Quotables: Norm Chow

If you end up not using the Revolver extensively, was this Spring a waste?
"No, not at all. I think we know how to run the runs that we have. Now are we good enough at it? Probably not. But we needed to find out. We really needed to do something. We haven't run the ball well, and we need to do something. We can't just keep going the way we're going."

Would you call it a gimmick?
"No. Gosh no. Gosh no - all it is is the Single-wing. It's not a gimmick. You watch teams that run it well, and it ain't no gimmick. It's 11-on-11 football. It's about what the Oregons have done to the USCs. Up until this point in time, it's 11 against 10. Defenses know to get that extra guy in the box, and everything is spun onto him and he makes all the tackle. It doesn't exist any more. That's why the teams are having so much success running this stuff. The negative is you've got to run your quarterback in it to make it an 11-on-11 game. Very few teams can have a quarterback survive the whole season. That's the quandary."

And you think Prince can run it?
"He's done it before. He said he did it before in high school. And we have to do it. If he can't do it, we have to find somebody who can. What did we finish the last two years in rushing offense? Not very good."