Joe Kinnan Quotations

We can line him up over the center-guard gap in short yardage and let him attack without hindering his development as a center.

It doesn't matter what kind of offense a team is running. You have to have enough good athletes to match up. If all a team does is run and you can't stop the run, you are in trouble, and if all a team does is pass and you can't stop the pass, you're in trouble.

We should have gotten him some more help. That was my fault.

There's a difference from losing and getting beat. I think we lost.

It was almost like you have two jobs. You were a football coach, and you were a traveling salesmen. It got to be a pain during the season. Every night you were calling kids over and over.

The big thing is, now school gets out so early that you have a lot of downtime. We have to find little ways to keep them occupied.

It wasn't unusual for a kid to sign a conference letter and still be recruited. Signing day was in March then, and if you signed a kid (to a conference letter), you had to baby-sit him to make sure he was still coming.

It's a very good program. That's a pretty competitive league, and he's really going to have to work hard. They've got some big, giant people in that league. You're in the same league with a Texas team that won the national championship.

That's quite an honor for Austin. Especially for a junior.

They can get down low on the goal line, come off the ball pretty good and get a push up the middle.

They want to see play after play. They don't want to see a highlight reel.

I don't know if I've ever been involved in a football game where we gave away so much so many times.

He's a physical football player. When he hits you, he has the ability to roll his hips. He doesn't just hit you, he blocks you.

He's got a great work ethic, and he's not afraid of the work. He's got a good comprehension of the game.