Mike Gundy Quotes (24 Quotes)

Donovan started all the games in 2004 and took most of the reps with the first team in spring practice. It will benefit our team and the offense to have an up-and-coming youngster like Bobby Reid at quarterback.

We discussed it in a mature manner, and he handled it with integrity,

The decision we had to come down to is who has more potential at that position from this point on We think that it's Bobby, ... The reason we didn't make the decision in two-a-days is because Bobby hadn't earned it. In the last couple weeks, he's really gotten a lot better a lot better.

We have to find out what he can do if we give him lots of reps, ... That's where we as coaches have to make decisions and we go with them and go full speed ahead.

At some of the positions we have on our team, some of these freshmen are going to have to play, and we rely on them to learn and gather information and come out here and fight through being a college football player and be able to play in the first game. It takes a lot.

Those guys need to make plays and put the pressure on (the Bobcats' offense) so they can't just sit back there and work on these young guys in the secondary.

We think that we've got it simple enough to where they're comfortable that they can go out there and perform. They have to be mature enough to block out the gameday atmosphere and not worry about where they're at and go out there and do what they've been coached to do.

(Johnson) gave up a couple of sacks against (Florida Atlantic) and got lazy and had a holding penalty, but when we came back in and studied all the tapes he was the MVP of the offensive line,

We had to pull a guy in that has an unbelievable amount of integrity and character and say that we think that this guy has the potential to be better than you are at this position,

I thought Al did a good job for just being thrown into the fire. He understands structure. He understands blitzes. He understands coverage and it has paid off for him.

I have a pretty good idea of what Donovan's going to do because I know him. I don't have any idea what Bobby's going to do.

We don't accept losing, but the way our team fought tonight against what I think is the best team in college football, I was very proud of it. I thought we had excellent game plans on both sides of the ball. They worked for us in the first half, and early in the fourth quarter we got worn down a little bit.

We were dealt some adversity in the fourth quarter and we handled it very effectively in this game. We were able to drive the ball at the end. I wanted to go down there and score and not leave them any time on the clock.

One pass doesn't mean anything. One good option run doesn't mean anything. These coaches have to evaluate all the film.

We are developing an attitude on defense. We want to be aggressive and we want to fly around. We want to force turnovers. We want to take it to the other team. As the season progresses, we will find out where we are. I like the attitude.

The one thing that we didn't want -- and we made it very clear to both quarterbacks -- is that we didn't want them to play scared,

We knew they were going to make mistakes. We knew they were going to make big plays. We didn't want them to think if they did something wrong they weren't going to get back in forever.

Our coaching staff is very pleased with the signing class for today. We've addressed some needs that will really help us early in the season.

Our offense has been very average and by rotating quarterbacks, we couldn't ever get into synch.

Bobby has gotten considerably better, ... We thought as a staff, if he was able to take a majority of the snaps instead of 50-50, it would give him a chance to excel.

They were so close. I wasn't even going to do it until the game. The offensive staff was tired of messing with it. They wanted to go ahead and name a starter, so that's fine.

He's got some potential to make some big plays.

Donovan has had more practice reps, but in the last 10-12 days, Bobby has gotten considerably better. We thought if he could take the majority of practice reps, it would give him the opportunity to excel.

I'm actually pretty soft. I'm easy to get along with as long as they're paying the price. Several players said the day Gundy replaced Les Miles as head coach he established guidelines that players attend class, be on time for team meetings, adhere to workout routines, represent the program well and play hard.