15 Quotes by Larry Dolan

We're ready to play, whether it's Purvis or anyone. But Purvis is a great way to start, with the tradition that we have. You can throw any speculation out the window; the games have always been close.

Should be an interesting game. We don't know anything about them. They didn't play a spring game and they're not playing a jamboree. So we're going into that first game pretty blind.

Should be an interesting game, ... We don't know anything about them. They didn't play a spring game and they're not playing a jamboree. So we're going into that first game pretty blind.

But we're getting progressively better. It's a good group of guys, and they believe in themselves and in each other.

For us, personally, we played one last year and got our back-up tailback and starting strong safety hurt, and he stayed hobbled up all season,

We're winning, but we're still not playing real well,

We've been real good in the running game for a number of years with J.J. Smith (now at Pearl River Community College). None of these guys are quite at J.J.'s level, but they're good backs, and we're still able to succeed running the football.

We didn't know what they were going to play on defense, and we had trouble in the first half. We made some adjustments, and we were able to keep our backs running in and out so they stayed fresh.

Rather than risk a kid getting hurt in a game that doesn't mean anything, we'll take our chances on making mistakes in that first game.