We asked them to jump up in there and play press man and I thought they did a pretty good job. I think it will help them. Every week they should get a little better. |
We certainly haven't used that as a motivation, ... The games themselves and the time that they've put in in preparation for these games is motivation enough. I don't think that has anything to do with it at all. |
We did not underestimate what we could do, |
We didn't play particularly well and still had a chance to win both of those games. They're very athletic (teams) and they do have a lot of speed, but we're not a bunch of slugs in this league. |
We don't talk about that. To be in the mix is good this late in the season, but I hope our guys are all smart enough to figure out it's about (Purdue) this week. All the focus is on this week, and no further than this week. |
We had a specific block put in. It would have had a chance, but the punter cooperated by dropping the ball. |
We had some guys that abandoned their technique and abandoned some of the things that we just worked a month on, |
We hadn't lost morale, |
We hadn't lost morale. But when you fight for four quarters, it's tough to always bounce back. The offense kept us in the game the last two weeks and to get out with a win feels really good. |
We just weren't the same in the second half without him. No one is playing as well as he is. |
We probably had three this year where he sees nothing but goal line in front of him and a lot of yardage, a big hit, and somebody dives and just nips his toe. But he'll get some of those before the year is over. |
We thought we could get some deep balls with him, |
We were beaten by a good football team today. They're solid on both sides of the ball. My hat's off to Penn State, they're a really great football team. |
We were beaten by a very good football team. |
We were OK at the half. They didn't have the ball much, and I didn't think there were any major things we had to correct. ... I would have been pleased to play like we did in the first half. |