Dan McCarney Quotes (74 Quotes)

One of the keys is for us to go over and make it a four-quarter game. If we can do that, then we'll have a shot. We've done it here in Ames the last few times, but we surely haven't over there.

We'll do a lot of positive things in the future around these two guys.

It's bad enough to turn it over, but then you give them 14 points. Missouri was up 14-0 and didn't even have a first down.

Everyone thought he was too short, except me and my defensive coaches. Watch his career - it's going to be special.

He's got to work a heck of a lot harder as a student than he did the first time, and he convinced me will do that.

I appreciate the support he's given me and our program. The future looks extremely bright.

I fully expect him to go out and have the kind of year Ellis had as a senior. He's capable of doing that.

I'm excited to watch these kids.

We're three, four or five plays away from being where we want to be, and that's without a loss. We're not a bad football team by any means.

Anyone that wins 11 games and does it with the class that their program shows should be in the Top 10, in my opinion. I will give them strong consideration for my vote.

We worked on it today. We worked on it today.

Dobbins can be much better than last year. At this time last year, we didn't know where Dobbins would play - whether it would be as a starter or a backup. We didn't desert him we worked with him, and he ended up being defensive newcomer of year.

Tremendous football player. He brings so much to their team that he's a human highlight tape. When you watch him, he's made so many big plays for them. He's a guy we have to control.

Depends if we can protect. We've got a good receiving corps, but we also want to have as much balance as we can because in low-scoring games, the running game is so important.

We're very pleased obviously with the win over Iowa. It was a great victory. We're through celebrating. It's over. It's a great memory. ... We appreciate this victory very much, but we know it's time to move on, and we're in the process of doing that.

It's poor judgment. We got off to a bad start and it sickens me, it upsets me, it disappoints me and it frustrates me. There's not a Division I staff in the country that puts in more time to send the message.

We're not helping ourselves. We're not complementing one another. That's one of the things we've got to do. That's just poor performance. We've got to take advantage of those plays and make something happen instead of turning right around and giving the momentum and confidence to that football team.

The first priority is preparing for a national TV game and representing Iowa State University it's not your social life.

It was about as freak of an injury as I've ever seen in person or on tape. He just made a cut. Nobody touched him. His Achilles snapped.

We're still doing some good things. But the stat that's more telling than any of them in college football is taking care of the ball or getting takeaways on defense.

If he's not in here and making a run at No. 1, then we made a major mistake in bringing him back. (Whoever replaces Berryman) will have big shoes to fill, there's no doubt, but we will move on.

I am very excited about Saturday night. It's just an exciting time and you can feel it all over this campus. We have to make sure that they're ready and focused and anxious, but not too excited that we're making errors.

We had to be the most improved team in the country from Week One to Week Two, and we played that way (Saturday).

We've got some major holes to fill, but we feel like we've got some good young players in development.