Mike Rippee Good Quotations

Like a lot of places, we've had some good runs and some bad runs, and the last three years we've had some real good years. I hope we've established something here, where our kids expect to win and not just hope to win.

There are a lot of seniors there this season. Both guards and both tackles. We've seen some real good things from them so far.

James isn't as big as the nose guards we've had the last few years, but he has that same motor. He keeps it going at all times and has a tremendous desire to succeed. Bryan has done some good things in the preseason and we expect a lot out of Cory this year.

Offensively, we are ahead of where we've been compared to this point in the season the last few years. We've seen some real good things.

There's no doubt about it, I truly feel you have to be a good defensive team to go anywhere. Defense is a lot of attitude and desire. You have to be disciplined and you have to be a real competitor to play defense. At this point in time, we have a way to go to get there.