Jeff Bowden Quotes

"He's progressed, he's made it through the hump, the big self-doubt point, got us over that hump in the championship game. Now you hope he can do it one more time."

"Somebody is going to win. This is going to be the ultimate experience right off the bat for them."

"We have a close family. If you are willing to put up with that - which so far I have been - (the criticism) won't bother you."

"Receiver was not a priority in the beginning and it became one. We were very fortunate to fill some holes. I was really getting nervous at the end as I lost the player and got to thinking that Rod Owens may not be ready to play."

"As long as we got the right six. He'll have to sign another class (of this size) next year. We did the best we could right there."

"A lot more of them should have played in this past game because they could have been just as effective. But it didn't matter because we couldn't hit targets, so it didn't matter who was in out there."

"He's a very emotional young man. He's what you call high maintenance. He's getting it ... He's got to. I'd rather him be super talented and a challenge than not super talented and perfect."

"That really frees me up in pre-practice preparation. I want them getting used to going to him for certain things."

"If it wasn't worth it, I wouldn't be here."

"He did a great job. Just so much was asked of him and to get a law degree on top of that is really something. I think he had like four hours of sleep a day."

"Our problem was that we [didn't] call enough runs per game. You have to have a little more patience than I showed last year."

"I'm pretty hot right now, because that was a pretty frustrating offensive performance."