Quotes by Ed Orgeron

“Its a matter of what has happened to Micheal and Robert,”

“The offense is not showing the production that I want it to, and we need to go to another guy.”

“Physically hes ready to play, but mentally hes not. Patrick Willis is going to have to play most of the snaps. Hopefully we can spell him once in a while, but Roberts not ready to run our whole defense yet.”

“Guys are moving up to Memphis. Guys are going to Houston. Guys are going to North Louisiana. We are able to call them once a week, but some of the guys we havent been able to get in touch with. Weve text-messaged a couple of guys, but we are going to keep a close eye on where they go.”

“I think we need to get back to the basic fundamental parts of our offense that I brought with us from USC. I was able to spend some time in California with Coach Carroll and those guys. Hopefully we can work out some of the kinks we have on offense.”

“Our offense is designed to run against eight-man fronts, and we just didnt get it done. Were going to have to take the opportunities to hit the long ball downfield too. They were there last week, and we just didnt hit them.”

“Robert had his chance. He may have his chance again, but right now, I feel Michael Spurlock is the better quarterback. It was obvious tonight.”

“We could not stop (Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler) on third down. Im the defensive coordinator, so I take full responsibility.”

“Not in the Pac-10, not like them. Its hard to simulate Chris Perry in their offense. I feel like our defensive line has to be able to get in the backfield and try to bring him down, because when he gets in the open field, he turns it on.”

“Art Kehoe is a fantastic addition to our staff. He brings energy and great passion for football to our program. Hes an outstanding recruiter and has coached some of the best lines in collegiate football.”

“We feel he can come in and provide immediate help.”

“Im really impressed with the way Robert Lane has come back with a great attitude at tight end. Were going to give him the ball there and let him do what he does best, which is compete.”

“I was surprised how much the defense dominated out there today. The offense controlled most of yesterdays practice, but today we got more from the defense.”

“We got a lot of work on special teams done today. I think were really better and more advanced than we were last year at this time.”

“He can go through you, around you and in between you.”

“Bruce Hall made some strides at running back. We moved him there earlier in the week, because we needed depth at that position. We saw he could run the ball when he was at quarterback. He is a tough kid.”

“We had a good practice today. We went through every special situation you can think of. We concentrated on sudden change and overtime. It was needed and good work. We just wanted a practice where we covered all the bases and all the things that can happen in a football game.”

“I like his motor. He plays with great intensity. He is obviously very strong and very quick. He has made a tremendous improvement from last year. He understands the defense and has showed a lot more leadership. He is setting the tempo this year.”

“Both sides of the ball, I thought, competed hard. At times, the defense played very well, and at times, the offense did exactly what I expected. We got better work on the specials teams. Were coming along.”

“We knew (Seth) could play, but for him to be the first-team guy is pretty good. I was really pleasantly surprised that he came to us, and hes the starting quarterback for now before Brent (Schaffer) comes in.”