Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Leslie Schnellenbergeris a retired American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He was most recently the head coach at Florida Atlantic, retiring at the end of the 2011 season. He previously held head coaching positions with Oklahoma, Louisville, Miami, where his team won a national championship, and the Baltimore Colts. He also worked extensively as an assistant coach at the college and pro levels, including as part of the staff of the undefeated...
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We have done our homework and the kids that we are bringing in are the kids that we want. Early in life when you are playing this building game you aren't concerned about the ones you don't get. You have to make sure the ones that you get are the ones that you want.
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We have played three very good football teams in the first segment of our schedule. We chose those games to gain the experience we need so desperately. Hopefully, this has given us enough experience to match up with Louisiana-Monroe. They are certainly a group of competitive guys and they played a very good game against us last year.
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He needs a lot of game experience and a lot of success. He was with us last year and really caught everyone's eye. He's quick and powerful.
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We were very fortunate to win the first two games that we played them. We won on the last play of the game the first time we played them and last year was a very close game, too. They have virtually their entire team back, as far as I can see.
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As much as I know we might not be ready to play a team of Louisville's caliber, you will play those games whenever you can get them,
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It really was an unusual game and so absolutely bittersweet I didn't know how to talk to the team, so I didn't say a whole lot.
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Danny kept us in the game with his mental toughness and competitiveness. I thought he really played a gutsy game.
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I don't think he's come into a game where I haven't been happy with his performance,
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We have 43 freshmen out there. A lot of those will have to play,
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We certainly need him in there. He's our biggest and most experienced back.
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The defense played much better than they had all year, and the offense played worse.
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When you are playing this building game, you don't concern yourself with the ones you don't get. You concern yourself with the ones you want. There were some that went somewhere that were comparable to us, but some that went to places bigger than us.
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We have to do much better than that. We need to average 3.5 to 4 yards per carry. If we can't do that it will be a long stretch for us. But I think we can.
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We have to do much better than that. If we don't it will be a long stretch for us.