Jack Kramer Quotations

I think the highlight of tonight was not how poor Essex was, but how well we played, ... We didn't give them a chance to put the ball anywhere. Our defense was dominating, the offense was absolutely consistent. You've got to give credit to the big guys up front. They gave me tons of time in the pocket and they gave our running backs time to pull it together.

I think tonight we just lived up to our full potential and did everything right, ... We put it all together. Hopefully, we sent a message to the state that we're a team to be reckoned with.

We know that could have been any of us, and it's just really unfortunate that it happened to him. We just feel really bad for him, and we're going to try to keep in touch with him. You've got to have heart out to that kid, because he was just trying to play hard.

We all understood why they called the game. If that happened to one of our players, we wouldn't have really had the mindset to play -- we wouldn't have even cared -- so I'm glad they didn't make the Crimson Tide players go through that. It was understandable, and we had no problem with it. It was the right decision.

The worst thing you can do is start slow, or con yourself into thinking that you can take your time getting into a match. The curtain is up so you've got to perform.

Our defense stepped up in the second half and did an outstanding job,

It's a hard business to make a profit in. It's sad when a club closes. It's like a ship going down.

I'm thinking I've seen this a million times, ... The blocking was outstanding.

(Chamberlin) was just (staying) low and making it tough to tackle him, which is what we're taught to do. At first, we didn't really think anything of it, but then we saw (Felix) went down. We called the trainers over, and we immediately knew something was wrong. ... It was a really scary thing.