22 Quotes by Drew Tate

Maybe I was out there doing things I had no control over and thought I did. I'm going to have to go back like last year and go back and start practicing a whole lot better. We're so close. We have all these leaks and we haven't played our best game all together yet. We're so close, I think, and we're just leaving things on the field.

He's just very smart and he has great coaches who understand football. We may only have a couple of All-Americans that come here, but he gets results. It's proven, really.

Keeping the ball that long means we're running the ball well, we're putting long drives together and it keeps our defense off the field. Our defense got a lot better as (last week's) game went along.

I thought we would have (tied the game). But it doesn't matter now. It's too late.

Our guys are going to be pretty pumped to go in there and try to run the ball. I don't see why we can't do it. They're a great defense but we're going to have to run the ball. We have to set the tone.

Paschal and Solomon probably throw it the best. I don't think Greenway and Follett can throw it very good. Ed can't throw it very good at all.

It doesn't really matter to me (but) when I start running around, I think bigger plays happen. But we need to make big plays when you're in between the tackles with me stepping up and throwing the ball.

I think I've done a better job of protecting the ball, as opposed to last year. That's pretty much what the No. 1 goal was coming into the year, protect the ball and then complete passes.

I thought I overthrew him. Once Warren caught it, he wasn't going down.