Al Wolski Quotations

We're on our way back. We're going to try to run the table and see what happens.

I was just wondering if we were ever going to get the ball.

We were trying to think what we wanted to do. We knew we had at least two plays because we decided to kick the field goal on third down, but Justin took care of that for us with his run.

We couldn't move the ball in the third quarter. They were just ganging up on us and we couldn't complete a pass. But we were able to put a drive together in the fourth quarter and then we were trying to get a couple first downs and then Ben Woodward broke that big one. We were just hoping to eat some clock and give them the ball back. But being ahead by two scores is a lot better than being ahead by one.

That's the kind of play that if it works, you pat them on the back. If it doesn't work, you say what the heck are you doing.

We know we have kids who can catch and kids who can throw and we preach it all the time about hanging in there, believing and keep hustling for something good will happen. Finally, it paid off.

The monkey is kinda off our back. The first win is always the most important. To be so close to it so many games prior, it gnawed at their insides and finally they got a chance to win. It's great for them.

That has kind of the story of our defense all year. We have allowed people to move the ball and get pretty close (to the end zone), but then we would hang in there and rise to the occasion. They drove down near the goal line and then we came up with the turnover. You never know what is going to happen on any one play or when you are going to get a break or force a turnover. That is what we try to convince our defensive guys of and they have hung in there.

He's worked hard to improve his punting and that played a big part in the win. Of course, getting two field goals of 40 yards or more was nice.

We talked to the kids about those three losses and what you can learn from them as far as character and hanging in there is concerned. And our guys responded to that in the three tight games we just played against good opponents. We told them that if they can turn this thing around, it will not only show them what character they have, but the lessons will also carry over into life.