Joe is going to be our guy and we’re going to go with it.

We talked all week, especially last night and this morning, about believing and staying together as a team. I was very proud there was never any quit.

Timmy is a lot more experienced, obviously.

I’ve said all along I really admire his toughness and his will to come back. At some point, it’s only natural to be a bit shook up by this type of things. We’ve got to...

We had almost the same talk I had with Aaron after the Oregon State game … Joe’s gonna be our guy, not like the last game where he was going to start the second half.

You have to put a lot of drill work in. A lot of your focus is put on things you don’t see every day, like counters coming back off of it, play-option passes coming off...

You can never put your team in the position to kick off from the 20-yard line.

In open space with people spread out, the guy is very, very difficult to tackle.

This week, we’re watching their first two games against Rutgers and San Jose, but we are also watching the Florida tape from last year,

Scott did a real solid job. He knows how to work hard and he was prepared. He’s not the kind of guy who sleeps all week in practice.

To hang in there and keep throwing strike after strike, … he is just an unbelievable competitor.

Each game has a different set of circumstances,

I obviously haven’t done enough of the coaching or preparation you need to do, so we’re not going to give up on him as a kid or a player. You can work on a lot...

There’s a lot of potential there. We have some skill and we have some holes to fill. The spring will be really important to us.

You can only practice so much. Now it’s time to get in the game.

At certain times, he’s got to put his pads down and get us one or two yards. Not everything can pop outside for a touchdown. That’s a fine line though, when you have a back...

There were a lot of plays to be made and we didn’t make them.

But you know that there’s going to be more coming, because they haven’t done it all in their first two games.

They really know what they’re doing with the option. There’re a lot of things that are unorthodox with the option, and they don’t just dabble in it; they know what they’re doing.

Absolutely, … It’s one of those events you can mark off the checklist.

They bounced back pretty well. They’re a lot more resilient than the coaches.

He’s not a guy who lays back and gets juked by people. He’s very aggressive going to the ball and he runs through people. He’s a physical guy who can run; he covers the field....

He made some big plays on third down with his scramble ability and those were the things that we saw when we recruited Joe.

There is definitely a correlation.

We have to be patient. Joe will get it.

You cannot give them a short field. We’ve seen games where the score gets crazy early because they force turnovers down deep and score.

It’s impossible to compare different eras because the game is so much different now. Things are so spread out today, and athletes are so much better, it’s an unfair comparison. All you can say is...

We don’t want to put him in a position where he wouldn’t be safe.

They will go to the meetings, be involved with the game plan.

(He) played very well and did a nice job for us out there. The kickoffs were great and all of the punts were right back there against the end zone.

It was a tremendous boost for us to see what kind of player he really was. He just keeps getting better every week it seems like.

We’re going to play in conference games that are going to be close, and those type of things will come back and haunt you. Special teams had a letdown tonight and we didn’t play to...

That’s not the way you draw it on the board.

He had great composure and made great plays throughout the game. He was not apprehensive at all. He wasn’t looking for some safe game to get his confidence back.

After watching the tape, I thought he made the right reads. He made good decisions. He was just a little bit off on some of his throws¦ and it mounted on him,

(The Cougars) were making a conscious effort to strip the ball out, … and (Lynch) was making a conscious effort to hang onto it.

They played more physical than we did, … a poor game plan.

While Marshawn is a great back, we have some others behind him that can play.

We practiced very well for that game, but I wasn’t aware of the hangover from the BCS thing until the night before the game. This year, we’ve told everybody that the game on Thursday is...

Steve was very efficient. He didn’t turn the ball over, he ran the huddle well and he brings a confidence to the table and it’s infectious. It was pretty evident last game and it was...

This is the first time he has been healthy. But I’m not surprised how he has played. He is a big, physical receiver who is productive.

Each game we learn new things. By no means did we come close to our potential tonight.

Absolutely. It’s one of those events you can mark off the checklist.

I want to give BYU a lot of credit. Their offense did a good job of spreading the field. They played very well and they have a physical defense.

People get used to almost perfection,

He stayed strong. I was really proud of him.

We just need to stay together as a team. We need to understand that attention to details makes you win or makes you not win.

Every now and then you’d turn around (at practice) and see him goofing off with the guys. You don’t see that anymore.

We’ll make a decision on who’s best for us offensively. Nate will take the first snaps of the fall, but it really doesn’t matter. Joe sat out today but did a great job throughout the...

We don’t even really think about whether we’re without Marshawn or whatever, … We have guys who are ready.