Albert Young
Albert Young
backs corps game good guys initiative line nice number offensive priority receiving running secret time
Priority number one is no secret -- it's to get the running game back. We know we have a good quarterback in Drew. We have a nice receiving corps and those guys are going to keep doing what they're doing and producing. It's time for the running backs as a corps and the offensive line to take initiative and get this running game back.
ball running starts tick time
When you're running the ball so successfully and getting a lot of five-, eight-, 12-yard gains, after a while that time starts to tick away. If we could do that every game, that would be ideal.
base felt good running time
It felt like every time I was running I didn't have a good base under me,
against blitz confident drew fast work
Everybody's older. We do so much work against blitz pick-ups, so we're pretty confident about everything and Drew has a fast release.
along defense excuse involved timing truth work
There's some truth to that. With offense, there's a lot more timing involved and things like that. I would say defense comes along quicker, but that's not an excuse for us not to get our work done.
They all just piled up when I got here.
ball extra guys happen might trying
Sometimes, it's just guys trying to make an extra effort. We've got to be more careful. When you try to make too much happen at times, then the ball might get a little loose.
goal hear number week win
That's not how we play. Our number one goal every week is to win the turnover battle. We hear 'Protect the ball' every day in practice.
total
But we had 500 or something total yards, so we're not about that.
ball instead iowa trying using win
I can't really play with Iowa too much, because you don't want to play using yourself. When you play using yourself, you try to get yourself the ball every play instead of trying to win it.
defense point seemed session watch
It's going to be a long film session for the defense to watch, ... I don't have to watch 101 plays. There was a point where it seemed like, 'Man, we haven't been out there in a while.'
offense tough
It's tough to explain. We know we have a better offense than that.
change close offense scheme territory tough
It's tough to explain. We just couldn't finish. We'd get close down to their territory and they'd get a big sack. That would change the whole scheme of things. We know we have a better offense than that.
head stadium walk
A lot of things are going through your head when the game's getting tight. We had to make a play. Let me tell you something, I don't want to walk out of this stadium with a loss.