Postgame Quotes Oregon vs. Arizona State
11/15/09 | Football
Oregon 44, Arizona State 21
November 14th, 2009
Oregon Head Coach Chip Kelly Quotes
On the start of the game:
“We got a great jump with an early lead. We talked about coming out with a good, fast start. I think it really set the tone.”
On James:
“He had a great game, and continued to show he is one of the best backs in the league.”
“He has confidence and speed; he is a dangerous guy. It is tough to knock him off of his feet and he understands the game offensively.”
On turnovers:
“We need to clean that up; we are killing ourselves a little bit.”
On Dickson:
“He had a great catch and made a great effort today.”
On Arizona:
“We are taking it one game at a time. We control everything that we do. Arizona is a tough place to play and I know our guys are excited.”
On the defense under pressure:
“They played real well tonight. We put them in a tough situation early with the interception, but they had a great week to be prepared and knew the game plan. They played really physical and I am very proud of how they bounced back after Stanford.”
On Masoli:
“He did a great job of managing the game. He didn't force anything, he just took what the defense gave him. Those runs he had were really key.”
On improvements:
“We can't turn the ball over on the kickoff or have an interception. We need to do a better job on ball security. I think we did better today on penalties. We just need to continue to grow as a team. We have to be on top of our game.
Oregon Player Quotes
#83 Ed Dickson
On his performance:
“I had some good plays. Jeremiah (Masoli) passed to me a lot and every time I get the ball I want to score.”
On the game:
“We opened the game well and we scored early, which always helps. It got a little rough later on, but we finished pretty strong both offensively and defensively.”
#39 Will Tukuafu
On playing after the loss to Stanford last week:
“Determination is the key to success. We know that the game is every Saturday. We had another great week of practice. We'll be ready and fired up for Arizona next weekend. Every game is big to us and the more you keep winning, the more determined you are to keep it going that way.”
On the offense:
“Offense did a good job scoring tonight. We had some good moments out there.”
#54 Jordan Holmes
On the game:
“We definitely slowed down in the end. We are still working on our momentum, because we want to play fast the whole game.”
On the offense:
“We had a decent game as a unit, but not fantastic. We got the win and at this point that's all that matters. We'll practice hard to correct our mistakes. I feel like we moved the ball pretty well and we rotated a bunch of guys.”
On LaMichael James:
“He's all around the turf. He has got the patience, speed, and the strength. He's getting better and better every week. He's outrunning everyone.”
Arizona State Head Coach Dennis Erickson
On Oregon's performance:
“They were so explosive. You got to control the ball which we did for a little before turning it over a couple of times. They are just so efficient at what they do. They have so many weapons.”
“But everyone knows when they're clicking on all cylinders they are hard to stop.”
“This offensive team is as good as any I've seen in college football.”
On Quarterback Situation:
“Brock could have come back. It was a coach's decision to keep him out partially because of how Samson was playing. I think without a doubt it (brings up a situation at quarterback) for the team going forward.”
On second half run:
“The 2nd half was better; we made a run, cut the lead to ten, but it's just too hard to get in a hole against that team.”
On Sam's play:
“He gave us a spark. He is very athletic and he gave us a second chance.”
Arizona State Player Quotes
Quarterback #10 Samson Szakacsy
On his first real game experience:
“It was fun to get in there and get some good experience. To tell you the truth I completely blacked out my first possession. It was a lot of fun, especially against a great team like Oregon.”
On the teams play in the 2nd half:
“I thought we were making a comeback. We cut it to ten and stalled on some drives. We could have played a lot better. We kept fighting and scrapping. We didn't just put our heads down. We made a little run it just didn't turn out the way we wanted it to.”
