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...
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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.
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He's played well for a kid who hasn't had much practice with the starting unit.
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The defense played much better than they had all year, and the offense played worse.
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Other people might look back, but I try not to, ... There's no doubt Louisville would have been a great place to retire, but that's not how it played out. The only thing I wish is that I was bringing a better, veteran team to play the Cardinals.
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We have played three very good football teams in the first segment of our schedule. We chose those games to gain the experience we need so desperately. Hopefully, this has given us enough experience to match up with Louisiana-Monroe. They are certainly a group of competitive guys and they played a very good game against us last year.
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Danny kept us in the game with his mental toughness and competitiveness. I thought he really played a gutsy game.
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I'm impressed with our football team. Their offense played well enough to win but our defense came up with some major stops to keep them out of the end zone in regulation.
danny freshman tough
I thought they were tough enough for Danny to handle. I didn't want to put a freshman in that situation.
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.
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We need to play with the strongest teams now so that we can cover the gap between us and them as quickly as possible,
next visits weekend
That's the way it always is. We have visits scheduled this weekend and next and we'll be fine.
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When you are playing this building game, you don't concern yourself with the ones you don't get. You concern yourself with the ones you want. There were some that went somewhere that were comparable to us, but some that went to places bigger than us.
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We weren't able to overcome the two major flaws in the offense -- the two interceptions that made the difference in the game.
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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.