Bobby Bowden Year Quotations

To have the kind of year you want to have, something has to happen that you can't explain why it happened. Something has to happen that you can't coach.

He would get my vote. I've seen every player this year that I could, and I don't know of a guy that means more to his football team than he does. He just does it week after week after week after week.

He's got a year under his belt and 12 games under his belt and that makes a big difference. Experience is so valuable when it comes to making good decisions.

Like I've always said, I think you can make more money if you stay another year in school and work toward getting your diploma. But if there are extenuating circumstances, then I will support the decision to enter the draft. Antonio is an outstanding athlete and there is no doubt that he has the ability to play in the NFL.

I think you can make more money if you stay another year in school and work toward getting your diploma. But, if there are extenuating circumstances, then I will support the decision to enter the draft. Antonio is an outstanding athlete and there is no doubt that he has the ability to play in the NFL.

You ain't going to win 10 games every year. We've already done the impossible. You think anybody will ever do again what we did, 14 years in a row (ending the season ranked in the) top five? You think anybody will do that again? ... Everybody expects that every year and gosh, it just don't work that way.

Well, I just think he's had an amazing year for a freshman, and if we could have protected him all year, there was no telling what he could've done. But when he's had protection, he's thrown about as good as you can ask.

We went into the year with one of our biggest liabilities being the offensive line. It was that way last year. Our offensive line stayed beat up all year. I think it goes in cycles like that sometimes, but it definitely does hurt.

Weatherford has really gained from the first game of the year until the 13th game of the year. I coached against Joe when I was up at West Virginia and I saw those teams that dominate Eastern football. This team is as good as any of them and he hung in there with them.

It seemed like there was more drama and suspense than any other year I can remember.

I just think he has had an amazing year for a freshman. If we could have protected him all year, there's no telling what he would have done.

Can't you tell the difference between being a freshman and a sophomore with a year under his belt. He just threw very good (Friday).

It seems like more and more players now are waiting until the last day to announce. You used to go into the last day knowing everybody who you were going to get; maybe one guy. Now, more and more of them are announcing it on television, which really draws it out. ... There was more suspense this year than there was last year and the year before.

I definitely think they should stay. You've got to get better in another year ... but I support them whatever they do.