30 Quotes by Rocky Long

We struggled with Texas Tech's offense, and everybody has, because they spread you sideline to sideline. It's tough to defend.

We won't change very much on offense if he's cleared to play.

We need a spark to get us to the next level. I thought we underachieved some this year.

Lucas Higgins came to me after the incident and told me what happened. He was disciplined and is in a probationary period right now with the team.

Nobody has seen it enough yet to get a real good handle on how to stop it. As long as it's going to be effective, people are going to run it. We haven't stopped it yet, so we're still in the process of trying to learn how.

People wonder sometimes whether we educate these guys because a guy slips up and makes a mistake. Well, we do extensive education. We cover steroids, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, domestic relations. We do extensive education with these guys, more than the student body gets and probably more than the general population ever gets. But for whatever reason, these guys are under more scrutiny, so we have to try to educate them.

I was surprised he was even interested in the job because he's so good.

I was stunned he was interested in the job. I really meant it when I said he's the best offensive coordinator and play-caller I've ever seen. I think he was tired of sitting around playing golf and really wanted to get back into coaching.

Chris still has some work to do with the team, but he has taken responsibility for his actions and will be traveling with us.