16 Quotes by Bart Tooley

They gave us a lot of different looks and spread us out. The no-huddle offense that they opened the game up with did not bother us all that much because we run a little no-huddle offense ourselves, I think it was just more of a case that they were ready to go at the start of the game. They had a good game plan and took advantage of some early mistakes.

They have the ability to throw the ball and they've got a talented corps of receivers. That's a little different than the traditional Dolgeville team. They have speed and quickness and that big-play threat, and they're not a one-man show, either.

It's good to know that when we need to run the ball between the tackles we can. They were putting seven and eight guys in the box, but we still were able to power the ball and we know that, that will always be there for us.

That got Paul into a rhythm. We went back to the backfield they're comfortable with and that helped settle them down.

The turning point was not letting them score again before halftime. It could have been 21-14. Instead, we knew we were getting the ball back (to start the second half) with a 21-7 lead. That was a key.

I'm very pleased. I don't remember when we have come out the first week and looked as sharp as we did today.

This is one you circle on the calendar. And when you know that you're going to be playing them early in the year, you're going to know right away how good you are. Dolgeville's the litmus test. When Dolgeville's on your schedule, people always want to know how you did against Dolgeville.