INSIDE COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Quotebook
by Ivan Maisel
Posted: Wed December 3, 1997
Every time I came to the sideline, I had five guys coming up to
me, apologizing.
—Auburn quarterback Dameyune Craig, referring to his offensive
linemen after Florida had sacked him nine times in a 24-10
Gators victory on Oct. 18.
He said he went brain dead.
—Big East supervisor of officials Dan Wooldridge, on the reason
given by linesman Gordon Geyer for incorrectly telling Boston
College coach Tom O'Brien that the Eagles had to go for two
points at the end of the second overtime against Miami on Oct.
18. O'Brien says he knew Geyer was wrong but went for two
anyway. B.C. failed and lost 45-44. Geyer served a one-game
suspension.
If that kid scored, I would have had to transfer.
—Notre Dame defensive back Deke Cooper, after his man, Navy
slotback Pat McGrew, caught a last-second Hail Mary pass and
reached the Irish one-yard line before being pushed out of
bounds by Allen Rossum. The tackle preserved Notre Dame's 21-17
victory on Nov. 1.
I feel just like George Foreman. He's too old, but he's still
knocking them out.
—Florida State coach Bobby Bowden, when he turned 68 on Nov. 8.
Bowden would soon have more in common with the 48-year-old
boxer: Both would lose on Nov. 22, the Seminoles to archrival
Florida 32-29 and Foreman to unheralded Shannon Briggs.
This LSU game is a tough ticket. You can't give it away.
—Unnamed Alabama season-ticket holder in the days leading up to
the Tide's 27-0 home loss to the Tigers on Nov. 8.
We used to have charity drives where we would ask fans to bring
cans of food or stuffed animals to the game. People would drop
their stuff off, then leave.
—New Mexico sports information director Greg Remington, on the
bad old days in Albuquerque. This year fans stuck around. The
9-2 Lobos set a school attendance record of 37,156 against Rice
on Oct. 18.
Issue date: December 8, 1997
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