Mike Tice Team Quotations

I will go out in the morning and visit with everybody, answer the questions that I am asked. Maybe give a state of the team address if they ask, proceed from there and go back to work.

Rod is a really good run stopper, ... Playing against a run team, Rod is going to be in his element. If Rod had to start, this is the perfect type of team for Rod to start against.

I think the guys on the football team like each other. I think that's important. We have good chemistry right now and a lot of guys are pulling for each other to be successful.

It can tear a team apart or pull a team together, ... It's my job to pull the team together. . . . We'll just see how that plays out. I can't crystal-ball it for you.

He's not very happy. Would you be? You're in a heated battle to win a starting job. You get told by your head coach in the morning that you're going to be a backup. I thought he played well Friday night, but this gives us the best chance to be successful. As a team player I am sure he is accepting it. I'm certainly sure he doesn't like it.

All the guys I've mentioned are playing. I'd just like to see a little more increased role with them to see if these young players can actually carry us to victory against a team with a winning record. Because they are the future of this organization, whether I'm standing here at the podium next year or someone else is.