Opening Statement
“I thought our kids played hard. I think offensively in the first half we had an excellent game plan - handling the band coverage and handling number 11 who’s a bonafide first-round draft pick. I thought we did a good job killing plays. I think we played fairly well against this unbelievable defense, best defense in the country. I thought we defensively made some great adjustments at halftime and we were able to slowly stretch play. They were really good at running the ball. At the end of the game, we just lost those last couple of drives. We just ran out of bullets. Theygot into two man and we knew they had it in their package, and we just couldn’t do two men. We gave ourselves ashot at the end, the thought process was to find a way to score and take a shot. Hands off to our kids, thought they did a great job, thought our staff did a great job.”
“We did a good job manipulating their coverages and giving ourselves a chance.”
Q: Malcolm Johnson Jr. Had so many big catches in his second game at Bowling Green. He looks confident out there. What can you say about his performance?
A: He keeps getting better, you know he’s learning this offense and it’s a lot to learn. It can get overwhelming, but things are slowly but surely slowing down for them to start learning more. That’s why we got to get better. We got a better routine and all that, but whenever you look at how many new faces, we have now it’s got to be a race to the finish line.”
Q: I noticed as players step off the field you always take a moment to thank them for their hard work. How important is that for you to do?
A: I love our players. I love what they do. We live in a crazy world of college athletics and they’re trying to be different. They try to be old-school and concentrate on what’s important and stay away from all the selfish crap that is going on right now, and I appreciate that. Our goal is to get better; we need to improve and work our tail off to try to be the best team in the country. What does that look like? Tons of gratitude, tons of grit, tons of selflessness.”