Jack Bicknell
Jack Bicknell
Jack Bicknellis a retired American football coach, most recently known for his long involvement in NFL Europa and its predecessor, the World League of American Football. He served as the head football coach at the University of Maine from 1976 to 1980 and at Boston College from 1981 to 1988, compiling a career college football record of 77–90–2. In 1984, Bicknell coached his Boston College Eagles team to a 10–2 mark including a victory in the Cotton Bowl Classic. His...
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We've tried to stress to our players that they shouldn't think the worst. No one is having any success calling people in these areas. Our No. 1 priority is the well-being both physically and emotionally of these young men. This just wouldn't have been a good day to practice.
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We're basically back to where we were last year. Matt Kubik will start based on the fact he played the most last year. Donald Allen will play early on and we'll leave it at that and see where we go from there.
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Without a doubt. Maybe one freshman (would start or play a lot).
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We have some guys that may not have been recruited as heavily because of the location of their high school or whatever, but these players are just as good. And some of them have already gotten bigger and better since we recruited them.
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We didn't run the ball as well as we have. Offensively we didn't do a great job today.
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We need to regroup and get back in the hunt. We felt like we beat a good Hawaii team last week and I still feel like we have a good team. We didn't play particularly well today, but it's far from over.
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The fact that the team really pitched in, I think the people up here appreciate that. One thing I know for sure, you appreciate what you have. A simple dorm room became everything. Just being able to have a bed and three hot meals and four walls and a roof, that's something to really be thankful for.
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We definitely need to find ways to get Patrick and Weldon on the field, ... We've been working on different things to try and get the ball in their hands.
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I don't think that Kansas is susceptible to anything on defense and we've got to improve offensively. Florida is a good team and they did a good job against us, but we can't continue to play like we did on Saturday night.
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He said, 'Coach, the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders.
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I'm proud of our town, our country for everything they've done.
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I'm going to let him play. He's going to start and we'll go from there.
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I know those people are looking forward to coming over, watching the game and seeing their sons. I think it'll be a nice diversion for everyone.
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As far as their character, you can't beat either of those two guys, ... Both of them bring something and having two starters is a positive. You don't have to worry about the first guy going down.