Mark Farley
Mark Farley
Mark Farleyis an American football coach. He is currently the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa, a position he has held since 2001. Farley played inside linebacker at Northern Iowa from 1983 to 1985. He led the team in tackles in 1984 and 1985 and was named Gateway Football Conference Co-Defensive Player of the Year in 1985. He then became an assistant at Northern Iowa. In 1989 he was named linebackers coach by new head coach Terry Allen...
came fell football game good played reality team
The reality is, we played a very good football team, fell behind, and then came back to our game plan. We know what kind of football team we have now.
game national playing priceless
Playing in the national championship game is priceless in many ways.
changed course game pleased
I was pleased with the game. Initially, we were going to let the quarterbacks go live and see what they could do. Had we done that, I think it would have changed the course of the game.
fall game great group inches season time
It's disappointing, of course, but at the same time we've had a great season with a great group of players. It's a game of inches, and in this one we didn't have the inches fall in our direction.
bay control defense downside football game good kept played quarter upside
It could have been a game we had under control in the first quarter had we done the things we need to do. We all know that the downside is we made some turnovers and the upside is the defense played very good football and kept them at bay all day long.
great score
We're going to have to play great defense. They could score anytime.
definitely
Overall, our offense, I thought there was definitely something there that we could make special.
corey law power running
Law is more of a power running back, while Corey has more speed.
against ball defense good moved offense
Our offense moved the ball against a very good defense,
goal line phases three win
Our goal was to win the line of scrimmage in all three phases of the game, and I think we did that.
enthusiasm great guys looking needed passion teachers three
We were looking for great teachers - teachers with great enthusiasm who have a passion to coach. Then, we needed some wisdom, as well. I think we got all of those things with the combination of the three guys we hired.
catching confident
We're catching them as a very confident team.
people
You always think you're going to have a chance. That's the way competitive people are. You get up for a challenge.
balances best eric offense runs throws
The best thing about Eric is he balances up our offense. He throws it to everyone. He runs the offense the way it should be run.