Jeep is another excellent all-around football coach, having coached on both sides of the ball in his career. He has recruited extensively in the Southeast, another key asset for our program. We think Jeep’s knowledge...

Time will tell that Auburn is a pretty good football team,

How about that speed down the sideline?

I get a lot done on Fridays,

We’re not going down by train, … so it doesn’t really matter.

That is, in my opinion, the No. 1 way to stay in contact with your recruits. It’s easy, it’s quick, it’s something that can be done while they’re in class, and then they get it...

It hurts me, it hurts them. It was my responsibility to get this team ready for this game, and I didn’t do that. When you prepare for them, you have to be ready for a...

He got sick a little bit late in the week, … It got bad (Friday) night.

He’s rusty, but he’s done some good things out there.

It’s unusual for a guy not to play except for his senior year, … No one really knew about him. I think we maybe found out sometime in October or November that year. It came...

Probably the strongest area of our football team is our defensive line, with guys who have played quite a few plays. We have great expectations for Darryl Richard.

I think I have a peace about the future, … I don’t think I have a peace. I do have a peace.

He did all right. He remembered a lot. He was in better shape than I thought he might be.

You can’t worry about that kind of stuff. The bottom line is does a guy fit your program. How does he fit the profile for some recruiting group out there is irrelevant. It’s whether they...

Too long, way too long, … In the first two games, it feels like we’ve been playing two hours and I look up at the scoreboard and there’s four minutes left in the first quarter.

We’ve worked Chris in there and (sophomore) Travis Chambers in there. We’ve got some other guys that we’ve worked as emergency-type guys.

If he gets hot and sweaty, do the symptoms comes back? … We’ve got to make sure that as he continues to exert himself, the symptoms don’t come back. His body has been through a...

This was the first time he’s stepped up and made a bunch of plays in a row.

You take a force off the field that has been an all-conference player, that certainly hurts you.

I think this is the right way. In my opinion, coaches don’t get to see replays in the booth, so we don’t know whether to waste a challenge or not. That guy in the booth...

Obviously, I’m very happy to be here. When I came here, my expectation was to finish my career at Georgia Tech, and this is a big step in that direction.

How ’bout that? … Wasn’t that great? He finally showed what he’s all about.

Everything is minor in my mind right now. The worst right now is Pat Clark.

Size is definitely relative. If you’re bigger, they can see you easier.

It takes time to get everybody on the same page. Jason Campbell had certain abilities and Cox has certain abilities. We’ll have to adjust accordingly.

If we play it later we’ve got a better chance of having a healthier team. We also have a chance of having a more beat-up team.

I didn’t realize it was that many. I knew it was a lot. He got to the creases and found holes and made a bunch of plays. Ratliff did a great job.

We have to continue to improve, … That’s how those young guys learn to play the game. We’ve been fortunate we can win two ballgames without them being involved in a critical play, but they’ve...

He comes on the field and competes very well. With that kind of talent and a guy that will compete and is willing to work, he can move up pretty quickly.

Charles Kelly has excelled in all phases of coaching, and he has been in charge of several special teams units during his career. He will be a valuable addition to our staff, both on the...

That is one thing he’s had to learn. You don’t break those habits in seven practices. But he is a learning, and it looks like he’s a pretty quick study.

The early church, when they started, they were together. They had unity. They had oneness. And they ended up impacting the world, … One morning I read that and I said, ‘That’s just like the...

I don’t know if it will be this week because of how much he can get processed. If he can process a lot — he seems to be in great shape — he might play...

We faced it straight up every time.

He was very mobile after lying in the hospital for two days. His body has got to get back into it.

We hit some balls outside deep, we hit some balls inside over the middle, we hit some short passes, we hit backs out of the backfield. We did some things that we have not done...

I think we’ll have to wait and see how he does on the field, … If he gets hot and sweaty, do the symptoms come back? His body has been through a pretty traumatic thing....

I think he’s got a great opportunity. I know that the pro scouts that have been through here have been very complimentary and have rated him very high.

We’ve won big ballgames around here before. The key for us is to go out and be consistent. … That’s something we’ve got to do a better job of.

That would have been nice.

All I want is 14 more days just like this – it was perfect.

It’s not like we’ve got our own plane and you can call down there and say, ‘Hey, we’re leaving a few hours early,’

I think it’s probably a little unusual with all the great players that (Virginia Tech has) had through the years, you would have thought during the scouting process at some point I would have been...

I believe my obligation is to play the best players. If he’s one of the best, it’s my responsibility to put him out there. If he’s not, then I don’t have to.

He has got to do his part. But something we lose sight of from time to time, he is a part of the equation, but he is not the full equation.

If that’s the decision, I hope we get the word early enough so we can make that kind of adjustment.

There was initial disappointment because it’s so much tougher for our families and our fans to get to the games. I don’t think it was this bowl or San Francisco. I think it was just...

We’ll do more inside drills [today], … We didn’t have that many situations today [to push it].

We won. Basically that’s all I remember about it. The pageantry about the college game, running out behind the Rambling Wreck to the very first ball game, that’s always been an experience that’s been pretty...

Jamal had played some nickel, which is a little bit like safety. He’s certainly got a lot of ability, but he’s got a long way to go to learn that spot and be comfortable and...