[? Forgive Texas Christian coach Gary Patterson for being addled after his team stunned then-No. 7 Oklahoma 17-10 on Saturday. After the upset, he signed a football,] Congrats, coach ... I had to bring a 7-year-old (back to the locker room) and ask him to exchange (footballs). I told him, 'Hey, I won it.' |
[Against the Sooners, though, TCU held Oklahoma to 225 total yards and Heisman Trophy runner-up Adrian Peterson to 63 yards on 22 carries.] We're going to try to prove this was not a fluke, ... Probably in their case, they are going to try to prove it was a fluke. |
A couple plays here and there, and things could have turned out differently. |
After a game like this you always feel like you are No. 1. We wanted an opportunity to finish high and jump into the top 10 in the final rankings. I feel like we've earned it. |
After a game like this, you always feel like you are No. 1. I have seen a couple of Top 10 teams lose in bowl games this year. We made it a goal to be ranked in the Top 10 in the final poll. |
BYU plays great defense and we'll have to find a way to take the ball game, ... That's how you win in conference on the road. They've moved the football this year and had penalties and turnovers when they got into the red zone. You have to create lost yardage plays to stop them. You have to take the fight to them and not play on your heels. |
Clearly, my member companies condemn the price gouging, and those guilty of price gouging should be punished, |
Clint can run right by you and Jimmy can do a lot of things. |
Even though it's only 70, the humidity is a lot worse than you give it credit for. |
For me, this will probably be the biggest win as a head coach for this program. You've got to know everybody will have ups and downs. This is real important. These are all my kids now that I've recruited. It's good to see them play hard and play in that kind of arena. |
Give Mendenhall and his boys a lot of credit. We have a pretty good defense and they scored 50 points on us. |
He's given TCU three great years. All you can say is it shows that TCU has arrived. |
I asked the official and he said he (Thompson) made a football play. I didn't think it was a very good football play. Those things happen. I'm an emotional coach. I get a little upset and then I get settled down. I was disappointed in the young man but the game is the game. We cut as wide receivers too. |
I didn't feel it was a slight because I probably would've picked us eighth, ... Obviously, as a coach, you use that as a motivational aspect of, 'The West Coast doesn't know much about us.' |
I don't think many people went out of the stadium that day saying it was too long of a game, |