TCU - Oklahoma Postgame Quotes
9/28/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 28, 2008
TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson
Opening Statement:
"What you can say is that Oklahoma has been here before. Bottom line is that they played at a high level and we didn't. We can't give up big plays and expect to win ball games. A lot of that was my fault. We were trying to blitz and get into some fourth downs and make them punt and they made big plays. When we quit doing that, we played better defense. But you have got to give them the credit, they went out and did the things they needed to do and got some takeaways they needed. They got ready to play."
On missed opportunities:
"When you play agianst good team you can't turn the ball over and you can't have penalties. You can't play at second-and-15. We have been talking about that for two weeks."
On his team:
"This is the second time we have played the best in the Big 12 and we only played a half. I believe this is a very good football team at TCU. I believe that before it is all said and done, if they decide to play four quarters and compete when they go on the road, they will win a lot of football games."
On OU's game:
"They are very deserving. In this day and age if you win all your football games you deserve the right. They have a good football team. They had a off week and they got themselves fresh and did a great job. You have got to give Bob Stoops and his staff some credit. They were prepared for some stuff that we did and they played great in the red zone."
On OU offense:
"They came out to play and we didn't match it and when we did stop them on the first drive we jumped offsides. They are very athletic. I think what they are doing on offense with the hurry-up, is going to cause a lot of teams some problems. Just the tempo of their offense bothered us."
TCU Senior Linebacker Jason Phillips
On what he thought about the game early on:
"I don't think that we came out with as much passion as we have in the last couple of weeks. I believe we let them get up 21 or 28 points pretty early, and you can't do that against a team like Oklahoma. They are too good"
On if they shot themselves in the foot at all:
"Yeah, there were some thing that we could have done early. You have to give it to Bradford, he made some great throws, but I think we could have helped ourselves out a little by paying a little more attention to detail early."
On what made Bradford so tough:
"His throwing ... he made some really good deep throws. I think they caught us on two or three of those, when we were putting pressure on him early. He just sat in there and threw them perfectly."
On what the difference between the first and second half was:
"I think it was just the fact that we were down pretty badly. I don't know if we had to wake up or what, but we came out in the second half and played better. When you allow Oklahoma 28 points in the first half, it's going to be tough to catch up."
TCU Sophomore Quarterback Andy Dalton:
On the first half:
"We came out slow, and that didn't help us out any. Usually we pride ourself on starting strong, especially this year. I think a lot of us were over anxious to play this game because this was a big game for us. Starting slow in the first half hurt.
On seeing Okalhoma in person:
"OU is a great team and they have proved it the way they have won games this season. They deserve all the credit, they are a great team."
On Sam Bradford:
"He does a great job. He has a lot of weapons to use, and he finds a way to use them all. He makes big plays, and he does a great job in that offense."
On what they found out about themselves:
"We never quit. In the fourth quarter, we were still driving and trying to score every time. Thats good to see."
