This is real now. This is for keeps, so we got this week to make sure we prepare really hard to clean it up

I think Brohm does an unbelievable job calling and packaging plays. He’s had a lot of success (with that)

A lot of these guys that didn’t play last fall are really, really good dudes, and our guys enjoy being around them because they’re like-minded

(It) feels awesome. July was kind of that for me when we first spoke to get back into the ball piece of it, and then it was good to get through camp

This is kind of a hybrid week for us

To me, (practice has) been really flashy

The drive is either extended based on a nonaggressive penalty or a bust, or the drive was stopped based on a nonaggressive penalty or a bust

From that standpoint, how can we rotate a couple of guys for worst-case scenarios, and then what does one do better than the other from a package standpoint?

I think, obviously, everybody after camp … is kind of banged up within reason, and I think that’s one thing in camp that we try to really focus on: the difference between being hurt and injured

(He’s) continuing to develop his body in the weight room

Is there a player you HAVEN'T been asked about that we should be asking about?

It’s not Louisville that the first time adversity hits or where there’s a situation that occurs that we’re not prepared for

When you’re talking about five (offensive) linemen, it’s kind of like a puzzle. Sometimes I could take this piece and move it over here, but is that a perfect fit over here?

Knowing you have other things with the (Patrick) Kutas’ of the world, some of those other guys that have played a lot of football that you could move and bump out that would create other opportunities for other guys

(Renaud) has gotten a lot better in the weight room

We do have a couple guys banged up, whether it be hamstrings or some shoulders, primarily at the wide receiver position more than anything right now

This is my ninth year in this league, and I’ve been fortunate to be learning (from) a lot of really good guys that do it the right way and that I have a lot of respect for

Just Google ‘Lane Kiffin,’

(Lane) helped me on this one a little bit … because he had another offer that he actually worked out to where I could get it, and the other person couldn’t

What have we created? … Let’s not act like recruiting in college football for the last 100 years is the most moral thing. What are we talking about here?

You don’t think other ADs are calling us during the year?

It was a unique decision for us to leave Tuscaloosa (Ala.) to go to Oxford. (It was) not strictly a family decision, … but the people there have embraced us

We still know there’s a lot of work to be done. We know every season is independent of their own

We definitely would not be where we’re at as a university right now, as an athletic program at Ole Miss, without Glenn (Boyce) and Keith (Carter) working side-by-side. They embody everything Ole Miss is about

A little different structure than they’re used to, but I am just really, really big on the why

I was really … glad that I was able to retain … good staff on both sides of the ball — really, on all three phases

Football’s gonna end. What are you going to use? You gotta use an alumni base to be able to get you a job. Where are you gonna bring your kids to? What jersey are they wearing?

Lane and I are good. Everybody won from it

We got a compliance department. They get paid to do their job. They do a really good job

Let me put it to you this way: You’re a reporter. Would you quit your job before interviewing for another job or being offered another job? No. Nobody would

The model obviously has been broken. I’m all for everybody being on the same playing field and doing the same things

We go by the rules of the program and the flow. Like when you’re on the interstate and people are flying by you, what do you start doing? (Drive faster) or you’re going to get hit

That’s not why I came here

I think that was the biggest thing, that the old spring portal allowed you to do, if there was injuries or you took a guy that wasn’t who you thought he was, then you had the opportunity

Obviously the Egg Bowl was that Friday

It got real at about 12:20 that day

He’s just like, ‘Look, you got that job for a lot of reasons, but the primary reason is you’ve always done a really good job with the defense, and if you’re able to do that, you need to continue to do that,'

Obviously, there’s two sides to every story, right?

The bottom line with the recruitment of Luke, he came here on an official visit prior to the Fiesta Bowl

I told him, ‘I want you to be our green-dot mike, but right now we’ve got a green-dot Mike (linebacker),'