It was a game where what I was looking for was our players to go out and play with great effort and intensity and the physical play that we want. And they really, really put effort into doing that. Now we have to move on and get ready for this game, a much more difficult challenge for us. |
It was good to get our first Big East victory, ... I was proud of our players the way they came back. It was a very difficult week for all of us, but we did work extremely hard and we got some extremely good leadership. It wasn't easy; we didn't execute on all cylinders, but our players certainly played with great effort, really stuck together and had a lot of energy and enthusiasm. |
It was good to see Michael back running the ball. He's certainly not 100 percent but he made up his mind he was going to play. |
It was good to see Michael be able to turn on that extra gear and be able to sprint into the end zone after 27 carries and a couple of catches. That says a lot for how hard he worked all summer and the condition he's in. |
It was great. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I learned a lot of football from Tom Coughlin and the other coaches I was able to work with. Any time you're locked up in the bottom of a stadium for 16 hours a day, you better absorb something. |
It was really positive, ... And that was great to see. |
It was unfortunate. Brian was starting to get real hot right before the injury. |
It wasn't an easy week. It was very difficult on all of us. This (win) wasn't easy. We didn't execute on all cylinders. But there was a lot of energy on the sideline, and that was good to see. |
It's a concern. We had some dumb penalties. The pass interference penalties are really hurting us. We have got to improve on the pass interference. Two of those were just kind of not having enough poise to play the ball. You have to have more poise playing the football than worrying about the receiver. |
It's a good thing Elvis was in the house. He does a great job of getting his arms on the offensive tackle. |
It's definitely disappointing, but it's something we'll learn from. We'll be back. We're looking forward to the challenge of coming back. |
It's good that Michael Bush is back at full speed. It's been tough going for him. |
It's hard to explain how well he's played. He just keeps going. I hope he can keep it up. |
It's not over, ... We've got a lot of games ahead of us. It has not ended. No way. We're looking forward to the challenge and coming back. There are a lot worse things in this world than losing a football game. We're still very fortunate to do what we do and to be able to go out there and prove to everybody else that we'll be back. |
It's not something we really like, having a bye the second week of the season. Unfortunately, with the change in conference that's what we ended up with. |