Jeff Bower
Jeff Bower
couple december hotel lost weekends
We lost a couple of weekends in December because there weren't enough hotel rooms. We try and keep (the group) to 15 at the most, but we didn't have much choice.
adversity arms bowl city everybody gone home hosting opening orleans teams thankful
With all the adversity that everybody in New Orleans has gone through, I'm thankful to the city of Lafayette for opening their arms up to this bowl and hosting this game. Because if those things don't happen, there are two teams that are at home today.
coming follow install nice respond today
Today was a nice follow up to the first day. Things are coming together, as we install more of our system. It will be interesting to see how we respond on Friday, after Thursday's off day.
hard played playing pleased room run second
We played hard and I was pleased with our effort. We didn't do some things very well. After playing the run well in the first half, we didn't play it well in the second half. There is a lot of room for improvement.
charlotte few fresh orleans
We went through this a few years ago from Charlotte to New Orleans and a lot of the things are still fresh in our minds.
We'll be fine. We'll find a way to get it done.
bad hope people safe saying weather
We hope we can play this game. I hope that the weather won't be as bad as people are saying it could be. We're going to hunker down and be safe for a while.
talked variety
We talked about a variety of different things.
circumstance incidents total totally
Totally different incidents, ... Total different incidents and the circumstances around it are much different.
sharp side step took
We took a step back on offense. We weren't very sharp at anything on that side of the ball.
talked
We talked about that all week. You have some injuries, it's part of the game. If you're a backup, you're only one play away from having to go in there and play like a winner.
few work
There are probably a few that have some work to do.
following good
We had another good day today. Especially following the off day Thursday, I thought we responded well.
became closer football guys hurricane schedule team
With Hurricane Katrina, our schedule was very hectic. But our guys battled through all of those times this season. After the hurricane, we became a closer football team and we rallied around each other.