Howard Schnellenberger Quotes (28 Quotes)

It's really hard for me to understand.

The vision I had for the school is about to be completed. It's just too bad we didn't get to move to the Big East Conference at the outset. Going to Conference USA is the only reason I left (for Oklahoma, following the 1994 season). I wasn't interested in playing in that league.

We're playing way over our heads, ... But that's OK. We did the same thing at Louisville. It's going to make us a better football team in three or four years.

The move is a little necessity and a little insurance.

They never said a word about what was going to happen today, and that they would kick our ass.

We were very fortunate to win the first two games that we played them. We won on the last play of the game the first time we played them and last year was a very close game, too. They have virtually their entire team back, as far as I can see.

We started with individual punt protection at the start of preseason. Punt protection is the most important phase of special teams.

He has a lot of talent and he's working hard. As long as both those are happening, we're in business.

We have to do much better than that. We need to average 3.5 to 4 yards per carry. If we can't do that it will be a long stretch for us. But I think we can.

He lost a lot of practice time and a lock on his starting position, but he looked fine out there.

I thought they were tough enough for Danny to handle. I didn't want to put a freshman in that situation.

We were going against some of the best teams in the country. We coveted the same young men and more than ever before we were able to lure them away from established schools.

They will go back and start making sure they are doing the things they did before it happened ... They will make sure that doesn't happen to them again. Louisville will be a very intent group by the time we get there.

There are so many things that are going to get better but weren't better today. It's disappointing we couldn't get our act together.

Other people might look back, but I try not to, ... There's no doubt Louisville would have been a great place to retire, but that's not how it played out. The only thing I wish is that I was bringing a better, veteran team to play the Cardinals.

For every year of greatness there is usually three years of preparation. We have to go through the battlefields of Kansas, Oklahoma, Minnesota and Louisville to get to where we need to go. We'll take casualties and bloodlettings along the way, but we'll get there faster than if we take the high road.

This win came at a very opportunistic time. It looked very bleak for us in the first eight minutes of the game, but thank goodness we have some resilient players.

This is a long, long process. We have gone through the first phase, the first class. It is impossible to go from Division I-AA through the first five years to then have a full group of experienced guys.

When you are playing this building game, you don't concern yourself with the ones you don't get. You concern yourself with the ones you want. There were some that went somewhere that were comparable to us, but some that went to places bigger than us.

I'm going to really look at that. Pinnick is an excitable guy, but he's not disrespectful. I would hope the referee misinterpreted what he did and said.

I guess the best way to put it is we didn't play as well as we were capable and still had a chance to win.

He's the kind of kid you like to see become successful since he is just a wonderful kid. He has had to learn how to be a Division I football player, and I think he will be a fine one.

I'm really pleased with all three of them. They will all get work and try and see who becomes the top choice.

We have done our homework and the kids that we are bringing in are the kids that we want. Early in life when you are playing this building game you aren't concerned about the ones you don't get. You have to make sure the ones that you get are the ones that you want.

There are a lot more open spots than I would like to have, but on the other hand, that is probably good.

I thought Danny Embick had an outstanding evening. And the defense did a good job of containing that offense.

They are learning with every game, ... and this bodes well for the future.

Danny kept us in the game with his mental toughness and competitiveness. I thought he really played a gutsy game.