6 Quotes by Hud Venerable

To our kids' credit, I liked how our defense competed in the second half. We'll build on that. I think our kids will bounce back (next week against rival Normal West). I don't think they are going to think about this game too long.

Let's give some credit to Mattoon. They played very well.

I thought he was at least the co-MVP in the league last year. It looks like he's stronger and he's running harder than he did a year ago. He's an elite player, and he's got a nice group of blockers in front of him. He's powerful, fast and he can cut. He's got the whole package.

We knew our defense early in the year would have to support the offense a little bit because we had so many new faces on offense and they've done that. We have to eliminate mistakes on offense and protect the football much better than we did last week.

That's a major blow to us offensively. He looked so good this summer and the first two weeks of practice. We had to redirect our offense. He was going to be a force for us.

His best position is tailback and he's more comfortable there, but we may continue to use him there (at receiver) because he's such a threat. Any city game is huge. I don't think it means any more or less than any city game. They're all up there tied with each other.