Ed Meierkort Quotations

I was pleased with the effort of both the offense and defense tonight. Both teams played hard all night.

When I saw Quincy play at our camp this past summer, I saw how tough he was. I realized then that he's a football player who runs track, but I'm sure he's going to do very well at both at USD. Plus, the kid's got a great personality. If he decides to run for mayor of Vermillion, he's going to win. The mayor now has no shot.

We saw him make some acrobatic catches. Quarterbacks like throwing the ball to the players who will catch it, you find, not always the guys who are open. Josh is one of those guys who comes up with the ball.

True to form, we got great kids out of the area. It's a very diverse group. We got some big linemen and some great skill kids, too.

Defensive linemen are hard to find. Paul runs well and plays hard. If he's got the work-ethic the little guys have, he's a can't miss.

The University of South Dakota and the athletic department have protocol dealing with citations. The players who were issued citations will pay their fines and we will deal with them.

I'm not one of those guys who is going to guarantee this is a great class, I've been in this business too long. But right now it looks as good as we've had. Hopefully a few years from now we can look at what these kids are doing and congratulate ourselves for bringing them here.