We’re very young, with 17 newcomers, so it’s especially important to play a challenging non-conference schedule to get us ready for the SEC season.

Anytime you win a series it feels good. Our kids have worked very hard and they’re very deserving. It’s nice to see them get rewarded.

When I was at Florida, I had told him I really liked him. And when he decided to leave Miami, he remembered that, and he called us.

The fact that we’ve played such a tough schedule means that the game won’t speed up on Friday night for us. We’ve played a good schedule so far, faced lots of good pitching and lots...

Obviously, our record isn’t very good, but we are working hard. It will be a challenge playing a good Mississippi State team this weekend. They have so many returning players, and they’ve got a lot...

We’ve asked them repeatedly to produce a lease. A lease shows that there will be a continuity of care, that they’ll be there, and not just on a month-to-month basis.

I thought we played pretty good defense tonight. We made some nice plays behind Butts to get him out of some innings. I was real proud of Brett going out there and giving us a...

We’ve shown the ability to win a couple, but we also have the ability to lose to just about anybody.

Our kids came out tonight, competed and enjoyed the moment and got after it. I thought we played the whole game well. We defended the field well, our hitters had great approaches at the plate...

The kids bounced back (Saturday) and did extremely well, and then played well again on Sunday. So, from an emotional standpoint, and a confidence standpoint, it helps a lot. The hard work they’re putting in...

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We weren’t good at the plate. We had terrible approaches.

It was way too many walks and way too many errors. When you’re walking that many and making errors, you’re not going to win. We had a productive day at the plate, but it doesn’t...

Obviously we brought in a large class. We’re going to get on the field this fall and determine some roles.

The talent is there. Some days it shows up and some days it doesn’t. When you talk about teams that perform consistently day in and day out, it’s usually teams that have a lot of...

We had outstanding pitching, and I thought we swung the bats well and were able to put some runs up on the board tonight. I thought our at bats throughout the game were pretty good,...

I though we had good at-bats throughout the day. We had four errors to their one and that’s the name of the game. We swung the bat well throughout the day and hit a lot...

There was a little extra bounce in their step. With the hard work they put in ever single day, it makes them feel better to know that they’re being rewarded for hard their hard work....

Woodall was outstanding. He had total command of the mound and three pitches. They got one good swing on him, but other than that, they didn’t take any good swings at him.

We weren’t good at the plate tonight. We had terrible approaches. Not to take anything away from Mike Cisco, but up and down the lineup, we didn’t have enough quality at-bats.

He didn’t give up a lot of hard contact. We didn’t help him. The bottom line was walks and errors. Evan has been solid for us all year.

Fall practice to us is like spring training to the football team. This is where roles are defined.

I have not seen any lack of confidence in these guys. Winning is nice. It obviously feels a lot better than losing. It’s what we try to do every single day.

Paul Burnside, what can you say, he just continues to have great relief outing for us.

I was real happy with (Brett) Butts, he mixed his pitches well. We played offense today. Any time you can get eight runs off of eight hits, you did a nice job of playing offense....

You have to credit Chris because he’s tried to work through it. He just has a hard time getting all his work in. We just want to see Chris be at 100 percent. Hopefully, he...

I thought our kids really had good approaches at the plate against some pretty good Kentucky pitching. I was proud of the way our kids played.

Up and down the lineup, we didn’t have enough quality at-bats.

I was very proud of how we battled back in that ball game, but when you are walking people and making errors, you are not going to win.

We feel as he gets back to full strength there’s going to be some real potential there.

Vanderbilt, since Tim has been there, they’ve been built around their pitching. They did a really good job of helping those kids develop and they’ve done a good job of recruiting their pitching.

I had no idea they were on allotment or whatever they call it. I thought you could get all you could get, as much as you wanted but evidently not, now that I found today,

I was very pleased with how composed our kids were in another extra-inning game. We had a lot of first-year Auburn players come to the plate in that tenth inning and I thought we handled...

It’s a matter of having guys relax and not try to do so much. They just need to take a deep breath and try to make good contact. Sometimes, everyone is trying to deliver that...

The purpose is to facilitate right turns off the Memorial Bridge for people heading to the downtown area. The work done for the cut-through had a specific purpose, and it was done by the state....

When he gets on, it allows us to steal some bases, hit-and-run, do a lot of things in the small game. It really helps our offense.

I’m not down on Evan Crawford or Johnny Thompson. Both of them had to scuffle tonight for the first time in a long, long time.

It’s important to play national name schools like Florida State and Arizona State. It’s important to try to get at least one home schedule series a year with a national- caliber team.

We’ve been presented with an opportunity to regain access, and we will make the most of it.

That was a big-time at bat from Josh. I knew he had a hit when it left his bat.

He will be limited. Where he might have been available twice in a weekend, he may only be available once. But having him once is better than not at all.

It was a matter of priorities. They had the school parking lots all torn up and had other commitments. They felt the necessity to take care of those projects first.

That’s part of being a freshman. He’s had some really good bats at times, some really bad at-bats. It’s part of the learning process.

We’ve got a chance to win this series, and I think our kids will come out ready to go. We need to pitch well.

I am very excited about our 2006 schedule, … It is important to play a challenging non-conference schedule to prepare us for the rigors of SEC play. This schedule is built to challenge us right...

He’s not felt very good since he threw Saturday. His arm feels great. The problem is he has some pain in his side.

I think it is very important to give the Auburn people in the Montgomery area an excellent chance to see our young club play right in their neighborhood. I am very excited to have an...

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We’re certainly playing better. Whether that’s just having gotten some games under our belt and guys feeling more settled or not, I really don’t know. I know we’ve pitched better, and certainly when you pitch...

It’s just part of the process. I just look in the mirror and think about what I can do to make our club better. I try not to get frustrated.