TCU-UNT Postgame Quotes
9/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 21, 2002
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TCU Postgame Quotes
TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson
On the Victory
"Fortunately, our defense was better than theirs. We held them to less than 200 yards, and I'm happy about that. We just need to find a way to score one more point (than the opponent) and that's what we did tonight. I don't think we're playing our best football yet. I'm proud of the groups that went out on both sides of the ball."
On Quarterback Tye Gunn
"We knew that Tye was going to play in the second half anyway. He came in and didn't wait to throw the ball. It (Gunn's 29-yard scramble) was the turning point in the ballgame."
On the Offense
"Right now we have a makeshift offensive line and it showed tonight. In the future we need to do a better job of coming right out of the box. We need to put the ball in the hands of people who can make plays."
TCU Wide Receiver Adrian Madise
On the Game
"We knew that we would have to fight until the end. Defense wins championships and defense wins big games. We trust (quarterback) Sean (Stilley) and we trust Tye (Gunn). When Sean went out, we knew that Tye was ready."
TCU Quarterback Tye Gunn
On Coming Into the Game
"It was very nervewracking and I could have probably thrown a better ball, but I started out too conservatively. I don't want to play so conservatively, I just want to do what it takes to win."
TCU Defensive Tackle John Turntine
On North Texas
"They did exactly what Coach Patterson said they would do. The playmakers just had to step up and play."
North Texas Postgame Quotes
North Texas Head Coach Darrell Dickey
On the Defensive Effort
"There were two pretty good defenses out there. Obviously it was a defensive-minded game out there tonight. Neither team did a whole lot offensively."
On the 3-3 Halftime Score
"We felt like it was still anybody's ballgame. (In the second half) they outexecuted and outphysicaled us. It was their defensive front against our offensive front."
On the Offense
"The problem offensively was that we couldn't protect our quarterback. We had four or five plays where we had guys open, but didn't have time to throw it. We knew they were going to come after our quarterback. In a game like this you need to make one or two plays, and they had a couple of them."
North Texas Quarterback Andrew Smith
On the Offense
"We had a lot of just misses. We had some missed opportunities out there. We had some chances (after turnovers), and we have to capitalize on them. We just didn't get the plays we needed. Defensively, we played a great game."
On the Season
"As soon as we gel, we'll have a great offense. We just have to keep playing. I'm getting used to college football. It usually takes a longer time for the offense to get going than it does for the defense. TCU is a great team, but so are we."
North Texas Linebacker Chris Hurd
On the Defense "We've always had a good defense. We have guys that will step up and play. We have good depth."
On Containing TCU
"None of us thought that they would run up and down the field on us. We played good sound defense. We have confidence in ourselves. We just didn't make the one big play to change the game."
