“Their front four is very dominant. We're going to try to do just the basic things, try to get them to jump offsides and just try to mix things up on them.”
“To me, this is probably one of the greatest opportunities that you could ever think about, ... I believe everybody that plays football has a dream of playing on Sunday nights, and what better chance could you have than to open up against the defending ACC champs on Sunday with national TV.”
“It was great. It was everything I expected. We could have done a little more on offense to help ourselves, but N.C. State is a great team and they were bringing the dogs.”
“I just had to prove that I was responsible enough to be the starting quarterback, ... that I won't be there one day and the next day I won't be around.”
“I won't have the yellow [no-hit] jersey on now [like in Tech's preseason drills], and I'm finally going to be able to make some plays with my feet, ... I feel pretty stable with our line. But, hey, it's football and things happen. And sometimes people are going to miss blocks or get confused and mess up. But I think we'll be OK as long as we hold 'em up just a few seconds.”
