June Jones Quotes (40 Quotes)

It's been a lot of fun. He's a great guy. We've had a lot of fun together over the years. He's having fun again.

He makes a big difference. (Freshman center) John Estes is going to be a heck of an offensive lineman for us, but he's very young. Samson gives us the leadership and the confidence and calls and all of that kind of stuff.

He's well liked by all of the kids, and he's done a good job for me. I'm happy for him. He wanted to go back to the Mainland because he wanted to be closer to his parents and grandparents.

He's a little bit ahead of Timmy.

He's just what I thought. He's got a lot of speed and he works really hard. He's got a chance to play either position and I'll leave it up to him after spring which one he wants to try.

He's smart and competitive. He's probably not as talented as some of the other guys. But that doesn't matter because he knows what to do and he does it.

You're not as much a psychologist in college as you have to be in the pros. The kids are willing to listen, they want to be coached.

I thought last year he was going to be our best receiver. Finally, he got his chance to play and I don't think he's going to give it up.

He was a diligent worker, very efficient. I'm glad for him that he has an opportunity to get back to the mainland and get closer to his family.

Dennis said, 'Why don't you go to the baseball field It made perfect sense. He came all the way here (from San Diego) to tell us that.

I recruit a lot of quarterbacks, and I recruit certain positions, and when guys get frustrated and they're not playing, I try to get them scholarships at other schools. I've called other coaches around the country. Like Michael Bass is at Montana (State). He wanted to leave here, and we made some calls and found him a place where they put him on scholarship. That's happened a bunch of times. Now those things are going to come back to haunt you. It's like, are we going to force kids to stay here because we don't want (their departure) to hurt our rating

This kid has a good leg. He looks like he's what we thought he was.

He can play either one and be a good player. Right now, if you were to ask him, he needs to play on defense. If he's there the whole time, he probably would be a starter. He's going to be very, very good.

Both kids have done a good job, but I think Colt is a little bit ahead at this point.

They have great athletes who can run and hit. Physically they're better than they've been the last four or five years, and they beat Fresno there last year.

The Michigan State coaches asked the Kent State coaches not to send it to us because we wouldn't send them ours. I have no idea why they would lie to them. It's kind of a bad deal. But you do what you do to win, I guess.

He's picking it up. He's blocking really good. He's a smart kid. He catches the ball. He runs it very instinctively. he's a good player.

It's hard for a first-year freshman quarterback, but he's doing some good things. It's his first seven days with the offense, so like everyone else in that situation his head is swimming.

We got a look at a lot of the guys who normally don't get a chance. We have to make decisions on about 30 guys. But we're probably not going to do it until the middle of May. We'll evaluate the film and grade them.

He's had a real productive spring and we have great hopes for his future.

This is good for our program. I think any time you play the Pac-10, the kids get fired up, and the fans really enjoy it. Our kids will play hard, and it will be good for them to play at home.

(Washington) played some running back in high school, and he can play it for us, too.

I'm going to save the evaluation of Kenny for later. We'll add more (plays) and his head will be swimming again, but he's done a good job of fighting through it. As soon as he gets it down he'll be really ready to turn it on.

We're just waiting on the NCAA appeal process. They can practice while they're in limbo. So hopefully we'll get good news shortly.

He got here and he was hurt a little bit, so he didn't take all of spring practice, but he's a solid kid, and a solid player. We probably have some other guys ahead of him right now, but he's got a chance to make the team.

We are looking forward to the upcoming season. We start off with a great non-conference opponent in Alabama and then come home to play UNLV before we begin the WAC season.

We want to play the guys down the line (on the depth chart). We want to give them one last shot.

You always just take what you get when it comes to conference games. We have four home games at the end of the season and that's a plus. Hopefully we'll be in a position to make those count.

It's hard to replace them. But you know what USC doesn't worry about us replacing them so we better grow up and play.

We're not as healthy as we need to be, but we're ready to play. We have a lot of guys hurt, banged up, and we're still not sure who may play and who may not.

That could happen, but they need to show they're taking care of what they need to do in the classroom.

They (won't) send us their tape. Also, they put the word out that it was us that didn't want to (exchange videos), which was not true. We've been waiting to send ours and talk to their video guy.

It's good news, but he's probably not going to be back this year. Unfortunately, he's going to miss the season, probably. We'll see how it pans out if we have a bowl or something. Maybe (then) he'll have a chance to get back out there.

We have meetings on the pre-game music.

His attitude is more than just infectious. He goes to war for you out on that field as a brother, teammate and family member.

That's pretty awesome. I didn't have any idea this was happening, Herman handles all of that and does a good job. But that's pretty good. Playing any Pac-10 school is great for the university.

We can get what we need off of (a TV copy), but it's not the same.

We're going to be in a little bit of a rebuilding mode, but I think we have some talented players to fill in at certain spots. But until those guys mature in ball games, you really don't know what you have, especially at quarterback and receiver.

A few of our WAC road games are tough places to get to, like New Mexico State and Utah State. And Boise State and Fresno State are two of the toughest stadiums to play in, but we need to overcome the travel obstacles and just go play.

I think we're going to have some good young offensive linemen and I like the intensity up front of the defense.