Mark Mangino Quotes

"I'm sure you sensed the poise he has. The physical ability he has is hard to overlook. He made some mistakes, a couple of checks he missed. But he was poised."

"Let me give you an example. He'll start the winter program like he's suffering from some terrible disease. Then after about three weeks, he'll be fit and get it going. But that's his personality. When he has pressure on him, he gets it done."

"We're moving in the right direction and when I feel like, and the coaches feel like, we have the guy who's going to be the starter, we'll make that decision. We don't feel we're under any pressure to do it quickly. We like to set-up we have now and we'll see how it turns out."

"I'm disturbed that one of our players would be involved in something like this, ... This behavior goes against everything we stand for."

"We're going to play defense the way that we play defense all the time. They execute well so we have to play sound, fundamental football. That's what we plan to do."

"Charles is fine. He's doing well, and he's a key guy for us on defense."

"Collectively, the coaching staff and I agree that this is a class that really meets our needs. I thought our assistant coaches did an outstanding job in evaluating and getting the right kind of kids in front of me."

"We had an opportunity for our senior class to leave in great fashion. They led us to a winning season for the first time at KU in 10 years, a bowl victory, and you all know all the great things these kids have done leading up to this game."

"Give Tech credit for playing inspired football,"

"He's what we call a package player. He's not an every-down player for us, but he's a force for us."

"Charlton has a lot of heart. I was concerned he couldn't play tonight, and despite all that, he put pressure on the quarterback, he made plays in the running game, he hustled around. It's a real tribute to him because he was very, very ill."

"We're still keeping an eye Swanson's health,"

"Normally I give credit to our opponents, ... But I'm not going to do that today because our kids outplayed them."

"Normally I give credit to our opponents. But I'm not going to do that today because our kids outplayed them."

"Our kids are ready to play. We've had some very good practices. It's great to be in a bowl game, but it's even better to win a bowl. We're a much more mature team now then when we started four years ago."

"We're going to get in that horse race."

"The groups are running better routes and blocking better,"

"When Charles is running the pass routes, our quarterbacks look better. He's just a phenomenal athlete."

"He's going to win a job at one of the guard spots. There is no question in my mind."

"Our young men have a lot at stake. They want to finish with a winning record. We want to play well for the seniors. We want them to go out in style."