Chris Spielman Quotes

I think it`s great, ... I tell everybody that this is the best job in the world.

If A.J. flies off the board and a couple of other linebackers fly off the board, then, (Carpenter has) a shot to get picked in the first round. If they don`t, then he`s certainly going to be a second-rounder. But after draft day, it doesn`t really matter. All that`s thrown out the window, and he`s going to have the opportunity to play and be a contributor somewhere.

Look at the conference as a whole, and I don`t think it`s any question it`s the strongest conference in the country.

The exposure the Big Ten gets is national, ... A high school quarterback in California can get up at 9 o`clock on a Saturday morning and watch a Joe Tiller-coached team at Purdue and say, `Wait a second. They throw the ball there. I like that and want to be a part of it.`

I asked the Marines when they were defending our country if they think about sports, ... They said they love sports. When you hear guys say sports doesn`t provide an escape, well that`s not according to guys on the front lines. (Football) isn`t life or death but it`s part of our society, and I don`t think we should apologize for it.

(Oregon State-Louisville: I love (ESPN analyst) Chris Spielman . After Louisville calls a pass play that goes for a touchdown (making the score 56-13), he chides Oregon State for playing man coverage.) I know this is an unpopular opinion, ... but it`s not Louisville`s job to stop themselves.

But it will be a new test of his coaching skills. . . . He has to find a way to turn around an underachieving team.

(Here`s Spielman after Oregon State nullifies a sweet kickoff return for a touchdown with a dumb block in the back.) That`s laziness, pure laziness, ... and lack of discipline.

This game has so many subplots because of all the ridiculous talent on the field,

It`s a dream game for college football fans.