We were doing so well offensively, and I thought Jeff was in the zone - his passes were crisp and on the money - so I wasn't going to chance a change in the rhythm, especially coming out in the third quarter. Even in the third quarter, I told Jeff, 'You need to take this one down and score so we can get some other guys in the game here, and [you need] to establish your dominance,' and he really did that. - Roger Hughes Quotes
We were doing so well offensively, and I thought Jeff was in the zone - his passes were crisp and on the money - so I wasn't going to chance a change in the rhythm, especially coming out in the third quarter. Even in the third quarter, I told Jeff, 'You need to take this one down and score so we can get some other guys in the game here, and [you need] to establish your dominance,' and he really did that. Roger Hughes
 

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How is our defensive line going to play? ... We have some guys on defense who have some experience, but what will our defense look like without Zak Keasey? We lost 127 tackles, quarterback pressures and big plays when we lost him. How they will play without him is one of the big question marks we face. - Roger Hughes Quotes

How is our defensive line going to play? ... We have some guys on defense who have some experience, but what will our defense look like without Zak Keasey? We lost 127 tackles, quarterback pressures and big plays when we lost him. How they will play without him is one of the big question marks we face.

Roger Hughes

 Defense
I'd be lying if I said [the weather] didn't affect us some, but I don't want to use that as an excuse because both teams played in it. Clearly we had balls that were on the money that we dropped. We missed some reads. Offensively, our backs didn't get to the back side of things in time. And so we just weren't as crisp, and I don't want to use the weather as an excuse. - Roger Hughes Quotes

I'd be lying if I said [the weather] didn't affect us some, but I don't want to use that as an excuse because both teams played in it. Clearly we had balls that were on the money that we dropped. We missed some reads. Offensively, our backs didn't get to the back side of things in time. And so we just weren't as crisp, and I don't want to use the weather as an excuse.

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Clearly, when you're ahead in the game or when you're not a long ways behind, ... you can stay with your game plan. I'm anxious to see how we respond if the tables are turned [on us] and we're not ahead - that's one thing this team hasn't faced, some adversity like that. - Roger Hughes Quotes

Clearly, when you're ahead in the game or when you're not a long ways behind, ... you can stay with your game plan. I'm anxious to see how we respond if the tables are turned [on us] and we're not ahead - that's one thing this team hasn't faced, some adversity like that.

Roger Hughes

 
When you're ahead in the game, or you're not a long ways behind, you can stay with your game plan. I'm anxious to see how we respond if the tables are turned and we're not ahead. That's one of the things this team has not faced yet, is some adversity like that. As we get into the meat of our schedule, things aren't always going to go our way like they did last week. - Roger Hughes Quotes

When you're ahead in the game, or you're not a long ways behind, you can stay with your game plan. I'm anxious to see how we respond if the tables are turned and we're not ahead. That's one of the things this team has not faced yet, is some adversity like that. As we get into the meat of our schedule, things aren't always going to go our way like they did last week.

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He stepped in and took on multiple roles with [senior kick returner] Greg Fields out this week with a hamstring pull. The nice thing is, we had no drop-off in our special teams play, and clearly Jay elevated his defensive back play [as well]. - Roger Hughes Quotes

He stepped in and took on multiple roles with [senior kick returner] Greg Fields out this week with a hamstring pull. The nice thing is, we had no drop-off in our special teams play, and clearly Jay elevated his defensive back play [as well].

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We just can't have the penalties, especially in the red zone. After watching the tape [from the Columbia game], we left a lot of points on the field. Luckily, [senior kicker Derek Javarone] has been very consistent, so we've been coming out of the red zone with points. - Roger Hughes Quotes

We just can't have the penalties, especially in the red zone. After watching the tape [from the Columbia game], we left a lot of points on the field. Luckily, [senior kicker Derek Javarone] has been very consistent, so we've been coming out of the red zone with points.

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We just keep harping on the fact that if you remain humble and don't get too full of yourselves, good things are going to happen. - Roger Hughes Quotes

We just keep harping on the fact that if you remain humble and don't get too full of yourselves, good things are going to happen.

Roger Hughes

 
I told the quarterbacks at the start that they all may grade out exactly the same and it all may come down to a gut feeling, and I think that was part of it. Jeff knows our offense pretty well, makes the correct checks. He's a good leader, the kids rallied around him. - Roger Hughes Quotes

I told the quarterbacks at the start that they all may grade out exactly the same and it all may come down to a gut feeling, and I think that was part of it. Jeff knows our offense pretty well, makes the correct checks. He's a good leader, the kids rallied around him.

Roger Hughes

 
We have not handled success well. We have not handled prosperity well. So my message to the kids is, listen it's a 10-round fight and what happened in the third-round today has no bearings on what happens next week. That's been the mindset, and I think this team has the culture of holding each other accountable so that that doesn't happen. - Roger Hughes Quotes

We have not handled success well. We have not handled prosperity well. So my message to the kids is, listen it's a 10-round fight and what happened in the third-round today has no bearings on what happens next week. That's been the mindset, and I think this team has the culture of holding each other accountable so that that doesn't happen.

Roger Hughes

 Kids
As a coach, you always strive for perfection. Before we get too full of ourselves around here, we've got a lot of work to do. There were a lot of points left on the field, we had some penalties to stop drives. The good thing is Derek Javarone has been fairly consistent. He's been 100 percent scoring points in the red zone. That's been the difference. As I told the team, be happy but not satisfied. We have a long way to go. The strength of our schedule is ahead of us. We certainly can't sit back and start feeling too good about ourselves. - Roger Hughes Quotes

As a coach, you always strive for perfection. Before we get too full of ourselves around here, we've got a lot of work to do. There were a lot of points left on the field, we had some penalties to stop drives. The good thing is Derek Javarone has been fairly consistent. He's been 100 percent scoring points in the red zone. That's been the difference. As I told the team, be happy but not satisfied. We have a long way to go. The strength of our schedule is ahead of us. We certainly can't sit back and start feeling too good about ourselves.

Roger Hughes

 Perfection
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