Bobby Petrino Quotes (84 Quotes)

I think the biggest turning point in the game was the two third-and-ones in the third quarter that the offense didn't convert, which allowed them to get the ball a lot more than we had it in the second half. We have got to convert those.

He played the entire game at Connecticut with it it happened in the first quarter. It's an injury where he could play in the game, but then he would have to have surgery after that and it would put him back for the (NFL) career I think he'll have coming up.

I think he would need to get some reps in practice. More for himself, for the confidence and feel of it, and say, 'Yeah, I can do this.

Any time you've got a guy starting his first game who completes 70 percent of his passes, doesn't turn the ball over and we end up at 60 percent on third-down conversions, he did a nice job.

We have another challenging schedule that our players, coaches and fans will enjoy. We play at Kansas State for the first time and we have Kentucky, Miami and West Virginia at home for our fans. It's going to be a tough schedule, but I know our players will be excited about what's in front of them.

Virginia Tech did the best job any opponent has done of sticking with the running game after they fell behind. They ran the ball a little bit too much for our liking.

It's a concern. We had some dumb penalties. The pass interference penalties are really hurting us. We have got to improve on the pass interference. Two of those were just kind of not having enough poise to play the ball. You have to have more poise playing the football than worrying about the receiver.

You always miss a great player, but I think the players on this team have taken a lot of pride in overcoming obstatcles when we have a player down not only the offensive players, but the defensive players. We were very fortunate that we played that well.

We hope playing at home is a really big advantage for us this season. We want to get where it's a really tough place to come and play. Our guys are going to be excited and it's going to be loud. I would anticipate us coming out fired up and ready to play and being really aggressive. It's probably going to be a really good battle.

Hunter got hit hard. He's a very courageous young man. You can't say enough about what he left on the field. I'm sure he's never been hit that hard before, but he hung in there and tried to do the best he could do. He had us in a position where we could win the game. We just made some mistakes late.

It's good that Michael Bush is back at full speed. It's been tough going for him.

It's unfortunate. You hope both teams play hard, play by the rules. They're (Tech) a good football team. We've been talking to our kids all week about keeping our poise and doing things right.

Anytime you make a play like Brandon did and take the ball from the minus two and drive it out of there, that shows a lot of character and a lot of toughness by our offensive line and our running game,

But I was very proud of our team. I thought they showed a lot of character, showed a lot of competitiveness on the sideline. Because when we got behind, the sideline was great. ... We kept our poise, kept our confidence.

We're down a few guys. That's the thing that is a concern to me. ... We've got some young guys we've got to get ready to go.

Oregon State doesn't seem to worry about too much what style they're playing against, ... They have their defensive package they're going to run and they have their offensive package they're going to run. They don't change up a whole lot.

He's got arms like he's a 7-footer and he's able to get his arms out on the offensive linemen before the guy gets set and he knows leverage well. I bet he would have been a good wrestler.

I'll have to see how he practices. We'll give him an opportunity in practice to earn playing time and that's going to be up to him.

We're certainly going to miss Tony Levine, who spent three productive seasons at the University of Louisville. We're excited about bringing Tom into our program. He's a dedicated and bright young coach. He'll bring a lot of enthusiasm and energy to our staff.

Hopefully, he'll have some impact right away. Defensive line is one of the biggest areas we needed to address. We needed to replace some of that production. Getting some defensive linemen with speed and size was very significant. And we were very fired up to the good news about Heath this morning. He also has the opportunity to contribute early.

She sang a lot of songs. 'The Bear Went Over the Mountain' and things like that. But the one she was really good at singing was 'I Found a Peanut.' Now I know why she sang that so many times.

I'm sure we're going in to face a team that now has some confidence and will be fired up to play us.

I understand my name is being mentioned in connection with job openings in the National Football League, but I want to re-iterate my commitment to the University of Louisville, our players and all of our Cardinal fans. The University of Louisville has been great for me, and family and I'm committed to fulfilling our goal of taking the program to the next level.

And I'm sure hoping that comes true this time, because we really need to,

I think we had an opportunity to get a couple more points on the board, but I was really happy at halftime. I think we did a nice job of coming out early in the first quarter and getting points on the board. That's not an easy task against those guys.

It was good to see Michael back running the ball. He's certainly not 100 percent but he made up his mind he was going to play.

Most of the time in February, everybody thinks they have the best class they've ever had. But we won't know until we get them here in August and see them. Certainly the way they rank them and the way we feel about them, it's our best class top to bottom. But that's always yet to be seen.

Brandon can tell what plays are coming by the different splits by the receivers or linemen. Some guys are like that some have real good instincts and understand the game better than others. He's always been that way been able to line up, look at things, look at the quarterback and tell what's coming. He has real good football smarts.

I never thought it was a gamble. I thought it was unbelievable that here was a 15-year-old kid with those skills and that level of maturity. It was a great find.

It was unfortunate. Brian was starting to get real hot right before the injury.

That momentum is something that's hard to explain. But we've seen both sides of it. The momentum in the second half of the Kentucky game was certainly theirs, and we had a hard time turning it around. Today, they started out, and then we started making big plays. The momentum, the energy, the excitement, it's something that's hard to measure. But I was certainly glad to see it.

We're just looking for guys who can consistently make plays.

Everybody would like to see that. Oregon State plays very aggressive on defense. They try to get eight or nine guys down to stop the run and play really tight press coverage with their corners. What they try to do is get a pass rush and put a clock on the quarterback, and they're very good at that. They have three new starters in the secondary. Everyone has been waiting for the ball to go downfield and we're definitely going to have to do that in this game and make some big plays.

That's how rivalry games are supposed to be, and we felt like, coming in here, it was going to be a great battle. So we're certainly glad to get out of here with a 'W.'