807 Quotes About Conference

John and I spoke about it a few times. In fact, we spoke about it in the conference room in Trump Tower. John then went around and addressed it with the family.

The greatest part of this job is to show these younger kids their heritage. Heritage gets lost with a lot of these kids. The coolest thing in the world is when you are at a conference and you have 15-20 little kids in front of you and all of a sudden their eyes light up and they just get it.

That kind of did take some pressure off. We were worried about not making the conference tournament and I think we were getting discouraged about the way the season was going. Now Connecticut isn't a must-win for us and we can just go play.

Realistically, conference meet is not the ultimate goal for him. We'll put more emphasis on the state meet.

They know we have a lot of improvement to make. Our goals are eight weeks down the road at the end of conference play. I've been happy with our practices,

When we sit down and put it together, obviously we're hoping for significant games that impact conference titles and national rankings. But we do that with the understanding, particularly with Mountain time zone teams, that we spread it around so it's not an undue burden.

I think playing Duke helped us become a better football team, and that's what it's all about. This game helped us get better in our conference and the remainder of our season.

But you can only do so much. The frustration has been incredible. We should be at the top of the conference and now we're trying to just get a playoff berth (within the top six in the league). In the past, we would be trying to win the league at this point. Now, we're just trying to get in (the playoffs). We were doing well, winning six in a row, but now, we're going in the other direction, losing three in a row.

It was a long weekend. On Saturday we stayed with Fort Kent - who are undefeated in conference play - until the end of the game.