Postgame Quotes
Western Carolina at Chattanooga
Chattanooga, Tenn. - Finley Stadium
Oct. 15, 2011
Chattanooga Head Coach Russ Huesman
Opening statement:
"It just feels good to get a win. We needed a win. It seems
like forever since we won a football game here. I know it feels good. I think
we played excellent in all three phases: offense, defense, kicking game.
Probably other than maybe one kickoff return by them, I thought we played
really well in all phases and got a lot of guys in the game. It was a really
nice win for us. I'm really proud of our guys."
On moving the ball and
scoring on the opening drive of the game:
"It was huge for us to have that success early and to pop the
first one. That was probably as critical of a situation as there was in the
game to have that happen early. I think what happened was that people thought
that what we'd been practicing may work this week. I thought Terrell played
really well. He's got to learn he can't take 10 and 15 yard sacks. He can't do
it. There's just no way. It's going to come back to bite us. That's something
he's got to learn in practice. We'll get him better."
On the play of the defense:
"They were excellent. Adam Fuller did an unbelievable job.
We've got guys that can make plays. The caused fumbles, Consiglio scooping and
scoring, DJ scoring; we've got good defensive players. Adam is putting them in
great position and doing a fantastic job with them. I thought we got after
their quarterback most of the day. I was really proud."
Western Carolina Head Coach Dennis Wagner
Opening Statement:
"I was disappointed. It was the most disappointing loss of
our season. We got outplayed tonight, and we didn't do some things very well, I
thought. Our offensive line has done a good job most of the season, but they
didn't come to play. We couldn't run the ball we couldn't pass protect. We put
our defense on the field a lot, and there some critical third down situations
where Chattanooga couldn't get off the field. It is a combination of
Chattanooga playing well and we didn't."
On the loss of junior guard Teddy Rhoney due to injury:
"It's a huge loss but we have to pick up the slack and go. We've got guys who have played before. Teddy is one of our better guys, but we're going to have to rely on guys like Roy Peterson and Dan Polaski to give us our lead."
On the absence of sophomore wide receiver Deja Alexander:
"It shouldn't have made that big of a difference. Obviously you like to have your best receiver on the field, but it shouldn't make that big of a difference."
On the defensive play of Chattanooga:
"Right now everything is kind of a blur. They probably scored off of three different turnovers. There was a scoop-and-score on a fumble, an interception for a touchdown and there might have been a third one."
On what Western Carolina has to do after the loss:
"You have to regroup. I told our guys there are still five games left in the season, and it will be a true test of our character to see what we're all about. Defensively we're going to play an option team that every week has gotten better and better. They proved that today against Appalachian and they're one of the top defenses in the conference. Each week we play we play one of the top defenses, and Chattanooga proved that tonight. We're going to have to play well offensively and there are a lot of things we have to get better on fast."
