John Stocco
John Stocco
John Stoccois a former collegiate American football quarterback. Stocco played football for the University of Wisconsin–Madison, starting at quarterback for the Badgers during his sophomore, junior and senior seasons. He was not drafted in the 2007 NFL Draft...
feels great send since thank
We wanted to be on. We just wanted to thank him for everything he's done, not just this year, but since he's been here. This is coach's day. It just feels great to send him out of here like this.
great guy intense lay line vocal
Bernie is a great leader. He's a really vocal guy and really intense and you can see that in the huddle. You know he's going to go out there and lay it on the line for you, and you've got to do the same for him.
couple good heck knew player red routes
Obviously, I like having O.D. out there, ... He's a heck of a player for us. A couple of those routes we knew were going to be good in the red zone.
bit guys hear last observing shouting side telling
Last year, you could really hear him on the other side of the ball. He was shouting a lot and telling guys what to do. This year, he's a little bit more quiet. He's just kind of observing everything.
ball catching great guy job open opportunity plays red
Sometimes down in the red zone, he is the guy that I am going to look to because he can make some big plays for us, ... And he just did a great job of getting open and catching the ball when he has the opportunity to.
expect far laugh people
A lot of people didn't expect too much from us after that. You've just got to laugh at how far we've come now.
classy coach game last talked thank
Coach is so classy that he never even talked about this being his last game. We wanted this game to be a way to thank coach for all that he's done for this school. This is coach's day.
dreary
Part of it is the weather. It's always dreary when we're there.
He's such a competitor, ... and he's a perfectionist.
deal early guys last opinions papers stopped watching worry
I don't read the papers anymore. I stopped early last season. I don't need to deal with that. The only opinions I need to worry about are from the guys who are watching me day in and day out.
changed coming dealing expect far last reason terms truth
I didn't see it coming at all, to tell you the truth. As far as how everything went last year, everything was normal. He had a lot of other responsibilities, but nothing changed in terms of when he was around, him dealing with us. Nothing changed, so I had no reason to expect this.
realize until
But you never realize really what it's like until you're actually out there in the spotlight,
gave shot
Gave me a little kiss. It's just a shot to my head. I'm all right, though. I probably should have slid on that one.
drop past throw
But, in past summers, when we'd go 7-on-7, I'd drop back, make a read and throw to one receiver,