Patience is our key here with the quarterback situation. There are going to be some mistakes, but we’re going to work through it.

Everybody keeps bringing up USC,

It’s definitely a question mark about our season, … Aaron was a pretty special guy. He did so much in such a short period of time. Now we’ll be going with guys who have never...

He matured big-time after the first week. He used to be kind of a happy-go-lucky guy. Every now and then you would turn and see him goofing off with guys. You don’t see that anymore....

We’ll see how practice goes this week, and make a decision later in the week. They’ll both get (practice time) equally. … Maybe Steve will have a few more reps this week as we get...

He didn’t play to his potential, by any means, but that doesn’t mean he can’t play, … Everybody has a day like that from time to time, and he had it right out of the...

He was making the right reads, and he had a couple of dropped balls, and another one there was miscommunication with the receiver, so it wasn’t all him, … He put some pressure on himself....

It was great to see a reflection of how much we’ve improved with this young team. This effort was typical of our team. It doesn’t surprise me.

Joe took the game pretty hard. He just needs to know we’re behind him 100 percent.

I think last year consistency was an issue with him.

I think it went just fine. We got a chance to learn some of the concepts. The biggest thing was adjusting to the shotgun. We’ll take a look this summer how much of that we...

He was hounded hard by practically everyone.

They’ve brought it to a new level, the way they dive for balls, the effort they give.

Every time I look at that, it kind of leaves a knot in my stomach. It was an unbelievable football game and we had a chance to win, but didn’t get it done. So we...

Our plan was to try to attack the weaknesses of the defense. We knew coming into the game that they had some injuries at corner and we had to test those guys.

He was suspended for the first quarter for missing the meeting,

I was a little shocked that Joe struggled like he did,

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You have to draw on previously experienced successes to have your confidence. You have to try to keep that in your mind instead of dwelling on the bad part.

I knew we’d be OK. Joe had a good day throwing the ball and he ran the offense really well. He has a lot of potential.

He’s been one that has been cooperating. None of our players have been implicated with any wrongdoing. We’re doing everything we can to cooperate with the investigation.

It didn’t faze him a bit.

They’re going to play,

In my opinion, they are the best team I have seen in college football. There is no doubt about it.

Every day he’s getting better and better with the reps he’s getting.

This will step it up a notch, … It’s going to be one of those games, like I told the team … this is why you play. A Top 25 opponent on the road, in...

We have to be patient. Joe’s young and there are going to be some times where he need to learn a bit.

He is a great fit for us and our program, and a great recruiter.

We need a little life in the kickoff returns,

It is a huge learning curve. We have become very spoiled here with expectations with Kyle (Boller) and Aaron (Rodgers) throwing a bunch of BBs all around the field. It doesn’t happen overnight.

Everybody enjoys being around him. He’s got a great sense of humor and can always make people laugh.

That was big for him. He was Pac?10 Player of the Week, which is great for his confidence.

In our conference, we don’t see anything like it.

He has done well. He has a little bit of experience from those two games. It probably gave him a little boost of confidence coming into the spring.

I get the sense they understand, … I’ve been very pleased with our mind-set. Our guys have been focused for every game. It hasn’t really wavered at all. That’s not us, I don’t believe. We...

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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.