TCU-Colorado State Postgame Quotes
10/2/2010 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 2, 2010
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POSTGAME QUOTES
No. 5 TCU 27, Colorado State 0
Fort Collins, Colo. (Hughes Stadium)
Oct. 2, 2010
Attendance: 22,553
TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson
General Comments:
"Down the road if we play that way in a place like Utah, we aren't going to win a conference title. When you go on the road you've got to have attention to detail. You've got to score touchdowns, not field goals. But we did what we needed to do. Defensively we played a lot better today. We played some good offenses in the first four weeks - at least three of them. So we're very happy about where we're at right now. We're glad anytime we can go on the road and win. You've got to give a lot of credit to Colorado State's defense. I thought they played hard. They did some things scheme-wise that really bothered us in the first half. We made some adjustments, came out and made some good plays. You've got to find a way to win on the road. This is the biggest win we've had coming to Colorado in the last couple of years, also the one that had the most sunshine. "
On the TCU rushing attack:
"Well, you know, we can run the football. We've got good backs. Andy (Dalton) does a good job with the reads and everything else. Bottom line to it is: You've got to score points. Yards don't make any difference. We did what we needed to do today. They know that they've got to play better, they know what it's all about, and we'll get ready to go."
On the effect of injuries on TCU:
"We didn't bring a couple guys. We didn't bring Alex Ibiloye, our starting weak safety. We had some guys banged up. Jake Kirkpatrick, our starting center, wasn't 100 percent. There were other guys like that, but I was pretty proud of the guys that stepped up to play. The hard part about that is when you come on the road, you only bring 64 in this league so you've got to get ready to play, but overall I was happy with our production."
On defensive strategy during the game:
"We did what we did. We man-blitzed, we zone-blitzed, then we played base defense and changed coverages. But they did what they needed to do. Their starter was out for the day, then we saw their running back come out early in the game so they had to start throwing the ball a lot more when they got behind, but we played them about the same."
On tailback Ed Wesley:
"Last year he was an outside runner. This year he's been a guy who's actually gone inside to get yards and actually taken some hard hits. And he's only a sophomore so we're really excited. All of those guys are younger guys who sought more reps. You're going to have a younger quarterback next year when Andy graduates, so we've got to have running backs ready to run the football and we need to have an offensive line. So we'll see how everybody develops in the next seven ballgames."
On what he noticed from his defense's performance:
"We had a lot better accountability. We were giving up a couple of easy touchdowns, which we haven't done the last couple of games. But we have to play hard. That's the biggest thing is to play hard. We've got to keep trusting each other. We kept rotating guys, especially up front and it helped."
On tailback Matthew Tucker:
"The thing I like is how hard he ran on the one play on the sideline. He ran through a tackle. Those are the things you like to see a bigger back do, which I didn't think he did a year ago."
On running game carrying the offense:
"That's our deal. We run the football. We play great defense. And with a senior quarterback we've been able to throw the football. I was glad to see Andy break the (touchdown) record; he got his touchdown but those things don't really make much difference to me until after the end of the season. Then you worry about them."
TCU sophomore linebacker Tanner Brock
On what was working for TCU defensively:
"Our coach came up with a great scheme. Colorado State is a heavy-running team and we planned for that. It ended up working out."
TCU senior quarterback Andy Dalton
On halftime adjustments:
"Well, we kind of knew what they were doing, we just had to go out and execute. We just did a lot better job of that in the second half."
On his many career milestones:
"I'm not really noticing that. It's not really something that I focus on or think about. I mean, it's a good honor to get all the different things, but it's not what I'm focused on."
On TCU's running game:
"The running game has done well all year, and it kind of sets up the passing game. When the passing game wasn't working well, the running game was, and that's how we have to have it."
On wide receiver Jeremy Kerley:
"We find ways to get him the ball, whether it be in the passing game or the running game. He's also doing an unbelievable job in the return game. He's a dominating player, and we can do a lot with him."
On TCU's defense:
"It's awesome to have a defense like ours, especially coming out and holding them to a shutout. That's pretty tough to do. Our defense did a great job today."
TCU senior wide receiver Jimmy Young
On his touchdown:
"It was a play that we had practiced all week. When the safety came down, I just went straight upfield and was wide open. We just executed well and scored off of it."
TCU sophomore tailback Ed Wesley
On the difference in the offense in the second half:
"The pep talk from Coach (Patterson). Coach P. pretty much just said how it needed to be said. We have to stop starting off slow, and he said that we have to beat those guys up."
On TCU's running game:
"It's all because we have an older group of offensive linemen. We've got two All-Americans, and when they get up there and they have something in mind that they want to do, it's pretty hard to stop them."
On being compared to LaDainian Tomlinson:
"It's pretty crazy to me. I grew up as a LaDainian Tomlinson fan. Anywhere mentioned with his name is pretty awesome to me. LaDainian is the greatest player to ever play at TCU, and the fact that someone would even place my name in the same sentence as his just makes me feel so happy."
On offensive struggles in the first half:
"Really this is only our second away game, and we just had to get in the groove of playing away from our fans. We really have to pump each other up, lean on each other, and get going faster."
On first game away from Texas:
"It's just a different environment, and it's just getting used to that. Next time we play away, we will have it instilled in our minds that we won't let it happen again, so that will be a learning tool."
On TCU's defense pulling the weight the first half:
"It's TCU defense. It's always been like that, and it's probably always going to be like that. Really, we just have to come out faster offensively. We have to come out with the mindset that we're going to score every time."
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