Florida State University Athletics
Florida State Ready For River City Showdown With Alabama
9/27/2007 12:00:00 PM | Football
Sept. 27, 2007
QUOTES
Head Coach Bobby Bowden
On the hype before the game:
“I think it will be a very interesting football game. Two teams with great tradition that haven’t played each other in many, many years. You can just tell by the reaction of the tickets that are sold it’s really a popular game.”
On how
“They could respond that way, a lot of teams do. Sometimes coming off of a win you might catch them a little bit flat the next week. Sometimes coming off of a loss they get more determined, you just don’t know how they will respond.”
RV Myron Rolle:
On how practice has prepared the team for two weeks:
“Practices have been good preparing. We have had two weeks, so to say, to get ready for
On how the team is excited to get back on the field:
“Bye weeks are usually hard; you’re just sitting around watching other teams play. Now it is our turn. I think we’re rested; for the most part guys have heeled up. Andre Fluellen is looking pretty good out there. We got some of the kinks out of us. We’re just excited to get back on the field, especially playing in
NT Paul Griffin:
On how the past two weeks have prepared the team:
“The last two weeks have been pretty good. Coming out here and everybody on the team works hard so we can get on that national stage. We just try our best to come out, play hard every week and get back up there on top.”
On starting against
“I’m very excited, our whole defense is pumped up and everybody is ready to go. We’ve been waiting on this all season so far.
On the confidence level of the team:
“I’m very confident with the players we’ve got, we can play full speed every single down. We are going to continue to play hard and we are going to do great. I think it is going to be a good battle, we are just waiting on seeing how everything is going to go and ready to roll”