Mickey Crouch Quotations

On film they don't look that bad to me. They have some good athletes and are well coached. They look like a pretty good football team. They lost their first game, but that can happen to anybody.

He was straight as an arrow, a churchgoing kid, everyone liked him. I don't understand why things like this happen. It's like a bad nightmare.

He is our leader on offense. He turns it on during the game and I don't think anyone plays harder as he does.

It is actually a balanced offense over there. Everyone talks about that they throw the ball with all the receivers they have, but they are just as proficient running the ball than they are passing.

I was just trying to get on the board with this offense. They shut us down pretty much in the first half, but right before halftime we were able to get outside on the quick pitch and coordinated that into the second half.

Those kids will always remember that game, even I am going to always remember it, but it is still just one game. I heard one player tell the team not to get a big head. We just have to stay focused like we have been.

We are about 40 percent of what we can be. We are not nearly as good as we can be.

Both schools are only a few miles apart and I think it is more about the people in the community being able to say for a whole year that we beat you. It is a pride factor involved and that's what makes a rivalry. It is not necessarily the players and coaches, but the community because they are so close together.

We've been out of position on a lot of those plays. We have been working on that. It concerns me, but it hasn't hurt us in the final outcome. We have some good athletes to make up for those type of plays and these guys will hit you.

We have a base defense, but you can scheme offenses out of. We have different reads when we face different offenses. What you're seeing is 11 kids that can and will run to the football. We are very pleased with that. That is what this defense is built around which is speed.

The most important games we are going to play are the conference games. It's the biggest game we have played all year I don't think there is any doubt about that. It's the biggest game for me all year. The biggest game for the kids has been Reidsville. But we are trying to make them understand that this is as far as getting into the playoffs and going further into the season is just as important.

They run the option and throw the ball. They run the option every which way you can run the option. It is really hard to get a key on because the different ways they run that. We haven't seen that, but they haven't seen the Wing-T either.

If you had a son, you would want him to grow up to be like Matt. He was a super kid, upbeat, always joking and laughing and having a good time.

Their backs gained a lot of yards rushing and that No. 42 (Graves) is a really good player. They use their versatility very well.