UO 53, UW 16 Postgame Quotes
11/07/10 | Football
Oregon vs. Washington
53-16
Eugene, Ore.
Head Coach Chip Kelly
On the game:
“You have to give (Steve Sarkisian) Sark a lot of credit, they came out hard, but we wore them down. You have to play a full 60 minute game. We knew going in that it'd be a big game, Sark does a great job.”
“We preach playing the whole game. You don't get a trophy at halftime. You don't get a trophy after the third quarter.”
At halftime:
“I was excited to see how we could come out and play with the position we were in.”
On Special Teams:
“Josh (Huff) and Cliff (Harris) did some nice things, we're a full team. They were big and they did a nice job.”
On Darron Thomas:
“He missed a couple, but that's the thing about Darron (Thomas), he bounces right back. He gets better every game. I'm really happy where he is at right now. He's one of the great quarterbacks in this league and no one really talks about him.”
On Kenjon Barner being back:
“Our guys are really excited, Kenjon is a special kid.”
On Keith Price:
“I was impressed, he's an athletic kid. For his first start, coming into here, I was real impressed with the kid.”
On holding Washington to 2-16 on third down:
“2-16 on third down, that's the money down, that's a pretty good stat.”
On Nate Costa:
“I don't know what happened. I can't fret about something when I don't know what happened.”
On going to Cal next weekend:
“We're excited about the next challenge, going to Cal.”
On if he was happy with the tempo:
“Yeah, we won, very exciting.”
#54 Jordan Holmes
On the Game:
“That was interesting. We pulled it together and came out with a win. Hats off to UW. They came to play today.”
“We kept chopping away. The tree eventually came down it just took a little longer than usual.”
“We score a lot of points. That's what we're out there to do. It was a sloppy game.”
“I actually didn't experience a whole lot of talking. They were pretty good dudes.”
On Nate Costa's injury:
“It's tough anytime a teammate goes down.”
On if this is still a rivalry:
“Yes. It's a Pacific Northwest thing. They want to run the North; we want to run the North. We came out on top today.”
On stalling the first couple drives:
“We shot ourselves in the foot with penalties.”
“I was trying to tell the team, 'let's calm down, everything's going to be alright'. Some teams are going to come out and play hard just like we do. We feel the pressure a little bit, but Coach Kelly puts us in the right places to make plays.”
On UW:
“They played a good game. We kept the tempo up. Every team is going to give us their best shot. Everyone is going to come out fighting.”
On his individual performance:
“I think I did an ok job.”
On being considered to play in the championship game:
“If we lose a game, we'll be out of the race. We're just taking it game by game.”
#21 LaMichael James
On UW stopping the run:
“They did a great job stopping the run in the first quarter and the second quarter. They did a good job of not missing tackles.”
On the game:
“We really weren't playing up to our standards. You're going to have that adversity when you're playing football. This was a really sloppy game. We had so many penalties.”
On having Kenjon back:
“Kenjon helps me a lot. Even when he wasn't playing last week I think he helps me more than the coaches.”
Can you be disappointed with a 37 point win?:
“No, I wouldn't be disappointed if we won by one. A win is a win.”
On going to Cal:
“We're going to play hard. We're going to pick it up in practice.”
On focusing on the Heisman:
“No, I think about winning games.”
On it being a rivalry game:
“Everybody we play is a rival.”
On being intense:
“I'm pretty intense. My teammates feed off me. We needed a boost.”
Kenjon Barner, RB #24
On being back:
“It felt great. I was a little nervous with it being my first game in weeks. It felt good to be out there and help my team. I got tired a lot faster after being out a month. I have to focus on conditioning. ”
At Halftime:
“We had to bounce back and come out and play our football.”
With what's next with Cal:
“We have to get back to the drawing board and fix the mistakes we made in this game. We have to eliminate the mistakes. We just have to come out and play Oregon football and not make petty and minor mistakes.”
On his first hit:
“I wasn't really nervous. I saw three guys coming and I thought, 'This is how it's going to be huh?' But I didn't think about it much after that. I didn't hesitate because that's how you get hurt.”
On Josh Huff:
“He's great; he was making plays and making people miss.”
On trying to get back on special teams:
“I just have to work hard and win my job back.”
