John Bunting
John Bunting
action division flow football level played runners
We had two runners out there that hadn't played football at the (NCAA) Division I level in a long time, ... One never and the other one hadn't played in two years. So that's probably going to take some live action to get into the flow of things.
best defensive good performance wasted
We wasted a pretty good defensive performance best one we've had around here in a long time.
accept asked guy late start
We got a really late start on him, ... And I asked if the other guy didn't accept, would he still accept our scholarship offer? And he said, 'Absolutely.'
gotten middle overly people pressures safety trouble
What people have done is try to be patient, and then they try to go after it and then they get burned, particularly when there's no safety in the middle of the field. People that have blitzed with six- and seven-man pressures have gotten in trouble by being overly aggressive.
bottom home opener season
Well, our two-game season is over. The opener and the home opener and we're 0-2. That's the bottom line.
came emotion game high leadership necessary players team
We had one blip where we did not have the emotion necessary to play this game at a high level. What's important is that the team regrouped, the leadership came through, and the players came back.
poor quarter rolling start starts third
You get off to a poor start in the third quarter and things start rolling the other way. It starts snowballing a little bit.
game running runs
We had 17 runs by the running backs; that's not enough in the game to win,
excited four game games luxury playing
To me playing the game is what's most important. We don't have the luxury of playing four preseason games. We don't have the luxury of playing 16 games. We've got 11 games to get it done. Right now my focus, obviously, is that this is game week, and we're all excited about that.
close hopeful win
We're very close to getting a win and we're hopeful it will be this week.
aware continue facts judgments matters monitor situation
We are aware of the situation. We will continue to monitor the situation and make any judgments about disciplinary matters when we are comfortable that we know all of the facts involved.
ball focusing half running second stuck
We were focusing on running the ball more in the first half and we stuck with it, ... In the second half, they blitzed about every play.
continue head teach
We got to continue to teach them to not use their head as a battering ram.
ballgame build chance coming easy football good group heads kids knew last night plane proud rally ready until wisconsin
There are things we can build on and have a really good football team, ... The kids coming back on the plane last night - there were no heads down. I think they were proud of their effort. They knew they were in the ballgame until the very end, that they had a chance to win. I think they'll be an easy group to rally to get ready to play an unbelievably good Wisconsin team.