40 Quotes by Mike Burns

Our guys need to get focused on Saturday's game against Montana State.

That was just an effort run. They just gave a greater effort than we did.

You always think you're going to go home. You expect some damage, but never to lose everything. I think everybody basically felt the same way. That's the hardest part.

We played very well. Tonight, we played well enough to win.

We came out sluggish in the second half. Montana saw a little bit of blood in the water and they pounced on it. They put us on our heels and we played on our heels for the entire second half.

When you win an award like that during the conference season, it usually means your team has won both games and the player has played very well in winning those games. So I almost look at the Player of the Week award as a team award when it is handed out during the conference season. For that, I'm sure Rodney and our team is very appreciative.

You cannot solve this business only on the cost side, ... The revenue side has to be addressed also.

There is no hotter team in our league now than Portland State.

We withstood that first spurt and then we got our bearings together and we were in the game towards the end of the first half there. And then they just went on that run and that was just an effort run. They just gave greater effort than we did, and that was the difference in the game right there.