Quotes by Nick Holt

“I would not have been interested. I think its an excellent conference. I think it provides us stability, and I think we can grow with the conference … It helps us with recruiting. It has a great reputation, and I think it fits our school perfectly.”

“We should be better than we were last year. Id be disappointed if we werent showing improvement. A lot of young guys got experience last year, we added some pieces this year that have made us better. The longer guys spend in a system, the better they should get. Were not there yet, and we can get a lot better. But I think everyones encouraged by the progress were showing. Our next step is to turn the losses into wins. We need to get to a point where were not happy just to be competitive.”

“You just have to every day teach them how to win, teach them how to go hard. We dont talk about it that much. We just talk about playing as good, as fast, as hard and practicing as well as we can. And then that stuff takes care of itself.”

“They already have film of us from last year. They know what we do, and we didnt know what they did until (Monday). So it probably balances out.”

“The kids got after tonight and there was a lot of intensity and good hits. Getting under the lights brings a different atmosphere and it is fun for the kids. We got a lot of good work done.”

“He has one hell of an arm, man.”

“He can throw the ball and hes accurate. Hes a leader and hes competitive.”

“We needed the time off to get healthy. Well get some guys back and that will help us be competitive. We are trying to get better. We got back to fundamentals.”

“They are a solid football team. They run the ball 70 percent of the time. It will bring a big challenge to us.”

“Its 14-0 and the offense hasnt even been out on the field yet. It could have got ugly, but it just shows you the improvement of our football program.”