Phil Davis Quotes (20 Quotes)

They're a lot like us defensively. Last year we were mirror images and the game was 6-0 so it showed that. Their kids play technique on defense and they get after it. They're physical. And like everybody else, they're bigger than us.

We had one bad series, but our kids answered it. Our kids had an answer and showed great character.

They came at key times. We'll work on that.

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We used some misdirection. Symmes Valley flew to the ball pretty hard. They read the guards really well. We were able to pick up some big gains. We were fortunate. Symmes Valley got after it and they play hard and are well-coached.

The offensive line is getting better and better and our backs did a good job getting up in the hole. We had a lot of 6-, 7- and 8-yarders. And Caleb hit some key passes when we needed them.

We'd like to keep their offense off the field. Our execution on offense is a key because they have good skilled players and they can break it at any time.

Last year we had restaurants out of food two days after the event. This year we've even heard of a group that is planning a White Squirrel wedding.

I have to say I was really surprised to learn from the newspaper that we're paying you. I thought this was a volunteer office. If you want to resign, we could fill your seat within 30 days with people happy to take the 9,000.

Money does not make better legislatures or better councils. If any of you were unhappy you would resign and in less than 30 days we could fill your spot.

We put (Jeffrey) Thornburg on (Josh) Johnson and he did a great job. Our linebackers did a great job. The defense did a super job all night,

A couple of those years we probably should have been 1-1. We've had some tough games to open. Our third game, against Symmes Valley, has been tough. Our kids are killing me.

(Symmes Valley) has improved a lot. Special teams have hurt them so bad and mistakes have hurt them. They moved the ball against Huntington Ross.

It depends on what they are. We had some guys trying to get off blocks and the (opposing) guy spun and we got called for something. Some holds may get called or they may not. All in all, the penalties jumped up and got us at the worst times. We'll address that.

I'm really proud of our kids. Our defense was the key, really.Our linebackers were in the right spots and did what they were supposed to do.

Against Portsmouth we played well enough to win. In the Wayne game, what bothered me most was our lack of execution. I take a lot of the blame for that.

You can't change up your defense on them because they don't huddle. You have to pay attention and call something on the fly.

They're always tougher at home. It'll be a tough game for us.

We've played good teams, but we feel like we haven't really played well. We were in the Wayne game early and had made three major mistakes. In the Portsmouth game we played well at times.

We had some peculiar circumstances. We came in with the idea that we were going to throw a lot more. Then when we got up 14, we got a little conservative. We know they're dangerous and they can score quickly, so we tried to keep the ball away from them.