Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga at Wofford
Gibbs Stadium
Spartanburg, S.C.
Nov. 20, 2010

Head Coach Russ Huesman
Opening Statement:
"We did not play well. We did not coach well. I feel bad for the seniors and told them that in there [locker room]. We did not send them out the right way, but this program has made an unbelievable amount of progress in two years because of those guys in that room. I am proud of them. This is not what we wanted obviously, but we will regroup and be better next year."

On the overall on the season:
"I told them that it wasn't a failure. I told them exactly that and mapped it out for them. I told them that they were 6-5 last year and nobody expected that. We got better this year. Our record was better this year and we got better. As long as we are making strides and getting better every year, we are on the right track."      

On the play today:
"We did not play well and were tentative when the ball was in the air. They popped the one early and probably never should have popped that one. We had 11 guys out there and that is all that we can play with. That is all we got and did not have a whole lot to come in. I don't know. We will watch the film and see what happened, but our kids have played hard all year. I am proud of them."

On being this close to making the playoffs:
"Any loss is disappointing. Every single solitary loss that we have or ever will have is disappointing and gut wrenching. This one is no different. This was a loss. We did not play well. It is the same as losing to Appalachian State. It is the same gut wrenching feeling and it hurts just as much in there as it did for App., Elon and anybody that we loss to. They are all the same. A loss is a loss no matter when it happens, how it happens. This one is no different."

On things being out of sorts:
"I think that was true on both sides of the ball. They did some really good things on offense and kept us off balance. They are good. We will get better. We have everyone back on defense but Buster [Skrine] and [Jaron] Norfleet, so we should be better. Offensively, we lose some really good key players, but we have a lot of playmakers back. We will be better next year. I guarantee it."

Junior Quarterback B.J. Coleman
On the fumble at the goal line:
"They are a good football team. Tip your hat to them, don't take anything away from them. Wofford did a great job and had a great game plan. I felt like that we had a good plan. We executed it early for a short time, but could not get in a good rhythm and set into what we wanted to do. It is going to bite you against a good team like this. We wish them well in the playoffs. Our men, I am so proud of them. They have busted their rear ends all year. They have created this and the Mocs will be back. That is a cool thing to be able to say. Where we were a couple of years ago, we were not even contending. These guys to be where we they are now is a phenomenal feat. I am very proud of these men."

On the some of the overthrows early:
"I take full responsibility. Their three men down front did a good job of getting in some windows and did not want to throw some costly turnovers early, so for a couple of times I would not mind saying that I am high every now and again. For the most part, they did a good job of keep us out of sync. Sometimes there is days that you just don't have it. Today, I take full responsibility. It is a definate learning tool and we will get better."

Junior Wide Receiver Joel Bradford
On the game today:
"Give credit to Wofford. They had a great game plan. We shot ourselves in the foot a bunch of times, but give credit to Wofford, they are a great football team."

On having a hard time getting the offense started:
"They had a great scheme and everything, but they played coverages that we went against before. We ran with the same pass concepts before. I don't know what was happening. We just were not connecting. Today was not a day for us to connect on all the passes that we were doing. Running the ball was okay and we get to the one foot line and fumble. It was just that things did not go our way.We knew against Furman that we were down 20-plus points. We were trying to come back. We had  the same attitude because we have been here before. Lets just keep doing our thing, connect, run the ball and protect. The defense is going to make stops and things just did not go our way."

On being proud of the finish this season:
"I will tell you one thing. This 6-5 season does not feel like we were 6-5. I feel like we lost two games. It is a weird feeling, but this season for me at a personal level I take more responsibility."