National Signing Day: Jerry Kill press conference highlights
By Frank Bi
Minnesota Gopher head coach Jerry Kill spent more than 40 minutes at the podium fielding questions about this year’s recruiting class.
Kill was visabley happy with the players that signed their letters of intent with the Gophers on Wednesday. Here are highlights from the press conference.
Kill is very excited about QB Chris Streveler, who is already enrolled this semester. #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
90 percent of the class has connections with Minnesota in some way. "A lot of Minnesota people out there." #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
"There are some athletically gifted kids in this class," said Kill. #Gophers.
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Delta Airlines having a hub in Georgia was helpful in recruiting. #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Kill: Wipson is exactly what we want as a football player. Comes out of a great football program. LB went to Minn. powerhouse Wayzata
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Kill went to the Orange Bowl this year. Got a better idea of what the #Gophers need to play with: length and speed.
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Kill: Competition solves a lot of issues that's why we took five LBs #gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Kill: Some guys are just QBs, but we couldn't afford do that in this class. We got athletes #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Kill: we're going to have to things the hard way. Like the #Ravens. No excuses. We gotta work. #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Kill: Nate Wozniak is the biggest tight end we've ever seen. Measures at 6-foot-9. Turned down Miami. #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Kill: It's always hard to recruit in your home town. Some kids just want to leave, and you can't blame him for that. #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Some kids are just dying to play for the hometown team, but it's not easy. If the kid wants to get away, you're not going to beat that.
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
Kill: There's a trend of losing coaches. That's tough. Recruits follow coaches. #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013
We can't make a lot of mistakes in recruiting. We can't roll the dice. #Gophers
— GoldandGopher.com (@GoldandGopher) February 6, 2013