Arizona State-Oregon Postgame Quotes
Junior starting MLB John Bacon out for the season with torn ACL.
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“I don’t think we played a perfect game in any way, shape, or form. We had too many penalties, and we weren’t in-sync early with our quarterback and running backs. We gave up a lot of yards, but we were able to force turnovers in the red zone that were huge. Our defense has been playing with great pride this year.”
“We needed to get pressure on their quarterback. They are a good receiving crew, and pressure was our answer.”
“We thought we could do some things with the play-action
pass. They didn’t give us too much pressure, and Dennis (
On Dennis Dixon’s injury:
“Dennis is going to be fine. It was just a mild knee strain, and he had a thigh bruise on that same leg from earlier in the game. I think he could have gone back in, but we are comfortable with our depth at that position. He would have gone back in if we felt he was needed.”
“If you lose your starting middle linebacker, and turn the ball over on a key play, and you still win, that’s a good sign.”
“Our depth has hit the bottom. We don’t have many more linebackers and wide receivers.”
On Dennis Dixon’s Heisman run:
“He is very important to our football team and to our football program, and he deserves every accolade he can get.”
On the upcoming bye week:
“It is a blessing. We have a couple of guys dinged up that might have been a problem if we had to play this week. The rest will give them time to get healthy.”
“I challenged our football team, players and coaches, at halftime to be the better second half team, and I was pleased with how they responded.”
On the Autzen crowd:
“Our crowd is very knowledgeable. They know when to cheer, and when to be quiet, and what teams to root for.”
“It’s an exciting win. We knew
“Jumping on a team lets them know that we’re here to play. It shows a lot about the character of the team. The defense didn’t let them get in the endzone.”
“We’ve been showing resolve lately. Guys have been stepping up. We’ve had an unbelievable amount of injuries.”
“I know that the team and fans have a lot of confidence in me. Those touchdowns help me feel a little better and more comfortable on the field.”
“Our defense was awesome. If I wasn’t getting there, it was Will [Tukuafu] of Kwame [Agyeman].”
“A lot of it was our offense jumping ahead and forcing them to throw, and the defensive backs were playing great.”
“Our offense is like a big ball. Once we get rolling, it’s hard to stop us.”
“I’m feeling good. I got a little banged up, but I have two weeks to prepare. When I jogged off the field, I knew I was OK.”
“It was a shocker to me. That defense is really talented. We just had to take what they gave us.”
“We threw in a lot of blitzes. We just tried to confuse them and get to the quarterback.”
ASU Head Coach Dennis
Erickson:
“I have to give
“I think a lot of people underestimate their defense because they have so many stars on offense, but their defense is pretty tough too.”
“I thought we had opportunities offensively in the first half but we were settling for field goals instead of touchdowns and I think that was the biggest difference.”
“We will definitely fight back. This was a hard loss but this is also a tough place to play; we’re not going to fake that, they just have a great crowd.”
In the red zone:
“I don’t think we ran the ball like we needed to inside the 10. We’ve been good in the red zone all year just not today. But there were a number of things that we did not do successfully and if we had we would have won.”
How does ASU respond
to their first loss?
“I think we’ll respond well to a loss but we’ll find out next week in LA. There are still a lot of opportunities and a lot to play for so there’s no doubt in my mind that they’ll respond in a positive way.”
#12 QB Rudy Carpenter
“Autzen is a tough place to play, but overall, I think we did a good job. We played hard.”
“There won’t be a let down next week.”
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#76 C Mike Pollack
“We had a lot of opportunities in the running game that we didn’t take advantage of.”
“The noise was not an issue for us. We had practiced all week for this, and we only had one false start.”
“We have a lot of guys on the team who know how to come back
from losses. We will have everything fixed by next week when we play UCLA.”
“It just comes down to execution. We did those plays a
million times in practice; we just had a tough time executing our techniques.”
#14
“We had a rough time defending their offense. We gave up a lot of big plays and that’s what hurt us.”
“We did feel like we could come back and win the game. Unfortunately, we gave up another big play and the comeback fell out of reach.”
#28 PK Thomas Weber
“It was disappointing missing the first field goal, but you just have to bounce back and hit the next one like I did. You have to get out of your head.”
“I am up for sticking with the dual role but it’s all up to
the coaches. Coach Erickson knows what he wants and I’ll do what they tell me
to.”
