Post-Game Quotes vs. Indiana
9/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 27, 2008
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Opening Statement...
All I can say is wow. Great win by our football team; we persevered. We kept playing through things. Indiana came out, did an unbelievable job. I thought they played very well, extremely hard. A very well coached team, as we talked about coming into this football game. They were motivated. The one thing that you can't ever underestimate is the human spirit and I think they played an excellent football game. In regards to ourselves, we just kept coming. Offensively, I thought Coach Treadwell called a great game. Pretty consistent in what we did. I can't remember whether we had a turnover or not. I don't think we did and we came up with three from them. We did have the blocked punt, which is another error, but we survived it with a great play by Aaron Bates.
I thought Swenson was unbelievable; I think he was 4 for 4, 3 from over 40 so he did a great job. Defensively, we gave up some big plays, but they're a talented football team. Played much better in the second half once we got passed that long one that went out the gate when they had the hold. So I'm very happy to get the win and I can't say enough about our players. We talked about just staying together, persevering through things, taking momentum back, if you want something you've got to take it, us being down here by ourselves and a road win and all those different things at halftime. So there was no panic, we just kept playing. And it's a credit to our football team and our coaches and coaching staff and we're very happy and ready to get on the way back home.
Is this a sign that this team is getting mentally stronger...
Well, I hope so. I hope it continues to prove that we'll come out and play. We came out again focused, and we're never going to throw in the towel around here. We're going to keep playing and keep coaching for the next play. So when we make a mistake, we coach to the next play and play for the next play and I think that's what our players did. Offensively, I thought we played pretty well other than a couple dropped passes, we pretty much did what we needed to do.
On the intensity of the game...
"There's a lot of stuff going on. I thought we responded pretty well last year, our seniors did a great job and we just kept fighting, we didn't come out on top at the end but, a game like this could have gone either way. You guys saw that, you felt it. You were here, you felt that.
On Indiana's no-huddle offense...
"It wasn't so much the adjustments that we made it was what they were doing. They were some things that we were practicing, but you know a lot of this stuff when you work against an offense, a no huddle offense, it's a little bit about getting used to the tempo of the game and what exactly is going on. So I think our guys we sort of settled down and a little bit more disciplined. They still made some plays the second half, but we played a little more disciplined and gave them a couple bad plays and a couple long yardage situations and we came away with turnovers. I know we came away with two of them the second half.
On the Indiana offense getting the ball to QB Kellen Lewis...
We felt like they would do something to get the ball in Lewis's hands. Somehow, some way, they were going to get the ball in his hands. I thought their quarterback, Ben Chappell, came in there and did an outstanding job when Lewis went out for a while and didn't know if he'd be able to return. He did an outstanding job and really moved their football team.
