Jeff Bower
Jeff Bower
best forward good normal playing routine teams
It's good to be back into town. We look forward to getting back to a normal routine and playing one of the best I-AA teams in the country.
camp continuing david develop due forward great hurt injuries last left needs picking shown signs training year
David had a frustrating year due to injuries last season, but he has shown great signs during training camp that he is back to where he needs to be. We look forward to him picking up where he left off before he got hurt and continuing to develop this season.
forward moving progress
It's important that we keep moving forward and making progress with all our facilities. We have to keep making progress there.
comfort decision felt forward lengthy level move physicians reach several time unable
There's really not a lot I can say at this point. The decision was made ... after lengthy consultations with our physicians and several others. We were unable to reach a comfort level to move forward with the trade. At this time we felt we had to go in this direction.
continue enjoy excited exciting football forward leading positive program recruiting stay support university
I'm appreciative to the university for their support of me and the football program. I continue to enjoy my stay here, and look forward to leading this football program for years to come. We have an exciting schedule, our recruiting has been very positive and we are excited about the upcoming season.
change concerned difficult forward hardly hot kids looking plans players proper three ultimately welfare
These kids haven't hardly eaten. They haven't had a lot of fluids and like me a lot of them are looking forward to a hot shower. It's difficult and we had to change our plans and make the proper adjustments. We are ultimately concerned about the welfare of our players and their families. We still have two or three players who haven't made it back yet.
anyone excited games handled players practices stretch time
We're going to get into a stretch where we are going to play a lot of games without time off. I think the players have handled it well. Our practices have been good. They know there's nothing anyone could've done about the games being canceled. We know we are going to play and they will be excited about playing.
add excited future gives player
We feel that this gives us a player we want and the player to add for our future that we are really, really excited about.
bad hope people safe saying weather
We hope we can play this game. I hope that the weather won't be as bad as people are saying it could be. We're going to hunker down and be safe for a while.
We'll be fine. We'll find a way to get it done.
against following game marshall move preference saturday whether worked
Our preference would be to move the Marshall game to Saturday and then play the following Saturday against Houston. Whether or not that can be worked out, I don't know.
good year
Overall, this was a good year for us in Mississippi.
learn
Physically, he's capable. Now, he's got to learn our system.
control everybody nobody
I think everybody is disappointed we're not playing. But nobody had any control over this situation. It was the right call.