72 Quotes by Mike Shula

That's why you play the games. There's always things that you've got to get lined up for. I'm sure they're working on their running game, and we've got to make improvement on our defense ... or all of a sudden a team like that could rush for 250, 300 yards.

You want their motors going because you want them to start fast. It's a concern. You just want them to realize things happen so fast, you might just have one opportunity.

You spend three weeks in April getting yourself lined up for spring recruiting. You're trying to evaluate as much tape as you can. If you don't know who you want by this time, you're way behind. Character is more important too. We're being held accountable if guys leave with the new (Academic Progress Report).

You really don't see your family from Sunday to Thursday, so this gives us a chance to spend some time together,

They are so efficient with their passing game. With a quarterback that makes good decisions and is comfortable with what he is doing and what he is being asked to do.

There is no way to simulate what they do by any means. You just try to give them the best look that you can with our scout team offense. We have tried to spend a little more time going against ourselves, our first teams going against each other. Not necessarily scheme wise, but just to keep up with the speed of the game.

They're going to move the ball. They're going to score some points. We can't panic. We've got to be able to play our game.

They're going to be ready to go, ... which is really helpful because of the way arkansas runs the ball and they like to bring in two tights.

It's a tough one to swallow. My heart aches for our football team, especially our seniors. We left everything out there on the field, but we didn't play well enough to win.