Larry Smith Press Luncheon Quotes, Sept. 26, 2000
9/26/2000 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 26, 2000
MEDIA LUNCHEON, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000
Quotes from Kirk Farmer:
On Nebraska
"The whole team is excited. We had a great practice yesterday and we're ready to go out there and see if we can hang with them."
"We feel like we have a chance and we'll convince you all on Saturday."
"It's total excitement and you're anxious to get out there and see what you got and it's something I'll cherish."
"If you don't move the ball their offense will stay on the field and that's what you don't want."
"[The offense] will come out and do a lot of things different because of their unique defense and we need to change things"
On Eric Crouch
"He's so dangerous when he's running the ball, he is fast as any tailback and has a quick release and is very hard to defend on the option."
On being 32-point underdogs
It's motivating, there aren't many people on this team that care about where the line is at because there's too many factors in a game to predict that.
On no-huddle offense:
"I like it because it's up-tempo and not really a way to catch them off-guard but a simple way of calling plays"
Quotes from Justin Smith:
On NU's big offensive lineman:
"It's a challenge getting by them and I think we're well suited for it and they're known for their chop-blocking and I think we should be alright on that."
On Nebraska:
"It's going to fun and a good experience and a huge step for out football team."
"As long as the team believes and the coaching staff believes that's all we need to go in and get a win."
On being underdogs:
"It doesn't bother me, but it's frustrating and I don't think we're that big of an underdog."
On Kirk Farmer:
"I don't think he'll be too nervous because we were watching the Iowa game together and I think he'll be ready and playing the number one team won't rattle anybody."
On playing the #1 team:
"It's hard but I like it and I think my teammates do too."
Quotes from Larry Smith:
On Travis Garvin's dismissal:
"I informed Travis Garvin that he was being dismissed from the football program for reasons that we had talked about before. He was suspended before the first game and the athletic director and I sat down with him and explained the primaries of his suspension. And one of the primaries to lift the suspension were that he attend all classes, he attend all tutoring sessions and he go to all the football meeting and practices and that he basically would do what every other players on our program is asked to do. And if he violated those in any way he would be dismissed from the football team."
"I'm aware that our training staff and our program have been attacked unjustly. I never at any time told him the team needed him because what we're trying to do here is build a team of unity, of players that are team players and not individual players that are out their for their own purposes. We have the finest training and medical staff that I've ever worked with and we have never put a player on the field that is hurt and can't play. We've never asked anyone to do that and we've never put one out there."
"I was informed by our compliance people he does not qualify [a medical redshirt] because after talking to doctors he does not have a torn ACL or any type of injury that merits a medical redshirt case."
On Nebraska:
"They're a very fine football team. I think it's a tremendous challenge to go out there and play them in their own stadium and on TV. I think this football team will be ready to play and I think we have an excellent game plan."
"They have given more balance to their offense and now you have to make sure you defend the pass as well as the run."
"The key is how long you're out there and the key is time of possession. You have to be able to run the ball but you also have to have time of possession at the end. If we put our defense on the field for 36 to 38 minutes it's going to be a long day for them."
"The best way to defend their offense is to keep them off the field with your own offense."
"I think it's critical for any team that wants to climb the ladder that you have to be a good road team."
On playing #1 team:
"I think it's a matter of going out and getting into it and when you sit down and show them tapes of what we have planned and why we have it planned nobody's infallible. I think our players believe we can play with them. They know it's a game of football and a lot of things can happen. The big thing is to control your selves.
On Eric Crouch:
"You have to stop him from running the football. He has excellent speed and he gets to the corner on the option. You've got to get people to him and tackle him because he is hard to tackle. Every time their team needs a big play, and they're struggling on a drive they're going to go to him in some way. If they need a big play [in the red zone] they're going to go to him 90-percent of the time."
