Dave Wannstedt Quotes (78 Quotes)

Its been difficult, ... but nothing we cant deal with. The focus has been not as much on the big picture as the day-to-day, lets get better and lets see if we can find a way to win a game.

It's obvious that Jay needs a lot of work, ... He's behind, and we're fortunate that we have three weeks before we play (a regular-season game) to get that done.Jay has just got to get enough work. The throws he made were off. He just wasn't very accurate tonight.

I'm not ruling anything out, and my mind-set has not changed, it's the timing, ... I'm going to keep my football options open. NFL or college, I'm really not closing the door on anything.

Overall I was pleased with today. We have a long way to go but I liked the way some things looked today. Being at Heinz Field was good, the atmosphere was good. We were able to get in about 100 plays and we came out healthy which is very important.

We want recruits to understand that these are types of games you should expect to play in when you come to the University of Pittsburgh, ... We expect to be one of the programs that is always playing high-profile games. The thing I've told the kids, though, is that they have to go out and play. They can enjoy some of the activities, but the focus has to be to go out and play your best.

The way you improve is you work, and we're going to work.

I think Kevin Collier will have an opportunity to make an impact early.

Rashad, in all the scrimmages we had, was very consistent. He makes good reads. He can catch the ball. He protects the ball well.

In a game like this, everything gets magnified and you can't afford to make any mistakes.

If you look at this home schedule, it really will be a great one for our fans. We play an ACC team, a Big Ten team, we play two teams in our conference that are likely to be ranked in the top 10 -- it is going to be a lot of fun but it will also be a great challenge.

He was the ideal guy, because of his athletic ability, to move around and get in some mismatch situations -- flank him out, move him around, trick people and throw him the ball.

Someone told me that their offensive line is the most experienced group of offensive linemen that they've had in the history of the school. We've got a group that I believe has made major strides from the first day of spring practice, but it's a work in progress. We're still trying to put the thing together a little bit.

This was a quick turnaround. A couple of coaches actually slept here. We were back at it at 6 a.m. We got a lot done Friday night.

The Notre Dame game is a big one, but it is really just the beginning of a long journey for us.

The run game struggled but I hope that's because our defensive line is playing better. We have a ways to go running the ball. We definitely have to get a lot better at that.

I think what you saw out there today is really no different than what you saw in the preseason. He breaks an awful lot of tackles and the guy has an awful lot of desire.

He's probably our most consistent defensive lineman.

I told both of them Saturday morning that David has been here, he's kicked and he deserves the first opportunity.

By (the) time you get out there and it's game time, you're confident in your plan and you believe you're going to be successful. The guys who can separate what you can control and what you can't control are the ones who keep moving and don't crack. It's a battle, though, because of all the media attention and scrutiny.

I'm Tyler's biggest supporter. He's our guy. I believe in him and he'll bounce back this week, but we've got to be honest about things,

These guys are strong. These guys are committed to playing football at the University of Pittsburgh.

David Boston was back working and really did a nice job, ... Physically I don't think he had any carryover from his shin injury.

The good thing about him is he gets it. He understands the whole picture. A lot of guys would never get it. Either they're too selfish or they're not smart enough to understand it. But with Ricky, as long as we're winning, he's going to be a major reason why.

I'm glad they didn't ask me to carry that thing in. But this a nice little tradition to start and it stays with us for a year. The players brought it into the locker room and it is a nice honor.

Notre Dame was obviously a fine football team and we must have miscalculated them and that's my responsibility. We hit adversity and did not deal with it the way championship teams deal with adversity, so we'll address that. The way we played in week 1 will not be the way we play in week 11.

Jason Taylor said it best. It's a real simple plan this week from a preparation standpoint. We win at New England and we win the division. We don't win, most likely we will be out of everything. That's just where we're at right now.

Do we have one guy that we say, 'Hey, you're the guy. You're going to carry the ball 25-30 times' Maybe. We'll have to see how that plays out.

I don't care where or who we are playing, the next ball game can't get here quick enough,