In this game, it's hard to shut out anybody. So many things happen with an aluminum bat. You have to give credit where credit is due, our pitchers and defense. I think we've really played well.

In two weeks, we're going to be in Houston playing Rice. It was good that we were able to come out here and play an opponent like Cal State Fullerton. We think that should really prepare us for Conference USA.

I assume if I do a good job, I'll get an opportunity. I think coach Holland would take my resume.

For the people in the stands, it had to be a good game to watch. Fortunately we seem to be coming out on the good end of it.

The key is to slow it down and not get in such a hurry. (The season opener) will be here quick, but the key for us coaches is to slow it down and have a process daily of what we want to get accomplished.

The first sweep of the year is awful nice. Hopefully, this will get rid of the Sunday jinx that we had early in the year. I'm just really proud of the club and the way they played.

The first goal, and I think we've accomplished that, is to get the (players) to believe in me. I definitely feel I have their support.