Again, we were our own worst enemy. Again, it wasn't a lot of fun. We are just not taking care of the football, and that's all there is to it. |
Evidently, they're a pretty good football team. They beat Crescent City. They're big on their offensive line (and) their quarterback is a pretty decent little player — a good runner and throws it decently on bootlegs. |
I thought we played pretty well on defense and ran the ball well. I thought we controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball most of the night. I'm just happy with the win. |
Our defense was just on the field too long. After a while, you can get worn down, and maybe we did. We have got to get better on the defensive front so people can't pound the ball down our throats. |
Our secondary played really well against the pass. They launched a half-dozen balls deep and didn't hit any of them. I'm real proud of them. |
Somehow, someway, we've got to eliminate turnovers. We can't beat anyone the way we're beating ourselves. |
The biggest thing is we're not making a conscious effort to protect the ball. |
They're going to line up foot-to-foot and just pound it at you with their big linemen. |
Turnovers have been our nemesis all year and tonight was an example. It is always going to be tough when you turn the ball over, especially against quality teams — Bradford is a very good team. |
We had a lot of troubles in the first half. We would give up the ball cheaply, and we'd have a hard time getting it back. Lopez just pounded and pounded in the middle and did a good job keeping the ball from us. |
We had our chances. McCoy even had Oats open a couple of times down the middle for touchdowns, but he overthrew the ball by a couple of yards both times. |