I’m really proud of what they’ve been able to accomplish. I’ve followed what they’ve done and have really been impressed. He’s done a good job.

I don’t know that the past years have much to do with it. The teams are all kind of separate.

I think they realize I’ve done a good job for them, and they wanted to reward me and make sure I’m here for a few years. It’s not a lottery deal, but I’m happy with...

He was real accurate. He was a smart guy. In competitive situations, he was relaxed and had a high level of composure. He didn’t get rattled.

He’s pretty much gotten steadily better every year since he’s been here, … He’s bigger than both of them [6-foot-4, 220 pounds], has a strong arm, a quick release. He’s like B.J. from the standpoint...

I think they’re going to be really good.

I think he settled down and bounced back really well. I feel like that’s one of the qualities that he does a good job at.

I think the biggest thing was our own consistency. Alabama’s high level of play and our consistency (was the difference).

He touches the ball more than anybody else.

I’ve said this one time before ? if anybody could do it, we wouldn’t go around the country recruiting these guys to play quarterback. We’d just go to 7-Eleven and pull the guys out of...

As a long snapper, I really don’t want to get my name out there too much. Most guys, if you’re a long snapper and your name is mentioned, it’s usually because you messed up.

I would have to say this is the best Texas team that I have been involved in playing against,

Defensively, I think this is the most impressive group of guys able to respond to play after play. Overall, they did a great job making big plays and working well together.

We’ll have to wake up at 5:45 [a.m.], but it’s not necessarily a concern. You play when you play.

It was a tightly contested game by two really good teams. But I guess I felt like they outplayed us on all three sides of the ball by a narrow margin.

Moses was in high school the last time these guys lost a homecoming game.

That was a significant drive. That was a drive that, where if you dominate that drive you get the upper hand.

I thought Alabama out played us in all three phases of the game by a narrow margin. They didn’t do anything different from what we had seen. They just out-executed us.

I think there’s more of an attachment to this state.

I thought he was pretty good. We contained him for a period of time but he is very explosive and can go off at any given moment. He is a great player and he commands...

Cody Hodges graduates next year, so I would like Mike Shula to come out and be our quarterback for the next year. And we can get started practicing here today if he doesn’t have anything...

He’s really solid. He rushed the ball well, and I thought he was the guy that got us started. He can do so much that he can factor into so many different things.

We had a few mental lapses and errors that cost us in the fifth and sixth innings, but we were able to get the win. As you can tell, we hit the ball really well.

We didn’t have those three or four races to the bitter end [for prospects].

I guess I felt like they outplayed us on all three sides of the ball by a narrow margin.

I think they have a really good running back, and they have a few quarterbacks that both offer a variety of things. The quarterbacks have different skills that account for a wide variety of things....

He’s like B.J. (Symons), where he was calm like him, … ‘Cause B.J., under fire, had the ability to be calm and confident.

It took a long time to get in sync, and I’m not sure we ever did. There speed on defense was significant. It impacted our margin of error. But I was proud that our guys...

This game is going to be affected by all sides of the ball. Special teams will have a big impact on this game, and their offense and our defense will be big impacts on the...

That’s stupid. All that is, is rationalization for [Heisman voters] manipulating the conversation to get the answer they had in mind, … That’s like saying old Heisman winners like Marcus Allen, they did it all...

I think it was the best game he has played since he’s been here. He’s improving a lot overall and he’s getting a better feel for what the receivers are going to do.

Vincent made some bad decisions on his part and was also a victim of some bad circumstances created by other people.

He’s kind of like Chris Hatcher was at Valdosta, except that he’s not a worry-wart like Chris was,

I think they’re starting to do some good things now and are emerging quickly.

It’s kind of a moving target because you have to see how the academics work out.

We were sloppier on both sides of the ball but we played well for a period of time.

If I throw to a guy and he gets 5 yards, how is that different than if I hand to a guy and he gets 5? Balance is if you get contributions out of all...

I guess it certainly helps. But like I said, I think us and Alabama both are better than some of the teams ahead of us.

I don’t see a lot of weaknesses in the Alabama defense. They run just a basic good, old-fashioned defense, which they execute it real well. I think the strength of that team is the fact...

[Not that everything new is anything new.] Everybody’s all surprised every time this stuff happens, … It surprises me that everybody gets surprised, because it happens every year.

I don’t know a great deal about it, but if you cut off everybody who’s had a misdemeanor, we’d be short of players. For any team, that would be difficult.

Anybody that has film on us has a good idea,

There was Lance Funderburk, … He’s got big hands like Lance. He does have these mitts. The Hodges have big hands and feet.

It will be different having a chance to work with somebody that long. But I’m looking forward to it. I haven’t had a quarterback yet who didn’t leave school wishing they could spend another year...

Sometimes I think I curse some of those guys. It will be the guy that adjusts the quickest.

I thought on both sides of the ball we were sloppy to start this game. My guess would be we were trying to make too much happen on any given play, rather than try to...

It used to be our non-conference schedule was the opposite of everybody else’s in the Big 12. We used to play bowl teams, … We just decided to try out what the other guys were...

You guys are all on my side then.

They’re a good team and they created a lot of our problems. I thought we missed some opportunities where we could have played a little sharper earlier in the game, especially the first half.

I’m not sure that the first drive of the second half isn’t the most significant drive in the game in a lot of cases. That was a drive that where, if you dominate that drive,...