Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Schnellenberger
Howard Leslie Schnellenbergeris a retired American football coach with long service at both the professional and college levels. He was most recently the head coach at Florida Atlantic, retiring at the end of the 2011 season. He previously held head coaching positions with Oklahoma, Louisville, Miami, where his team won a national championship, and the Baltimore Colts. He also worked extensively as an assistant coach at the college and pro levels, including as part of the staff of the undefeated...
defense offense played
The defense played much better than they had all year, and the offense played worse.
difference flaws major offense overcome
We weren't able to overcome the two major flaws in the offense -- the two interceptions that made the difference in the game.
against best lure men teams
We were going against some of the best teams in the country. We coveted the same young men and more than ever before we were able to lure them away from established schools.
close entire far fortunate games last played team time virtually win won year
We were very fortunate to win the first two games that we played them. We won on the last play of the game the first time we played them and last year was a very close game, too. They have virtually their entire team back, as far as I can see.
biggest certainly
We certainly need him in there. He's our biggest and most experienced back.
bringing building concerned early game homework kids life playing sure
We have done our homework and the kids that we are bringing in are the kids that we want. Early in life when you are playing this building game you aren't concerned about the ones you don't get. You have to make sure the ones that you get are the ones that you want.
studying tape tonight
We'll be getting the tape tonight and be studying them.
bleak came eight goodness looked minutes resilient thank win
This win came at a very opportunistic time. It looked very bleak for us in the first eight minutes of the game, but thank goodness we have some resilient players.
football four playing team three
We're playing way over our heads, ... But that's OK. We did the same thing at Louisville. It's going to make us a better football team in three or four years.
pull upset
We'll go up there and see if we can't pull off the upset of the century.
north run
What you want to do is run the carpetbaggers up north empty-handed.
individual phase protection special start
We started with individual punt protection at the start of preseason. Punt protection is the most important phase of special teams.
fast guy
We've always had little receivers, but a big fast guy is always better than a little fast guy.
act
There are so many things that are going to get better but weren't better today. It's disappointing we couldn't get our act together.