Coach Crowe's 10-13 OVC Press Conference

Selected quotes from Coach Crowe's OVC press conference on Tuesday:

On the Murray Game:

"We had a good football game against a football team that always impresses me. . . . We [showed] an ability to sustain the ball on offense. . . . We made a lot of things happen with our defensive front and played pretty good football."

On the EIU game after an off week:

"We have a tremendous challenge waiting for us against Eastern Illinois. Our biggest challenge is to maintain a mentality that we have to be better every time we play and we have to be better at the end of the game than we were when we started. . . I'm very impressed with this football team. They are a very good football team. They have managed to find a very unique mentality for guys as talented as they are. We will see if they can keep it going."

On Ryan Perrilloux:

"There is a big gap between the perception and reality of Ryan Perrilloux. I promise you I would not be trusting him with my football team if those perceptions were right. . . . Having said that, I can't believe there is a better player in FCS football. I've never seen one since I've been at this level. In fact, other than Bo I don't have a comparable at any level I've ever coached. . . . If there's anybody that thinks that this guy wouldn't be the best player if he was in another SEC championship game, they can quit thinking it because it would be the same thing."

On TJ Heath:

"TJ is a guy that has played ever since he's been here. He's shown he's a player. He'd probably be our best wide out if he was on offense. I think that is what it takes to be a really truly outstanding corner, you have to sort of want the ball . . ."

Is the bye week coming at a good time:

"We can use this to get better and we are beat up. . . . It does create some challenges for us, but I honestly think we . . . will be better off for having had it. . . We can still play better football- we have to realize that higher goal to be the best you can be."

On the playoff snub last year and how it impacted the conference:

"We were the second place team in the OVC last year and we were not picked to go to the playoffs. They picked a team in Maine. . . . My feelings are still hurt about that. And if everybody in the OVC didn't get their feelings hurt about that, wait until there the 2nd place team and see how they feel. . . [The selection committee] slighted Jacksonville State, Eastern Illinois and Eastern Kentucky and everybody else in this league. If we don't get mad about it, strap it on and do something about it, I think it will stay the same way."

On the lack of playoffs this year:

"We have sort of gotten over it. We had our pity party. It didn't last long. There is something that can be accomplished by how we play, but it won't be in the playoffs. . . [This team] has an extremely high APR by the way. . . . This is not an APR problem team. That's historic - those guys aren't here any longer. We . . . use the mentality . . . that what we accomplish this year will spill over until we are [back in the playoff picture]."