Patrick Nix Quotations

I know Reggie too well. If we don't put a little restraint on him, he'll kill himself to do it. This game is not worth that. I think he tricked himself a little bit. He thought he had a lot more energy than he really did.

There's only so many things you can do in the game of football. There will be a few different things just because I'm a different person, but I don't know that there will be a huge difference that fans will notice.

Yeah, we want to beat Virginia Tech. At the same time, a kid's health is the most important thing. It was a very tough weekend for him. It was very stressful on his body, much less his mind.

A lot of our guys and a lot of those players at Auburn don't realize how good of a rivalry it is. We stopped the series before I started playing, but I remember in the '80s when they would play.

I told him during warm-up, 'Taylor, I've been on you since you've been here, and I've been on you hard. I've been on you for this moment. Now, you're not gonna hear me get on you the rest of the game. I'm gonna teach you and help you and we're gonna get through it and win.

It's got to be something real drastic for us not to throw the ball to (Johnson). He is that kind of receiver. At the same time, he makes our running game that much better because they have to double (cover) him.