On Washington's team:
“They are an emotional team, they played with great emotion.”
On being a potential National Title Contender:
“It's something I don't think about and I know my teammates don't either.”
Jeff Maehl #23 WR
On game:
“I am happy to come out with a win, we really picked it up. We played the
same game but in the second half teams wear down. It was mostly our fault
for turnovers and stalled drives.”
“We have a lot of resilience and we finish.”
On Kenjon Barner's return:
“I am really happy he got a touchdown. He was nervous because any time
you come off an injury, you are a little scared, but he got in there and got
his feet wet again.”
*WASHINGTON QUOTES
Head Coach Steve Sarkisian
Opening Remarks
“I thought our guys battled, they competed against an excellent football team. I thought we had some real crucial missed opportunities early in the ball game to convert on third down, the touchdown that gets called back for covering up the receiver. I thought our defense played a really nice first half of football. Unfortunately we didn't help ourselves on special teams and when we made the game when we put a little bit of stress or pressure on them or get the turnover and score again there in the third quarter that kickoff return really took a lot of wind out of our sails. That really spun the game back to their favor and got their mojo going and when they got rolling, they were hard to stop.”
On going for the fourth down
“I wanted to keep some momentum on our side. I thought by kicking the field goal, it was a feel-good drive for us. I like going for it, but at that moment I felt like getting three points was big for us.”
On “earning the respect of the opponent”
“I think we played hard. I understand why they are the number one team in the country. They played like it. Everyone wants to continually talk about their offense; it's not just their offense. They are an exceptional special teams team. We knew that coming in and they are very good on defense. That team led the country in creating turnovers more than any other team in the country and I thought we took care of the ball tonight.”
On Quarterback Keith Price
“I thought he battled and competed. There's always going to be plays where I wish our guys could have bailed him out a little and helped him out. There were a couple drops here and there. There's going to be plays when he sees the film, he wishes he could have back. But for his first start, on the road, at Autzen Stadium, against the number one team in the country, I'll take his effort.”
On building confidence for the last games
“I thought what Oregon is excellent at is they will continually wear you down as the game goes on unless you can keep it tight and we were unable to do that. I thought we were much more competitive today than we were the last two weekends or the last six quarters leading up to this ball game. There are some good things to take from that. I thought our defense played with huge hearts. We'll regroup this week and we're heading into the fourth quarter of the season. We've preached a mantra around here since I've gotten here about “Finish.” That's what we will do the final three ball games.”
On Kickoffs
“I thought especially today a couple of those kickoffs bounced to the field. Good returners feel that and understand that. That's the first part of it and the second part of it is we tried a bunch of different kicks but they're going to take advantage of that and they're good at it.”
On being worn down in the second half
“We were exhausted. We didn't help offensively. We couldn't sustain drives on offense to give our defense a rest. The game got in their [Oregon's] control, just the way they like it. They can go fast and wear you out.”
On the mood at halftime
“I think there was a little bit of disappointment that we didn't have the touchdown, but we got the field goal. There was some confidence and some belief there. It was very similar to last year's game in the first half. Again, we had opportunities to have more points that we didn't take advantage of. When you have your chances, you have to capitalize.”
Alameda Ta'amu #74 DT
On hanging with Oregon:
“The Ducks always comes out. Darron kept the ball, and formed some open lanes.”
On mindset at halftime:
“We were still in the game to do this. We came out in the first couple plays with a bang, but I guess the outcome was different.”
“I think they were fast paced and it was too much for us. Too many people got too excited. We kind of ran out of gas.”
On finishing the season:
“The last 3 games we need to stay focused and keep pushing ourselves.”
“Today we stuck together, the sidelines were crazy, and we pushed each other. We just need to stay together and be a unit.”
On atmosphere of Autzen:
“It was not as bad as my freshman year. We have practiced with loud speakers this week so we paid no attention to the crowd. We need to keep holding on to each other. We are a team today and a team for the rest of the year.”
Keith Price #17 QB
On touchdown:
“I knew we had a chance. Coach called the right play. We just kept playing and fighting. We really had nothing to lose. They had more pressure than we did.”
On always smiling:
“I just love the game and I am having fun. I just had a great time and I am looking forward to the future. I am preparing as if I am going to play.”
