Watson Brown Quotations

We lost the game in the first half I thought. We didn't have the poise and the confidence in the first half we had in the second half.

I thought it was a really good spring. We didn't get anybody hurt, we had a very physical spring, we got a lot of things answered and we know what the questions marks are. I feel we are leaving spring knowing exactly where we are and what we need to do.

We were up 21 points with five minutes to go -- and then it got a little close.

Everything else looks to be very solid. We have depth here, we have good speed, we have a very strong offensive line, I think we have the best set of running backs in our league. I'm really pleased with our linebackers, our secondary and our ends. But those question marks are big question marks. It's an older team with some question marks because of inexperience at just a few spots. I think it's a hard team to figure. How good can we be?

Quarterback and wide receiver are the two inexperienced positions on this team. Without Darrell, we will be revamping our offense. We'll be working hard to find ways to get two running backs on the field at the same time.

This lawsuit is obviously calculated to damage the reputations of some of the finest people I know. That they would shop this story to the media and file suit on the morning of our first football game tells you what their true motives are. The charges leveled against me and my staff are completely false.

Every one of them has just been to-the-wire, nail-biting games, and we've been lucky. They've all been very close. It hasn't been like we've been dominant or anything in any of the games.

I've got a bunch of winners in that locker room and it's my responsibility to teach them how to win games. The effort is there and we didn't give up.

I'm excited to see two of the best players in Conference USA history lining up against each other for the last time. They've gotten to know each other, and that's an extra piece of this. They get to line up against each other for the last time on national television.

I'm really excited about Ron joining our staff. He has been a head coach, a coordinator and has coached all defensive positions. I wanted to bring in a strong person with a solid background and we found that in Ron.

I'm really excited about it. I think it's the toughest schedule in the short history of UAB football. It's a fantastic home schedule. Our fans should be really excited about it.

I'm so proud of him. I just want to see him finish strong. He lost about 20 pounds in the summer, and that was with a bad leg. He just ran, watched what he ate. He took it as a challenge and made it work.

I think our kids are confident. They look forward to playing and they think they can win. That's not cocky at all. We're not predicting victory by any means, but I think we'll be confident. This will be the best team we play all year long by far, so we'll know our strengths and weaknesses.

He's probably as celebrated a player that's ever been here in any sport. It's been neat so far that he's been able to play the last two (seasons) because we only had him half a season the first two. You can look at his stats, and see he's one of the better quarterbacks in the country, and he has been the past two seasons.

He's lost about 25 pounds from last year, so he's made it past nose guards and now he's being confused with linebackers. He's so well put together.

Great athlete. What we were doing when we signed Gary was a little more of using our quarterback in a run-pass way.