John Bunting
John Bunting
ball focusing half running second stuck
We were focusing on running the ball more in the first half and we stuck with it, ... In the second half, they blitzed about every play.
again ask couple decided reminds second turned wait weeks
I got turned down once, and I decided I'd wait a couple of weeks and ask him again and got turned down a second time, ... It reminds me of my girlfriends I used to have.
chance knew players second
Our players know this dismantled us in the second half, ... I think they also knew we had a chance in the first half.
allowed blowing good job lowest run rushing second total
That's the lowest rushing total we've allowed in a long, long time, ... We had more tackles-for-loss on first and second down than we've had in a long, long time. We did a good job disrupting the run and blowing up some plays.
early football kept lose poise proud second team
I'm really proud of this team because they kept playing. They didn't lose their poise after going down early in the second half. I think that's just a characteristic of our football program.
absolutely against anybody apart blowing capable playing second team took
That team absolutely took us apart in the second half, ... We'll be playing against a team that is very, very capable of blowing anybody out.
angry coming field tape watching
The only thing that was really disappointing to me was the penalties, after watching the tape again. I was really disappointed about that coming off the field and still am angry about that. But other than that, I thought we got a lot done.
buzz charge good guys happen happened program
There is a buzz about our program right now. A lot of good things have happened during the spring, and now what has to happen is our guys need to take charge and make things happen.
excited four game games luxury playing
To me playing the game is what's most important. We don't have the luxury of playing four preseason games. We don't have the luxury of playing 16 games. We've got 11 games to get it done. Right now my focus, obviously, is that this is game week, and we're all excited about that.
game running runs
We had 17 runs by the running backs; that's not enough in the game to win,
blowing defense extremely facing negative
This team, this defense we're facing is extremely disruptive, ... They're blowing up gaps. They're going to get negative runs.
emotion gut kicked played team third today
This team played with a lot of emotion today and kind of got kicked in the gut in that third quarter. It's a shame.
gotten middle overly people pressures safety trouble
What people have done is try to be patient, and then they try to go after it and then they get burned, particularly when there's no safety in the middle of the field. People that have blitzed with six- and seven-man pressures have gotten in trouble by being overly aggressive.
accept asked guy late start
We got a really late start on him, ... And I asked if the other guy didn't accept, would he still accept our scholarship offer? And he said, 'Absolutely.'