7 Quotes by Mark Hackett

We've got a pretty good feel for this team. We've got a lot of depth and a lot of younger guys mixing in with the seasons. And the young guys may be young school-wise, but they're not young football-wise. They can play.

I think we've made some huge steps this week. The kids have really come together and taken some ownership in what we're doing as players and coaches. I think we've got a big upside.

We've got some options on offense. We'll run more option, bootleg and waggle, and we'll use fullback, tailback and quarterback as runners. With the quarterback running, we've got an extra threat from what we've had the last few years.

We need to win. Every game for us is a playoff game.

We learned a lot. That's the most physical game we've played this year, and it was both ways. They were giving it to us, and we gave it to them, and it really took us four quarters to get the run game going.

They play a lot like we do. They run the ball to throw it. They're tough, physical, and they want to establish the run.

You've got the kick game, the offense and defense, and you've got to win two of the three if you're going to win the game. We'll be hard-pressed to be beat in the kick game, and if we don't it will be because we didn't do our job as coaches.