Jack Siedlecki Quotes (21 Quotes)

We will miss Rory Hennessey, Rob Carr and Alvin Cowan, but other players are ready for their turn to play. Our success will depend on many juniors and seniors that are getting their first opportunity to start.

They both did some good things. Ryan had the longest drive and ran the ball better than he had. Matt has the quick feet. Ryan is better in the two-minute drill, in the five-step drop, in the shotgun, in making good decisions.

Against Princeton we ran the ball well and protected the QB well, so the offensive line got off to a good start. We had no turnovers the whole day. We are relatively inexperienced and adjustments to different defenses and in-game adjustments to changes in alignments will be the challenges ahead of us.

I thought our defense played absolutely phenomenal. We put them in a hole. We had three turnovers in the first half, but we were still ahead 6-0.

The nature of college football is that players graduate.

We handled adversity well last week. Now we find out how we handle success. Some teams dont handle it too well.

Mike's one of those guys. He's going to make you miss. You're not going to get Mike every time even with that safety coming down.

Our sideline erupted with that one. It was like the weight of the world went off our shoulders.

Obviously, the quarterback being elected the captain of the team shows that our players have confidence in him, they think he's going to be the right guy and a leader. He has lined up as the number one guy for 12 practices in the spring. I think our players have confidence in him.

We cant get frustrated. We made a lot of big plays last week. There might not be as many big-play opportunities in this game. Theyre going to back up and not let you run by them. Theyre going to make you earn it.

He looks great. To be that big and run that time is pretty impressive.

Its a neurological problem being evaluated as we go along under doctors care.

We didn't play the complete game we needed to play but give Holy Cross credit. They got the lead and played hard. Now we've got an opportunity to be 2-0 in the league. That's the way we've got to look at it.

The coaches have voted unanimously for the 11th game and for postseason play every time it has been brought forward at our meetings. It then has to go to the athletic directors, the policy committee and then the presidents. Neither proposal has ever gotten approval from all groups.

It's the degree of the break that will determine if he plays again. It's the same injury Eric Johnson had two years ago. Jake Borden did the same thing in our championship year 1999. He came back to play the last two games of the season.

He brings a football work ethic that may be one of the most detailed that I have seen. Hes got all these drills that he does for concentration. You always say when your best players do the most, it sets an example for everyone else.

I think theres a lot of viable candidates and a lot of times they look at somebody thats done more, shown more ... Its a real commitment for a kid, in the short term, to come back for a fifth year. And I think that makes an impression on (the players).

Jeff is the classic drop-back guy. We will have no designed run for Jeff like we did for Alvin Cowan '05. He is an excellent play-action guy and has gotten a great feel for the screen game through the spring and preseason.

It will be another great year of Ivy football with a lot of close games. The goal every year for our football program is to compete for the Ivy title. We play in a league that is very balanced. Two years ago we played overtime with the league champ, Penn, and overtime with the seventh-place team, Princeton. Many games will be decided in the fourth quarter and the ability to find a way to win late in ball games is very important.

Our defense stood up each time we turned it over.

We get more inquiries from California kids than anywhere else. California and Texas, Id say, make up for almost 50 percent of the inquiries.