Chris Mortensen Quotations

When I was covering them, they had nothing and the league knew it. I mean, in 1986 David Archer led the NFC in passing for the first half of the year and that was it.

There's only one football and you want to get it into the hands of your best ball-carrier.

It's not like you can pay him $5 or $6 million (at Iowa). It's a case of, either he wants to do it - or he doesn't want to do it.

It's a minefield. Any team that calls me unsolicited is a red flag.

Coach Nutt was gracious enough to allow Alex back into the Razorback family. Alex is very humbled by that act. He knows Arkansas is a special place and the right place for him right now.

He has spent the last month exploring and evaluating what's best for his future and it's come down to these options. Alex simply wants to get better as a young man and a student and as a quarterback. That's the bottom line and he's just trying to come to the right conclusion.

You can tell he's worked on his craft. He is so much improved since last year. He's a dynamic guy and you can see he's getting better.

The two most popular sports in America are pro football and college football. And on draft weekend, they get married.

If a guy is too smart, they wonder, 'Is he a football player?' Does he think too much?

People often ask me whether Alex was adopted. But I promise you, he's all ours.