30 Quotes by Rocky Long

He is a difficult assignment especially because of the way they can throw and run the ball. You don't stop those kinds of guys, you just hope to control them enough to give you a chance to win.

He's a really strong guy who's worked really hard. It ought to be a real good battle between him and Tyler Donaldson in the fall for the starting job.

I think it's helped our league image dramatically. I'm just really disappointed that the powers to be in the BCS didn't really jump up there and put them against Auburn or something.

I think anybody that's drafted late and makes a team is a big accomplishment. I look forward to his future. I think we all do.

(Wide receiver Johnny Lee) Higgins got a lot of attention last week because he scored three touchdowns, but Ebell can hurt you just as much. They don't run the spread offense, but they've got enough threats to stretch you across the field and make things difficult.

Usually you can get a feel for them by the way they look and their personalities. There are some classic symptoms that can be easy to spot. There are some guys who probably hide it well.

The defense continues to improve, and we're seeing some guys start to step up. I'm just not confident when it comes to stopping the spread offense. It's a really tough offense to deal with no matter who runs it.

We wouldn't have had a chance to travel, but we would have been able to play, and that's a pretty big deal for us.

We're resilient. I think people were questioning that. I mean maybe even I was questioning it some. But they hung in there in some critical situations and overcame some real good players going out of the game for different reasons. And they overcame some bad breaks and turnovers. I just told them it won't go down in history as one of the great victories in Lobo football, but it was a damn nice victory for us.