Don Strock Quotations

If they couldn't play for those programs, they wanted to play against them.

He's done a tremendous job in the time he has been up there and there's some talent on that team. In a couple of years they will be a force to reckon with.

Last time we turned the ball over eight times we had the same outcome. Whether you lose by one point, three points or 30 points, you can't do that.

Other than that, defensively, we did a tremendous job, got a bunch of sacks and kept pressuring the quarterback. They couldn't throw the ball downfield and we stopped their running game. Overall the defense really stepped up to the table.

We had very high winds and rain. There was lightning in the area. The ref was thinking about stopping the game. It was really, really hard to do anything. But we ran the ball very effectively.

There are always two or three plays that change a game. Overall, we had opportunities to score and didn't take advantage. They took advantage every drive.

Ben West did a tremendous job running the football -- hanging onto the football under those conditions.

There's some interest in some of the guys.

There were areas we had to address as a coaching staff and we did. It is quite obvious that the talent level that has signed to play for the FIU football program has certainly taken a step forward.

They wanted someone who had played in the playoffs, which I had. And they wanted someone who could win for them, which I did.

I'm very happy with the quality of this recruiting class. We have to replace 25 seniors from last year's team so it will be important to fill gaps. We signed quality players at every position. We didn't just have to settle for what was available.

I really thought they were going to call it off, to tell you the truth.