What They're Saying About Josh Harris

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"What a great performance. He's not running as much as he did last year, but he's got the ball on crucial downs."
-- Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak

"I thought he was a defensive tackle when I first looked at him...He was thicker than I imagined."
-- Purdue Coach Joe Tiller on Harris

"If you blitz, he has the presence of mind and the ability to get out of the way...And any time you play a quarterback that has a strong arm and the ability to move, it's hard on the defense because if you chase him you're going to be coming off your routes. Personally, with me as a DB, you don't want to come off and try and help because he can always step back and throw down field."
-- NIU CB Randee Drew

"If you can ever get a full bridle around Josh, it would make a difference on how you're playing defensively...We're like the other teams that have played them now. They didn't and neither did we."
-- WMU Coach Gary Darnell

"If you're overaggressive on Josh Harris, he'll run past you and wave at you as he crosses the goal line."
-- WMU Coach Gary Darnell

"Send flowers to his mom."
-- WMU Coach Gary Darnell on how to stop Harris

"Josh Harris is a great, not good, great quarterback."
-- CMU Coach Mike DeBord

"Josh Harris is such a dangerous threat that it is almost impossible to contain a player like that."
-- CMU Coach Mike DeBord

"Josh Harris does an extraordinary job, attacking with his feet and arm."
-- Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel

Upon review of Ohio State's triple overtime win over N.C. State, coach Jim Tressel stopped by the defensive coaches' offices Sunday night to ask their final appraisal of Wolfpack quarterback Philip Rivers.
"Is Philip Rivers about as good as any (quarterback) you've seen?" Tressel asked. "Their response was, 'So far. Wait 'til you see Josh Harris.'"
-- Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel

"Harris can run and he has a great arm. And him being 240 pounds is almost like chasing a 240-pound tailback. It's going to be a challenge for us to stop him."
-- Ohio State Defensive Tackle Darrion Scott

"Josh Harris is such a dangerous threat that it is almost impossible to contain a player like that."
-- Central Michigan Coach Mike DeBord after Harris sealed the Falcons' 45-35 victory.

"Give that quarterback credit. We have faced some pretty good quarterbacks and this guy is as good as I've seen."
-- Ohio Coach Brian Knorr after playing Florida, Pittsburgh and Bowling Green at the start of the 2002 season.

"That's probably the best execution I've seen in a long, long time. Every big play they tried, not every one but certainly most of them, they hit on. Momentum-wise, we didn't do anything to stop them."
-- Missouri Coach Gary Pinkel following the Falcons' 51-28 victory in 2002.

"He reminds me of Michael Vick . . . He can run very well and cut back and forth. Once you get him out of the pocket and scrambling, boom, he hits someone deep for a big play, or he takes off running and leaves you frustrated."
-- Toledo linebacker Tom Ward