Lsu's Quotes

#1. Woods pumped both fists and yelled, as jacked as you'll ever see him. But the crowd explosion drowned out whatever was coming out of his mouth. It was the closest golf has ever come to sounding like fourth-and-goal at LSU's Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night.

Pat Forde

#2. College football is LSU's Tiger Stadium at night.

Rick Reilly

#3. I do not know what to think of it. We are working hard and improving and we just need to execute better.

Les Miles

#4. I think all of our guys work hard and want to improve. They want answers, and the film will be the answer. The coaches will collect it and get better. I do not think anybody wants a rebuilding year. That's not something that I have ever said.

Les Miles

#5. I can tell you there is no finer stadium to play in. The traditions that they place in that stadium like when they announce that it's Saturday night in Death Valley, when the band plays, when that crowd stands and cheers for the Tigers, there is no place like it in America.

Les Miles

#6. What we do at LSU is to develop players and make them better.

John Brady

#7. We are going to Baton Rouge and one of the most storied stadiums in the country, a place I can truthfully say is the loudest place I've ever been.

Mark Richt

#8. What happened there was they were moving the chains and we had the call made. We were really trying to get two plays if we could have rather than use the timeout thereafter.

Les Miles

#9. Simply put, success in LSU football is essential for the success of Louisiana State University.

Mark Emmert

#10. The toughest place to play in the SEC is LSU, Death Valley. The fans there are relentless. They don't stop at all. They keep going.

Darren McFadden

#11. We threw passes enough that we were prime to catch them and get up to speed. I think we will be fine there.

Les Miles

#12. From Bourbon Street to Baton Rouge, the freaks come out at night in Louisiana. And nowhere are they more raucous and unnerving than at Tiger Stadium.

Pat Forde

#13. Best scene in college football is at LSU on a Saturday night.

Beano Cook

#14. I'maa tell you right now as an experience, dammit, I'm going to enjoy that one as much as I hate to admit it.

Les Miles

#15. I think there are some things that we got accomplished in the last two weeks. Our defending was good and our offensive line took some strides, but we will look at it and analyze it so it will be a long day tomorrow.

Les Miles

#16. No one calls me out, I'm from LSU.

Shaquille O'Neal

#17. I'd be the first one to tell you that I would like to think that I had called timeout before that. I can't imagine that I did not. I can't tell you that I did, and that's my issue.

Les Miles

#18. LSU fans have descended upon Dallas and reminded us of this truth: when it comes to partying, they're the pros and we're all amateurs.

Pat Forde

#19. They're great kids, great young people, and they fight like hell.

Les Miles

#20. I think we are trying to improve for next week. Period. I do not think anybody is thinking about anything else.

Les Miles

#21. I absolutely love doing games in Baton Rouge. Night games in Tiger Stadium are a spectacle and the food choices all around are fantastic! One thing is certain: if I ever choose to feature a tailgating spread for Taste of the Town, LSU will be at the top of the list.

Todd Blackledge

#22. It's a little different being the older guys on the team. We are going to help get the young guys get comfortable. We'll have to get them used to what they will face out there this season. There are some good guys out there. They know what they have to do to win.

Andrew Stevenson

#23. I wouldn't want to play LSU right now even if I were the Indianapolis Colts.

Lee Corso

#24. Ryan Baker sustained a penalty of play, and we withheld him from play today based on the rules violation.

Les Miles

#25. Once you can't hear, it really doesn't matter how much louder one place is than the other Death Valley, when it gets rocking at night, it's a different animal. I've played there in the daytime as well and it's just a different animal at nighttime.

Doug Johnson

#26. Usually when the opposing team does well, the crowd quiets down. All I began to hear was a chant 'L-S-U, L-S-U.' It got louder and louder and louder. It was the loudest I've ever heard a stadium.

Mark Richt

#27. Dracula and LSU Football are at their best after the sun goes down.

Beano Cook

#28. I just want to remind everybody that it's Columbus Day. That all those of you that know Italians and like Italians are the people that might venture on to a ship and travel to explore and find new lands, this is your day. It's not St. Patty's Day. That's a different day entirely.

Les Miles

#29. What makes LSU is the environment and the fans and those guys wearing the jerseys. They're really good players.

Urban Meyer

#30. I'm the head coach at LSU. I will be the head coach at LSU. I have no interest in talking to anybody else. I got a championship game to play, and I'm excited for the opportunity of my damn strong football team to play in it. Please ask me after. I'm busy. Thank you very much. Have a great day!

Les Miles

#31. Two reasons I come down here every year: the food and there are multiple guys here every year.

Mike Tomlin

#32. We're not anxious to play L.S.U. again.

Steve Spurrier

#33. I do not think the crowd affected us, but the position of being in a big time game may well have affected us.

Les Miles

#34. My first on the bucket list will be a night game at LSU. I don't know if I'm ever going to get there. Of all the things in college sports, that would be No. 1.

Beano Cook

#35. I am disappointed, but I am realistic too. When you put your defense back on the field repeatedly, the offense needs to do its job and the defense needs to get itself off the field.

Les Miles

#36. Going to LSU was the right move for me. It taught me to be independent.

Seimone Augustus

#37. This is what you should do, let it rest. I'm playing football for LSU. I'm preparing for R-Kansas. I'm preparing for the next game, and the next game after that.

Les Miles

#38. We have some fast guys out there. It's always fun to compete with each other at practice in the outfield. It's going to be a fun year out there.

Andrew Stevenson

#39. It was like the Colosseum in Rome and we were the Christians.

Bobby Dodd

#40. LSU would be a good place to stand during a lightning storm.

Mike Leach

#41. You hope you can fix it with the personnel that you have. On offense, we are doing some great things, but we did not execute. This group of men that I represent likes to work hard.

Les Miles

#42. Being inside Tiger Stadium is like being on the inside of a drum.

Bear Bryant

#43. Ted, damned if I'm not impressed with your candor!

Les Miles

#44. USC is the National Champion like Al Gore is the President of the United States.

Mark Emmert

#45. The fans made a difference in the outcome of the game. It was one of those games that Florida really did have to beat the team on the field and in the stands.

Gerry DiNardo