We're still having too many breakdowns - getting people out of position. Too many penalties. They don't do anything if we don't give them four penalties in the first half.
This group for what we need might be as good a defensive group that we've brought in. They are guys with good character, strong kids who want to be a part of a championship and that's what we're going to help them accomplish.
I think the biggest thing is that we have to replace a bunch of starters. We've lost 14 players. Up front, we lose two who will be playing in the pros next year. We lost four really good players at linebacker.
We came down to have a good time. We came down to work and we came down to win a football game and that's why we're here. Did it affect our players and our coaches Sure it did. You don't just take someone out of your family and it not bother you. Will it keep us from moving forward No. It just made it a little more difficult.
A lot of times mistakes are what help you become a better player because you become mentally tougher in that situation when you face it again.
You can prevent penalties -- just don't do anything. We could go out there today and I promise you play 60 minutes and never get a penalty. But we aren't going to be any good on defense either.
We would have had a hard time beating (season-opening opponent) Miami today.
He'll be better because he'll understand the other position. Plus it's helped depth.
Because they are older, more mature players, they're playing with a little more reckless abandon. It's all about getting 11 people swarming to the ball, gang tackling. We're doing a lot better job of that this year, a lot more like were accustomed to.
I don't know how he could have played much better. He has proven why he is an All-American. He is certainly the best second team All-ACC player that I've seen. He has played super all year giving us a stabilizing, veteran presence in the middle of a young defensive line.
Weights, running, overall conditioning aa everything. Not just because he had to, but because he really and truly wanted to do whatever it took to make himself better. He understood, you know Some guys get it and some guys don't.
(Rolle) has a passion to become a great player, at least he has demonstrated that.
You've got to have passion to play football. We had it on the goal line. But we didn't play like that all the time on the field.
There's no doubt about it that it means a lot for all of us.
It tells me he has a lot of courage. It was more important to him that he worked. He couldn't have hurt it any worse.
We played pretty much a four-man front for years around here and we played against people with a four-man front. ... If you get good enough playing a three-man front we don't care what they play against in practice.
We have faced adversity all year. How you handle adversity is extremely important. Our problem is that we have not had the total depth that we have had in years past. What it presents now is a challenge for someone else to step in and take over.
How you handle adversity is extremely important. Our problem during this process has been we have not had the total depth that we've had in a lot of years past.
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