29 Quotes by Chris Connolly

We are quick on defense. We had a nice scrimmage last week and what we saw proved to be true. Our kids that came back with experience are on the defensive line and a couple of linebackers.

We are quick on defense, ... We had a nice scrimmage last week and what we saw proved to be true. Our kids that came back with experience are on the defensive line and a couple of linebackers.

We knew the half-backs would drop off for Hawthorn and as it evolved, the half-forwards push high up, so our half-back becomes our quarterback. He's our smartest player so he assumed that responsibility. We usually try to put Peter in where you've got to think your way through it the most.

We've been on the other side of that last year against Mohawk. It's a kick in the tail.

We've been on the other side of that last year against Mohawk, ... It's a kick in the tail.

We talked about it all week long among the coaches and the players. To give Richfield its credit, they had a lot of good football players last year but everybody has one of those opponents and Richfield traditionally brings tough, football-playing kids.

We talked about it all week long among the coaches and the players, ... To give Richfield its credit, they had a lot of good football players last year but everybody has one of those opponents and Richfield traditionally brings tough, football-playing kids.

We scored early. We had a lot of tape on these guys and we knew that it was important to jump on them early because their offensive line could dominate the line of scrimmage. It didn't hurt that our special teams play was also good.

It was very disappointing. We expected a flooded game and didn't think through it as well as we'd like.