Ralph Friedgen Quotes (28 Quotes)

I'm a little worried about our timing. It's not where it was before we went into it. But I think it gave us a little more time to prepare they do some things that are pretty difficult. Hopefully that time will be beneficial to us.

We really had some opportunities, especially in the first half. Virginia Tech is one of the best teams in the country. When you get opportunities, you have to be able to take advantage of them.

I was reaching for my whistle, but I didn't have it on. He doesn't think another human can bring him down. I was trying to get our guys to go over there and protect him after he had about eight guys on him.

With an added year of maturity, both physically and mentally, I would think Melvin would make an immediate impact. He can really run for a big guy, has tremendous acceleration coming off the edge.

I think we had an excellent game plan and our kids executed it well. I thought we were very unpredictable.

I'm hoping this gives us the confidence we need to get better.

I don't think I have a lot of close friends in life, but I include coach Beamer as one of them. That relationship won't change. Business is business. I think we have enough respect for each other . . . we've all been through days like that. It's not fun for either one of us.

Frank probably gave the team off. If I had the third-ranked team in the country, I might do the same thing.

When they came in from warming up and they saw the black jerseys hanging in their lockers, they went nuts. But it's not the jerseys that win football games.

This is one of the few times since I've been here--maybe the only time--that we've got most of the offense installed by this point. Some plays we're running better right now than at any time last year.

He's got to make better decisions.

We'll just have to see how much missing spring practice has hurt him. I think we've got to be careful. I'm anxious to see where he's at from a mental and physical standpoint.

I've seen him run with close to the same ability he had before the injury.

I have a young team that I'm trying to bring along, not only for this game, but for the rest of the season. We tried to spend a couple of those days on areas we thought we could improve on.

Do I have to You really know how to hurt a guy, don't you It wasn't one of the better days of my life.

He struggled to make kicks from the 15-yard line at first. Through a lot of hard work in the weight room, he's really improved.

I expect him to be a great player and nothing less. When he doesn't live up to that expectation, I'm not a happy person. I'm not happy when he throws interceptions like he did today in the red zone. That has to stop if we're going to win. It doesn't matter how good he plays, if he keeps turning the ball over we're not going to win.

He does some things the good Lord gave him. He can make guys miss and I think we can work on that other stuff. We can get that corrected. It may take a lot of time, but I'll take a lot of guys like that.

I think there's definitely some correlation to us winning those games.

It's a tough loss because we really had the game in hand. Give credit to Clemson they really took it to us in the fourth quarter. We've got to learn how to finish people.

Any time you play on national TV, you don't want what happened last year. It's a tremendous chance for us to show our program off. Any time you play against a Top 10 team, it's an opportunity.

We had the game in hand, and we have to give credit to Clemson. Really, I thought they took it took it to us in the fourth quarter, which disappoints me greatly.

The pressure is on. I'm tired of losing. I don't know if that (pressure) is self-imposed or not. But it's about time we started winning again around here.

This wasn't very easy for me. It's one of the more difficult things I've done since I've been here. I did what I felt had to be done. The message had to be sent that this kind of behavior will not be tolerated.

A lot of it is good coaching and fundamentals. A little bit of it is luck.

I'm getting a little concerned about that position. It's so erratic. No one's taking charge, and the door is wide open.

The pressure is I am sick of losing. I don't know if that is self-imposed or what, but it doesn't matter. It is about time we start winning again.

I can honestly say that I think we're ahead of where I thought we'd be at this point. I thought we'd still be searching at quarterback. Joel has had a good spring.