Mike Shula Good Quotations

One of the reasons we didn't turn the ball over a lot is we made good decisions last year and we didn't make a lot of dangerous throws, where you would have said, 'Oh, that was lucky it didn't get intercepted. Today, we probably had a few too many of those.

He's a smart guy, he's very mature, he's got good hands, and I think he's going to make good decisions back there.

Our coaches felt like we could make a couple of little adjustments and get some good looks for certain runs and boy, they were good looks,

Keith worked really hard this summer. He had a good training camp. He's an explosive receiver. He's exciting to see because he's so fast. What I liked about (Saturday) night is once he caught the ball, he was going north.

We didn't have our poise in the first half and that is something that if you don't have it against a good football team at home, it is going to be ugly.

We need to see the improvement and the consistency. I think we've seen some really good things from both guys, and some things that have been average.

We had a good plan with getting him in there early. I think we'll continue to do that. Marlon's role will obviously pick up if Mark's hurt and can't go this week. That's one of the reasons we wanted to try him in there.

There's some real good teams in the Big 12, and they're better than those teams.

After spring ball last year, I felt very comfortable that if Brodie had not been able to get himself healthy or stay healthy that we would have been a very good football team with John Parker as our quarterback.

I'm happy with the way we finished the game, ... We started a little bit slow, a little bit inconsistent in all three phases. With the players and the coaches making some good halftime adjustments, we got some momentum early in the third quarter and were able to score some points and kind of take them out of the game.

Their guy does a good job and makes good decisions. He moves around and buys time. He can run with it.

The effort was really, really good. I thought we looked real good on defense. We talked about getting to the ball and making plays. Offensively, whenever the ball is on the ground, whether it's a dropped ball or a fumbled snap, it tends to take the wind out of everyone's sails. I think that's what happened. We had a chance to make big plays and didn't do it and guys got frustrated.

They are so efficient with their passing game. With a quarterback that makes good decisions and is comfortable with what he is doing and what he is being asked to do.

I'd probably be about third or fourth team. I couldn't throw the ball that well. I did a good job of handing it off in Alabama's offense.