Scott Shaffer Quotations

I give Lewisburg credit. They came out fired up in the first half, and we knew they would be fired up. We were in the ultimate letdown spot. But the kids know in District 4 Class AA that you can't afford a hiccup any week, and we didn't want to end our season tonight against Lewisburg.

We talked all week about how we beat ourselves last week with mental mistakes and we worked on fixing those things. We had two or three other big plays that we missed. We could have had two or three more scores.

I think they were. But you know they?re going to get their points. You know they?re going to respond.

Justin is our playmaker, I?ve just got to find a way to get him the ball. He makes plays.

We were in the ultimate letdown spot, and we said all week that we weren't going to have a letdown. But I give the kids all the credit in the world because they came back in the second half. We didn't draw one adjustment at halftime. Not one thing. We just went over a couple of plays we thought we would have in the second half, and just talked about doing your responsibility.

This was just a tremendous team effort. It?s a great team victory.

We had the timeouts, so we were seeing how they covered us. After they jumped (offsides) and jumped again, I felt like we didn?t deserve to win if we couldn?t gain one yard.

It was all confusion and chaos. I never want to experience that again. I'm still confused for words.

Quaid doesn?t need a big gap, and the front line made a great wedge. With his speed, it doesn?t take a lot.

In their defensive alignment their safeties were playing deep and their cornerbacks were near the sideline. We had guys open all night.

In 12 years of coaching, including nine years here, I?d never seen an overtime game. Now I?ve seen two.

I challenged some kids after last week (a 20-14 overtime win over Bloomsburg). I knew we had a lot more potential than we had showed so far. We had a great week of practice this week.

The kids are realizing what they did, but they know that we can't look ahead. They know how competitive District 4 is and we can't take anyone lightly any week.