Football Quote Board

“Umm, yeah. What else can we hope for?”

—Princeton coach Roger Hughes, when asked if he would be satisifed with sharing an Ivy League title

“So, that means I can’t play you?”

—Harvard coach Tim Murphy, respsonding to senior quarterback Neil Rose’s comment that he still feels “slow” since returning from a sciatic nerve injury

“I have my own theory about that, but I can’t say it publicly.”

—Hughes, commenting on the combined 22 penalties called on Harvard and Princeton

“The problem, in my opinion, is that we started every dadgum first down at first-and-15. You can’t jump offsides six damn times and expect them not to understand long-yardage situations.”

—Hughes, commenting on the sloppy play of his offensive line. Princeton was flagged five times for being offsides

“I’d sure as heck rather have two outstanding quarterbacks than just one.”

—Murphy, downplaying the Crimson’s current quarterback controversy. He did not announce a starter for next week’s game at Dartmouth

“In the Okie defense, I’m really not supposed to do much except kind of spy on the quarterback. ... I just got kind of lucky.”

—Harvard junior defensive end Brian Garcia, explaining why he was in position for his game-clinching interception of Princeton quarterback Matt Verbit with 51 seconds remaining in the game