Don Patterson
Don Patterson
early great half job second setting third tone
We didn't even know if we would have Kristen for the second half. She was working with about half an ankle, but she did a great job setting the tone early in the third quarter.
against almost anyone expect game good last played potential proved ranked rankings realize saturday worry
We play them as they come and we don't worry about too much what there rankings are. We weren't ranked and we almost played a really good game against Southern. We realize that if we play up to our potential we can play with anyone and we proved that last Saturday night. I would expect that we will prove it all over again on Saturday afternoon.
against equation football game given goal obviously plans recognize run running situations slowing success throw
Their plans on any given game day is to run the football and throw the ball when they want to throw it and not when they have to throw it. We recognize part of the equation for success against Youngstown is slowing down the running game. Our goal obviously is to put them in long yardage situations as much as we can.
attitude happened last
I like the attitude of this team. They don't like what's happened the last two years. They're hungry.
area aspect bench bit east fans identify side student sure travel
I think our fans have a lot to do with it. We have our bench area on the east side over there to identify with the student body. I'm sure the travel aspect is a little bit of an issue.
college expected played regardless whether
That's his background. He was expected to go to college regardless of whether or not he played football.
ball good move ready shots summit
Coronado made their shots and Summit didn't. When you get to this stage, you have to be ready to play. As long as we move the ball and play good defense, we'll do fine.
ecstatic surreal
This is unbelievable. I'm ecstatic about this and it's still soaking in right now. It's a very surreal moment.
foul ran second took trouble
They (Waxahachie) just outplayed us in the second half. We ran into foul trouble and turnovers and they took advantage.
catch effective establish harder plays running spent time trying work
As we spent time trying to play catch up, it was even harder trying to establish the run. We still had some plays that we thought we could be effective in running and we were disappointed that they didn't work better.
ball controlled game held left
They (Marcus) held the ball most of the night. They controlled the game for the most part because of that, but at least we left with a win.
against coach family game good grown head houston mean opportunity sam state team town work
This game does mean a lot to me. Having grown up in the state of Texas, I'll have a lot of family and friends at the game. I think the whole town will be there. I've only had one opportunity as a head coach to coach a game in Texas, and that one didn't work out so well against a good Sam Houston State team in 2001.
daily doubt good learning pace players playing
There's no doubt that we're going to get it done. We're getting better on a daily basis. We're playing a lot of young players and they are learning on a good pace now.
defensive smooth transition
There's no way we could have had as smooth of a transition at defensive line.