807 Quotes About Conference

There is a lot of preparation to be done. Some are just trying to get better for the conference meet. There are five or six key things some others need to do to get ready for nationals, and that may or may not happen.

When the (Big 7) was formed, it was considered to be a power conference. It's lived up to its billing. It's been our most difficult conference to win because every team is good.

Who knows what's going to come out of the trustees' conference call?

It wasn't unusual for a kid to sign a conference letter and still be recruited. Signing day was in March then, and if you signed a kid (to a conference letter), you had to baby-sit him to make sure he was still coming.

The disappointing part about this loss is that we would have been in control of the conference if we could have come away with a win here. We just didn't play well offensively and it just wasn't our night. I guess those kinds of things occasionally happen on the road.

Give Westbrook credit. Those kids play hard. They don't quit. They did the same thing to us at our place when they got us. They play tough wire-to-wire. They could have rolled over. Teams are well-coached in this conference and they all play hard every night. And if you don't play hard for 32 minutes you're not going to get a W.

For us to win I think we are going to have to have 180 points. I think we can have five guys in the finals again, but I'm not sure which five. We could get as many as seven or eight, which shouldn't be unusual for a team that could win the conference dual title.

I think these guys will get it done. There would have still been meaning if we won (the conference tournament), but not as deep as it is now. I don't think I'll have any problem motivating these guys.

The conference tournament is a toss-up. Whoever wrestles well that day will win.