“Watching film, (the problems) weren't anything major. It was just little missed assignments. We weren't releasing to the linebacker quick enough. We weren't moving our feet. We ran too wide. We had a multitude of little things that we've worked like heck this week to correct.”
“We kind of made an adjustment on that play because we told Drew to look back side. We were going to run a curl, but we said if they bring their safety down we can get a post behind them. We thought that's the one thing we have with Josh, that he could be a great playmaker.”
“We made plays. That's the difference from last week; we made plays. And we got the ball into the hands of the kids who can make plays. And we had three huge ones. We had the long pass to Josh, then he had the great catch right before half. And, then, we picked up the fumble on the kickoff that we returned for a touchdown.”
“The touchdown before the half we just said, 'We're just going to throw it up,' ... We wanted to take the pressure off Jake where he just had to deliver the ball. And he threw the ball really well. The kid, for his first start, really handled it well and did a nice job.”
“We thought our defensive ends could beat their tackles. We thought they were a little slow, and our ends can run. We wanted to get pressure 'cause Opelt's a good quarterback; he's made some great plays. We just kept everything in front of us, and our defense really rose. They had some key stops. It was a great team effort. I'm really proud of these kids.”
“We've got Kraig, we've Jake, we've got all kinds of options. We practiced them both this week, and we did some other things. It's a game-time decision.”
“The key is Opelt. We can't let him get comfortable. We can't let him sit back there and just pick away. What you try to do with a spread team is make them one-dimensional. Central did a nice job controlling the ball against them, and that's what we're going to try to do. Our best defense is going to be our offense.”
