Joker Phillips Quotes (20 Quotes)

I'm very disappointed. I've done a poor job of getting those guys to play and make plays.

There would be times the ball was thrown in his direction and he wouldn't be in the right spot. He wouldn't know if it was coming to him or going to somebody else, and he would drop the ball because it would surprise him getting there so quick.

That's big-time. You always see in recruiting how a guy adjusts to a deep ball.

We really thought Tony was going to be our starter going into the spring. We thought he was the better back.

It would be really hard to pinpoint one receiver right now as the guy. But I also think that will make us hard to defend because teams won't be able to shift the focus of their defense to one player.

I've had some kids in the past that we've taken from the basketball court and they've had a lot of success.

He might be the best athlete we have on either side of the ball. But he just has to learn to pay attention to details, focus better and start utilizing that talent he has a lot more.

We've never had both of them healthy at the same time. Rafael was hurt as a freshman, and then Tony was hurt last year. It gives us a lot of exciting possibilities. There's no question we've got to get both of these guys on the field together.

You can see it in his body language. You always have to watch body language. This past week, his body language showed he didn't have confidence. (Wednesday) it was different.

Rafael and Tony are very similar. When you see little backs like them, you think that they can't run the ball inside. But both of these guys do a good job with that, and they can go outside and make plays as well with their speed.

He's probably a small body on that side of the campus, but on this side of the campus, we call it a big body.

Sometimes it's hard to see the big picture in that situation. He didn't get a chance to see some of the true freshmen and how uncomfortable they look when they first get out here. He's a prideful kid, and it wasn't coming along as quickly as he thought.

He's in a great situation. He'll get a lot of work and individual attention.

Everything is faster for them, a lot faster. The speed of the game has changed. But also the speed of everything socially has changed. The speed of everything academically has changed. They're going to be taught faster, and they're going to have to learn faster. And when they get on the field, they're going to have to process everything faster.

Keenan played as big a hand in this as anybody. They are good friends. He's going to live with Keenan. They are going to run routes together. He's all in now, and that's what we want.

For us to run the ball the way we say we're going to run the ball, we've got to be able to throw sometime, and right now we can't throw the ball worth a crap.

Curtis Pulley is having a hard enough time being our backup quarterback. He needs all the reps he can get as a quarterback. If we take him out wide, those are reps he's missing at quarterback. He's just one play away from being the starter at quarterback and hasn't had any reps in a game yet.

I haven't done a good job with those guys. We're not doing a good job of getting off press coverage. We're going to need some freshmen to step up. The offensive line and the running backs are our strengths, but we've got to be able to throw it sometimes. Right now we're not throwing it worth a crap.

This isn't the first time we've had momentum. There was momentum coming out of the Tennessee game two years ago. What we've got to do now is capitalize on it.

There is no clear cut number one right now. Curtis might be a little ahead in his presence, but Andre has stepped it up and hopefully he will continue to progress. I really think that both of them can be big-time quarterbacks.