Most of the juniors on this team were here as freshmen. And we’ve felt the hurt for three years now. We had more heart this year than any team I’ve been on, and it wasn’t enough.
That was very big ... We needed it. We needed it a lot. It gave us the momentum. We just were feeling them out at the beginning.
I hurt my thumb in the first half and had it taped ... It was really stiff, and I couldn’t grab the ball like I usually do. No excuses, though. I didn’t have two hands on the ball and they knocked it out.
We’ve never seen any of that from them ... We didn’t practice one play against the wildcat, so we didn’t expect it.
I applaud them ... They saved it for the right spot. They didn’t so much take us by surprise. I applaud them for their execution.
In the second half, they came out with a lot of intensity ... They were very committed and won the game up front. That is a senior team, and we saw a sense of urgency from them. With our 20 underclassmen, we didn’t have that same intensity.
Honestly, we should have won this game
You can go down to street level and explore the environment ... so that when you drive into the place, you know what's going on there.