Shane Stafford Quotations

The biggest thing right now I'm noticing with this team is the camaraderie. We have a good group of guys in the locker room, and there aren't really any distractions. Nobody's coming out to practice late. Nobody's in meetings just talking because they want to talk. Everybody's listening. When Coach says something, they're listening. That's how it's supposed to be, and that's a positive thing to see.

It's pretty cool, but it's only one win. It's not like 400 yards equals four wins. I wish it did because we'd be 8-2 now.

We're protecting the crap out of me and it's really showing. Being able to get back there and make some throws, we had one holding call that brought a touchdown back, that was unfortunate, but I think overall, up front, that's the reason you're seeing all these yards thrown for.

The guys up front did a good job giving me time and the other guys got open.

It was just a bad game, point blank. Not one guy can leave this field and say that they played well. And I don't care who you are. Everybody needs to look at themselves critically and we need to come back next week, otherwise we're going to lose more games if we don't analyze ourselves and get better.

Every year, if it's a big game, he shows up. Sometimes, in big games, guys kind of disappear and go into a corner, but not him. Every game, he shows up.

At that position, we typically don't have a (6-3) 220-pound guy. So the fact he's as big as he is and he's a playmaker, game time, he comes out and he just balls. It's a big thing for us to have him.

This was tough. They did a nice job with their defense, but we've got to do a better job of getting points. It's hard to judge whether that was us or them.