45 Quotes by Gary Patterson

The way the BCS is anymore, it doesn't matter if you are an automatic bid or a non-automatic bid. You've got to start high in the polls early to be able to do anything.

It's going to be a great ball game. We're very closely matched in lot of ways.

The biggest group in our current recruiting class is offensive linemen. Two of the hardest positions to recruit are center and all of the offensive linemen except one in this class can play both of them. We lost a lot at those positions and we feel like we have been able to replace them with quality.

The BCS still is a long way away for us, ... We know we don't have a chance unless we win the conference title. . . . But we feel like if we keep playing better we'll give ourselves a chance.

Oklahoma lost a lot from last year but still has a lot. Neither team knows what it has until the ballgame is over.

Oklahoma has more question marks, I think. If I'm them watching film I'm not sure what kind of TCU team I'm getting. Last year was an uncharacteristic year for us defensively.

It was a great win for the program, but now it's time to move on. I'm very happy for TCU, the alumni and the players. It's been a lot of fun, but now it's back to work.

They helped us out by coming out throwing.

It was just a game with a lot of plays and a lot of football action. I think most people enjoyed it. I even did, and I'm a defensive guy.