You better score a lot of points.'" - Kiffin, on trying to rally Ole Miss offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby after his Alabama comment. "I don't even know why it came out, and I actually said to Lebby, I got on the headsets and said, 'I just said something really stupid. "Get your popcorn ready." - Lane Kiffin, to CBS reporter Jamie Erdahl, on the field before Ole Miss played Alabama. "In our world, we battle more academically prowess teams." - Washington coach Jimmy Lake, on if he considered Oregon a recruiting rival. "I'm in favor of execution - maybe our entire team needs to be executed after tonight." - Kelly, with a bit of a stumble on a reprisal of the old John McKay line. We're trying to be focused on Illinois and talking about Illinois as much as we can." - Penn State coach James Franklin - whose Nittany Lions were coming off a nine-overtime loss to Illinois - when asked about being a candidate for other job openings in a Tuesday press conference before facing Ohio State. "My focus is completely on Illinois and this team and this program. If you sow jackass, you reap jackass." - A lightsaber-wielding Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz, after beating Florida and Dan Mullen, the year after Mullen wore a Darth Vader costume to his postgame press conference after beating Drinkwitz and Missouri. "My father was a farmer, and there's an old saying you reap what you sow. 9, after the Wolverines had lost to the Spartans 37-33 on Oct.
"We thought Michigan was a better team and deserved to be ranked ahead of Michigan State." - CFP committee chairman Gary Barta, on Nov. "Was I fighting back tears? No, I was just sweating." - Bielema, on his return to the sidelines, when a reporter asked if he was emotional. "About half of our game plan was out the window when they lined up how they did." - Nebraska coach Scott Frost on his offense facing Illinois in coach Bret Bielema's first game back in college football since 2017. they were the damn cardboard fans every single time." - Boston College coach Jeff Hafley, at ACC media days on having fans in stadiums again this year. Every game, I'd run out the tunnel, I'd get so worked up, so excited. I tell you, every game, this is where my mind would kind of play tricks on me. "I've never been a head coach with a crowd before. "You don't need brakes when you run out of gas." - Fox analyst (and current interim Oklahoma coach) Bob Stoops, before 4-7 Texas' final game this season, against Kansas State. We will lay down on the hammer and go get it." - Texas coach Steve Sarkisian, at his introductory press conference on Jan. I think we're going to hire a tremendous coaching staff. "I don't think it's going to take us as long as many might think. Terrible." - Coach Brian Kelly, frustrated with reporters' questions about Notre Dame's 0-7 record since 1988 in BCS or New Year's Six games after a College Football Playoff loss to Alabama on Jan. And then I'm going to be terrible to be at a press conference with. Well, you know what? You're gonna have a problem because we're gonna keep winning games, we're gonna keep getting back here, and we're gonna break through. "We're going to keep getting back here, and everybody can keep saying Notre Dame is not good enough.
Let's look back at all the twists and turns of the year in college football in the words of the people who lived it.
Then all of a sudden, there were giant coaching changes along with giant contracts all over the place. The season saw a record number of ranked teams lose. Two of the biggest names in college football - Texas and Oklahoma - shook up the sport by announcing they're departing the Big 12 for the SEC. And that's just the beginning of the unpredictability that we saw this year. 1 Alabama is in the College Football Playoff, as is Georgia, who was No. This whole season went pretty much how we expected, right?ĪP preseason No.
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