TCU Postgame Quotes
10/23/2004 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 23, 2004
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TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson
On the defense's performance
"In general, we kept them out of the end zone. Anytime you hold somebody to field goals, you're going to be successful."
On cornerback Drew Coleman's performance
"It was nice to see Drew Coleman out there tonight. He made a couple big plays."
On running back Lonta Hobbs' status for next week
"He's fine. We were going to put him in today if we needed him, but Kenny Boyd came in and got the job done."
On running back Robert Merrill
"He's finally getting himself into shape. He's had the bad hamstring and he's had a problem with asthma and he is finally starting to work past it."
On the upcoming games
"We've got to go on the road and play a team (Cincinnati) that's obviously good on defense because Memphis has a good offense. If you look at the scores of those games today, we've got Cincinnati, Tulane and Southern Miss ahead. We've got a lot of work ahead of us."
TCU Cornerback Mark Walker
On the pass coverage
"Of course we're happy (about tonight's performance). Anytime you play a team, you want to hold them down. And to hold a team like UH to 58 passing yards in the first half, that's good. It's a plus for us."
On the difference in tonight's performance
"Everybody did their jobs. We didn't overplay. We trusted each other and got the job done."
On Drew Coleman
"He played good tonight. Coming off the knee injury, he came out and got some big hits and got an interception."
On the togetherness of the team tonight
"It's something we worked on all week. It varies from time to time, but this week we hung out together as a team. We went to watch `Friday Night Lights' on Thursday. It builds team chemistry when you hang out and it builds the trust that has been lacking on the team. I think in the second half of the season you'll see a better defense."
TCU Quarterback Tye Gunn
On getting back on the field
"Obviously I hate to see Brandon go down. We literally talked about it hours before the game about him sliding. It felt good to get back out there and I felt comfortable from the get-go."
On tonight's game
"It definitely felt like last year. The `O' played well and the defense played well. UH is capable of scoring a lot more points than they did tonight."
On Robert Merrill
"I was proud of him. I don't know what he did, but his running style changed back to the old Robert. He made some good moves out there."
On getting his feet underneath him
"After you get back out there and you take a few hits, it gets you back in the game. Obviously I don't like to take the hits, but it gets you in the game."
On the team's most complete game of the season
"As a team we played great. John Braziel punted great, we had some good returns, and the `O' played well at times."
TCU Linebacker Martin Patterson
On the criticism of the defense "Anytime you play collectively, that's what you expect. I'm proud of everyone out there."
On going out together as a team
"Anytime you do things like that, it helps. It creates a type of brotherhood. It's something you should do as a team. We weren't playing as a family. It was always `O' or `D' or special teams."
TCU Wide Receiver Cory Rodgers
On the team going out together
"It's really frustrating to lose. As a team you look at things and question yourselves. Thursday night was about us being teammates having fun. It was a way for us to let them know that you're there for them. When you're losing, you're looking for what went wrong. Now we just know we have to play hard for our teammates and not look at the scoreboard."
On Robert Merrill's performance
"I loved it. He got his spark back."
On the touchdown
"They were playing a lot of people in the box. Coach said we should try to beat them deep and Tye (Gunn) made a great throw."
On what it means to play against Houston
"I went to high school against some of the guys and played against some of them for four years. It's a bragging rights thing for me. It'll last awhile. I get fired up for every game, but especially against Houston."
Houston Coach Art Briles
On the injury to TCU quarterback Brandon Hassell
"They are both exceptional quarterbacks (Hassell and Tye Gunn), so they never miss a lick when the other enters the game."
On Houston's offense
"I don't think I did a good job moving the ball. We had good field position all game and we should have come away with more points. The offense had a hard time finding a flow."
On the TCU team
"It's not like TCU is a bad team, they've been through a lot of wars together. Coach (Gary) Patterson has been here for seven years and he has those guys prepared. They are a good ball team."
Houston Running Back Anthony Evans
On the offense getting going late
"I think sometimes we have to have something to wake us up. We need to learn to start off early in the game instead of when we fall behind by 14 points."
On the running and passing attacks
"We wanted to do what we do every week. We try to go with what's there. Passing the ball we had good pass protection, we just had trouble getting our receivers open."
Houston Linebacker Wade Koehl
On TCU's option game
"We were missing our assignments all game. We just didn't make plays tonight."
On the Houston defense
"Our defense has to be more consistent. They took advantage of our mistakes tonight. It's too far along in our season for us to make these mistakes."
