Wayne Grant Quotations

When you start playing these better region teams, you have to play well.

If we got anything out of playing in the 7 on 7 camps this summer, it was finding a safety to take some heat off (quarterback) Alonzo Foster. We found that Kevin Marshall could play safety.

We made some adjustments on the interior line to interfere with their blocking scheme in the second half. It worked out better for us then.

We made our share of mistakes. In a game this close you've got to get points every opportunity you have.

He was enormous on both sides of the ball. He ran hard, ran powerfully on offense. Defensively, he made a lot of good stops.

Jackson has started the last two years for us and he did what we need him to do - move the ball down the field.

I think we were a lot sharper in the second half. We came out flat in the beginning. At halftime we knew we had to get physical. Barrow played a game tonight.

James was a valuable overall player for us as he played every down for us. He never came off the field as he was on the kickoff teams too.

James ranks right up with the best we have had. He is a playmaker and a big part of our team.

James played a really good game. We lined him up in shotgun a lot, and let him run around and use misdirection.

I think James was probably just tired from those long runs he had in the first quarter, so he needed time to rest.

We were able to get some good kickoff returns tonight and were able to set the wedge. James hit it hard and broke it like he should.

We wanted to keep the ball on the ground throughout the game and wear them down, and we were able to do that.

There are a number of people who've contacted us to try to get us to consider book and movie deals. We have not given serious consideration to any agreement. But the ordeal Richard has been through certainly is something that could be presented in a very appealing manner, from the standpoint of literature.

We wanted to get him tired. We didn't want to give up the big play. The game plan was to control the ball and not turn it over, and not give up the easy score.

Tonight we were doing what Pike County football teams are supposed to do.

This was just as good as the others. They are all great and very special. We have had a lot of great years, but we have never been able to be perfect, so this one is different.

We got a little more physical in the second half.

Our defense just broke down and didn't tackle. That score should've never happened.

Our defense is playing real good right now. The punt return team gave up the touchdown. The defense played real well against Troy. They had two big plays for their touchdowns. Other than that, we didn't give up much. I feel a lot better our defense than I did this time last year.

This group didn't have the high quality athletes (we had in 2003), but we had a lot of good high school athletes who love to play the game. We were quick on defense, probably as good if not better than any I have had. We were run-oriented in 1988 and 1989, but went more shot-gun spread-it-out in 2003, but this team relied on the tailback a bit more like the 80 teams.

At halftime we decided we had to get physical with those guys. In the second half I thought we knocked them off their back.

It's a big game for us. Nobody wants to start out behind in our region. I feel like Neal will be one of the top four teams in our region. If we want to be one of the top three, we need to win this game.

It wasn't a fake - he saw the defense coming and knew he couldn't get the kick off. We forgot to tackle him. We had 'em dead in the water and the fish got away.

Against BTW last year, we committed numerous turnovers and really we an immature football team.

I'm really excited four our kids. They took a real beating last year. A lot of hard work and preparation went into this and I'm happy for them.

I hope we don't need him at defensive tackle.

I knew when we beat T.R. Miller we had a chance to represent the south in the championship game.

I hope our players have learned how to deal with some success.

Being so young last year, we gained a lot of experience then having most everybody back, I expected us to go deep in the playoffs if we didn't win it all.

He played inside linebacker on the state championship team. He wants to win and he'll play wherever he needs to to help his team.

The difference in the second half was two-fold. We executed better, and we made good use of our game plan, which was to score quick on the opening drive and take the wind out of their sails.