Tommy Bowden Guys Quotations

When he gets to the second level, there is no catching him from behind, at least not on this team. If you don't turn those guys and let them catch it in stride, they have a better chance to make big plays. The safety wasn't used to seeing that kind of speed and took the wrong angle on it, and (Ford) was gone.

We've six guys battling for two spots. We're in the best position to find two quality guys since I've been here.

I didn't anticipate having that much difficulty running it. They put more guys in the box (at the line of scrimmage).

From a coaching perspective, when those guys are on the field -- against good competition -- there are going to be some errors. But I don't think these freshmen want to be treated as freshmen anymore.

I don't want one of our really good ones sitting down. If he is better than one of those guys somewhere else, than we will move him over there.

He would be on our short list of guys that would not be. He's on the play list.

He is not a track guy. He is not a straight line guy. He has some wiggle to him. He isn't a track guy were you say just go deep. He can run reverses, make guys miss, accelerate and change direction.

I strongly anticipate some of the guys we sign coming in and possibly playing some key roles, especially on defense the way we did this year.

A coach doesn't get giddy. The excitement from a coaching perspective is if we can get those guys to make improvement. And it's not like a lot of improvement because we were close in the four games we lost. We can get better.

It takes a very mature young man (to do what he did). He's made good decisions for his age, choices guys his age don't usually make. He's a very humble person and he's been taught well by his mother about how to receive praise.

It will simply be different preparation for the guys playing more because of possible suspensions,

It's really not open. Those guys are battling for No.2.