Neuheisel's post-BYU news conference

Here's Coach Rick Neuheisel breaking down what happened to the Bruins against BYU:

At one point during today's news conference, he remarked, "I got a letter from Coach [John] Wooden right before the first game — a handwritten letter — saying there'll be peaks and valleys. I didn't realize they'd be in the first two weeks!" He also shared some advice from Coach Terry Donahue that "you're never as bad as you think you are and you're never as good as you think you are."

Here's audio of the entire conference:

Some more transcribed quotes about injuries and personnel changes are after the jump.

—Adam Rose

Rick Neuheisel quotes from today's news conference:

On Kahlil Bell: After watching him run yesterday, I'm optimistic. We'll wait and see but I'm optimistic. If he's not available, than somebody else has gotta' tote the mail. We're not going to make any excuses about injuries. That's part of the deal.

Asked if freshman tailbacks will get more playing time: Yes, but I'm not committing that we're going to change everything just lock-stock. It sounds like maybe that's the solution, but then all of a sudden you've wasted some years of eligibility and I think we want to be careful. Yes, we want to keep practicing them and we want to keep developing them, but the idea is to make sure that the guys who are going out there are going to be used and we feel like they can be productive at this point in the year.

On linebacker Kyle Bosworth: He's doubtful. We'll wait and see and hear what the doctors have to say after further examination tonight and tomorrow, but he's doubtful. If that's the case, then Reggie Carter will go back to Will [weakside linebacker] and we'll have Steve Sloan play the Mike [middle linebacker].

Asked if there will be any other personnel changes: None to be announced today. Injuries will probably cause some movement there, but there'll be some competition this week. We'll just see how it plays out.

On the quarter system: There are some tremendous positives for it early, because you get to really put your football in. You're not dealing with class and all that kind of stuff. Once the first game starts, now everybody's got 20 hours. So in the 20 hours, it's just nice when you get into a normal routine.