Pat Sullivan
Pat Sullivan
Patrick Joseph Sullivanis a former American football player and coach. An All-American quarterback for the Auburn Tigers, he won the Heisman Trophy in 1971 and then played six seasons in the National Football Leaguewith the Atlanta Falcons and Washington Redskins. Sullivan was a head football coach at Samford University, a position he held from 2007 to 2014. He was previously the head football coach at Texas Christian Universityfrom 1992 to 1997 and the offensive coordinator at the University of Alabama...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 January 1950
CityBirmingham, AL
That was my biggest fear coming into the game, that we wouldn't be sharp offensively after the long layoff.
The tempo of the game dictated a low-scoring contest, but our defense was still superb. We forced them to rely on their outside game and that played to our advantage.
We're trying to get better defensively. About the only thing I was a little disappointed in today was our individual defense on the ball. We let people drive around us.
There's no doubt they deserve their No. 5 ranking. They have a wonderful inside player in George, two great shooters on the outside and so many others who are so skilled one-on-one.
We have no way right now to determine how badly we've been hurt,
Three-dimensional art draws in the viewer -- they're able to feel a part of the artist's world.
I have great admiration for IIT and their coaches. They don't get the type of players that the rest of the conference gets, but they came back to take the lead against us in the second half. There is no quit in those kids, and I admire them for that.
Peoria has the French roots, ... So, we've tried to keep a little bit.
Mike Smith played a wonderful game. He gave a gallant effort the whole night.
We considered this a playoff game on the road tonight. It's analogous to the Steelers in that we have to go on the road and win three more in a row in the tournament.
We wanted to get to the final four and then to the final two (on Saturday). We'll have to play well on Thursday.
That's the answer. It's that simple. They outplayed us in the last three minutes. The minute you don't stay with your game, you're going to get hurt and that's what happened to us.
Eight turnovers, that's terrific. We've had games where we had 11, 11 and 12 before this, and the most we've had the last seven games is 15.
It's always difficult to beat a team three times in a row in the same year. We know that having been on both sides, but we've won on the road before to get to the NAIA National Tournament.