We want to show people that we're the team that everyone should be gunning for (in the Capital Hockey Conference). We want to keep distance between us and everyone else because we want to win the league. ... That's why the lapses are very concerning.
"Jay Graham" is a former running back for the Tennessee Volunteers and currently the running backs coach for Florida State Seminoles football/Florida State University.
Playing for Concord High School (North Carolina)/Concord High School from 1990–92, Graham was a nationally-recruited running back who broke school records in single-season and career rushing in his two and one half seasons with the Spiders. Named All-State and All-American, Graham signed a football scholarship with the University of Tennessee in 1992.
Graham rushed for 2,609 yards in his career (1993–96), ranking sixth on the Vols all-time rushing list. He is second on the all-time carries list with 540 and he scored 25 touchdowns in his four-year career as a Volunteer. Graham had season best totals in 1995 when he rushed for 1,438 yards on 272 carries putting him second in both categories in Vols school history. He tallied a career-best 211 yards against Vanderbilt. He also holds the single-season record for the most 100-yard rushing games with 10.
During his professional career he played for the Baltimore Ravens 1997-99, the Seattle Seahawks in 2001, and the Green Bay Packers for the 2002 season. He also played in the Canadian Football League's Montreal Alouettes during the 2003 season.
More Jay Graham on Wikipedia.(Jerome) definitely played hard and wanted it more than we did. We gave up too many odd-man breaks and that's how they scored the winning goal. ... We also have to be better at finishing.
I am physically sick to my stomach. That's how bad we played.
That loss took away a lot of the swagger that we had coming into the new year.
This is a very, very upsetting loss for us. It leaves us with an empty feeling.
If we run into them in the tournament, I certainly would expect our guys to have a chip on their shoulders. There are some bitter feelings. ... We want to show people why we got that seed.
We need to have a solid work ethic and come prepared to win hockey games. If we do that, I feel like we can make a run in the tournament. But everyone now must understand that we need to play with a sense of urgency.
We want to reclaim what we think is ours. Winning the (CHC) title is one of the things that we want to accomplish this year. ... We just want to continue to play our game and let everyone else try to catch up.
We talked to the younger kids, and told them they needed to close the gap for the older guys. They did their job.
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