Northwestern at Nevada, Friday, Sept. 22, 2006 Nevada quotes
Nevada head coach Chris Ault
On the defense:
“Both teams played hard and both teams took advantage of certain circumstances.”
“In the fourth quarter we played excellent defense, and Joey (Garcia) made the play of the game and that’s the difference.”
On the offense:
“Offensively speaking I thought we were very sluggish in the second half. I was really disappointed with the way we responded in the second half.”
On the game:
“The difference in a ball game is in turnovers. We’ve been on the other end of the spectrum and we were able to convert those points. No question about it, that’s the difference.”
“That first quarter was a little rough on us with some penalties. We were fighting some things there.”
“This is a monumental win for this university.”
On Joe Garcia:
“The sign of a good athlete is someone who comes back from adversity and makes plays, Joey did that.”
Joey Garcia
On his 2nd interception:
“I read the quarterback and got a really good jump on the ball.”
“I owed everybody one. I tried to read everything as well as I could. I was waiting for my time to make a play and it came right there at the end.”
Matt Hines
On the defensive line:
“We are focusing on making big plays out there and having an affect on the football game.”
“We just dug down deep and found a way to make a play.”
Robert Hubbard
“I just went out there and ran hard, I didn’t do anything spectacular or special.”
“I have always had confidence in us as a team and I thought we were a great team. We just came together and played as a team.”
Northwestern at Nevada
Friday, Sept. 22, 2006
Northwestern quotes
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald
On the game:
“Obviously I’m very proud of my players, we came back, battled back in the second half to get the game right there in reach. Obviously the self-inflicted wounds that we had upon ourselves were very difficult to overcome today.”
On the turnovers:
“You can’t turn the ball over and expect to win against a good football team. I thought our defense went out and fought hard. We almost had a big play there, but almost in football usually means you lose. That’s what happened today against a very good football team and I give them a lot of credit. They took advantage of those opportunities, and when you can do that and capitalize and have 24 points on turnovers that obviously is tough to overcome.”
On Jeff Rowe:
“Jeff Rowe is an NFL caliber player. He can make big plays, and obviously his offense is built around him executing, and getting the throw on time. He’s a big time player, he’s a great talent and he runs the offense extremely well.”
Northwestern Player quotes
Mike Kafka, QB:
On turnovers:
“We turned the ball over too much. We can’t have that. They (turnovers) were the only thing that was going to kill us. That’s the bottom line, turnovers.”
Adam Kadela, LB:
On pre-conference performance:
“We’re definitely not satisfied with a 2-2 record. We never want to lose, and we aren’t ever satisfied with losing. In terms of these past couple of weeks, I am very proud of our progress on defense and as a team.”
