Tuesday, Southern Conference football players and coaches got on the phone to talk about the upcoming season during the 2011 preseason football teleconference.

"We’ve had some success obviously the last three years against Georgia Southern, but this is a new year. They’re a great team with a great coach, a great program with a great history. … Having some success against them might help a little bit, but we can’t really bank on any of that. This is a new season, and we’ll definitely have our hands full that first game."

"Some years, it’s all fullback for us, some years it’s mix and match — whatever works. Last year was just one of those years where a lot of the openings were for me. I’m definitely a product of the system where if you’re not going to take away the fullback, we’re going to keep giving it to the fullback."

"As you know, I’m taking over a good program, a program that’s won for four consecutive years. So my job is not to mess it up."

"Our main goal this year is to win the SoCon and make the playoffs. We believe that we can. We believe we can go up to the national championship. We believe we’re one of the better teams out there."

"The polls are part of the media. That’s your job. You’ve got to do your job, so we can’t get mad about you guys doing your job. The players in the locker room, we know what we’re capable of doing. … I don’t think I’ve talked to anybody about the polls, because everybody right now is just focusing on getting better."

"Try not to mess him up."

"We’re going to find out. We’re going to go with it right away. We had a tremendous spring as far as getting it installed, but really, this fall is where we’re going to find out where we’re at."

"A lot of the focus has been on defense, and that’s been a change from the last regime. The biggest change is we’re not standing there waiting for teams to come at us. We’re going to blitz a lot, we’re going to be very aggressive and try to force a lot of turnovers."