"Ken Hatfield" is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the United States Air Force Academy (1979–1983), the University of Arkansas (1984–1989), Clemson University (1990–1993), and Rice University (1994–2005), compiling a career college football record of 168–140–4.

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Vince is everything you look for in a quarterback. We're looking forward to playing Texas. Were they to play the national championship game today, (Texas would) be in it. The biggest thing we're looking for is how much we can improve this week. That will be the key to this football team. We are committed through the whole season.

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Its a setback, but they have a good, balanced attack, ... It was a mismatch; I don't think there was any doubt about it. We weren't physically in a position (to win).

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We finally get to play, ... We're anxious to play someone else.

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The defense came up with some big turnovers, ... That's good. We're around the ball hitting folks, and that was a real plus.

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We had to take something different and do something with it. It was a gamble, but I thought it was a natural offense for the academy's players. I wasn't an idiot. I knew the key to beating Army and Navy was to out-recruit them. The best way to do that was to do something different.

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We were playing most of our games against teams east of the Mississippi River. We needed to go our own way and play Western teams. We were the new kid on the block as far as the service academies were concerned. We needed to gain our own identity.

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That (last year's troubles) has nothing to do with this team.

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We were ready. We kicked off well and covered the kickoffs extremely well. We got them behind the 24-yard line every time on kickoffs. We were ready, but their talent took off.

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