Post-Game Quotes: Western Michigan
9/5/2015 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio
I want to congratulate Western, I thought they played really well and I thought their quarterback played extremely well. We sacked him seven times and he still stuck in there.
They made some plays and they have some good players. You can see why they were effective last year and they didn't quit. They are a well-coached football team like I said coming into the game, they had a plan.
On the difference between WMU 2013 and 2015 teams...
That Western Michigan team that played us in 2013 never quit either. They drove down at the end of the game and scored. You have to congratulate them for trying to win, everyone wants to win but nothing positive comes with a loss. But at the same time they come to play and they play hard. All those guys can play. I'm very impressed with their wideouts, their quarterback, their offensive line hung in there.
Western Michigan head coach P.J. Fleck
I just want to thank everyone in the community. That was an electric, special night That's college football right there and I was proud it was right here in Kalamazoo. That atmosphere fueled our players, I haven't seen much like that ever in the MAC, ever. And I've played in some incredibily big MAC games. I'm very proud of our community and I'm very proud to say I live in Kalamazoo and I'm the head football coach at Western Michigan.
I thought what we did in the first half with the opening kickoff was big, Darius is a phenomenal young man and I though Coach Wengert did an absolute fabulous job.
Defensively we knew exactly who they were, and they were exactly who we thought they were, that's the famous quote and it was true. We were one guy out of position or we were one guy taken out of position, then it became a major problem. We want to give them credit, they are big and strong and fast.
I thought our players executed for the most part but I think the problem was it took a whole half for them to settle down. Once you get in at halftime and you make some adjustments, I thought our coaching staff is phenomenal at that, especially Coach Pinkham. But you are never going to take away their dominance. They are a dominating offensive line. I thought our kids hung in there but we didn't make enough plays and they did.