Western Carolina at Louisville Quotes
September 08, 2001 | Football
Sept. 8, 2001
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Louisville Head Coach John L. Smith "We weren't as sloppy as we had been (on offense), we just didn't get enough snaps. We were more sloppy on the defensive side. We didn't get into the alignments or get into the techniques like we should be doing. Special teams were a positive. We returned one for six. "T.J. had a good game except for putting the ball on the ground. You're not going to play running back at this school if you put the ball on the ground and that's what he did twice. So he better learn to hang on to it or its going to be his last game. Henry (Miller) ran well. ""
Western Carolina Head Coach Bill Bleil
"We gave up two big plays, one in the kicking game and one on a pass play. There were too many mistakes and you've got to put points on the board against a good team like Louisville. U of L has great talent and if you let them get on top, they're tough to come back on
"We ran the ball because of the young (Louisville) defensive tackles and because we have two good running backs. But they still stopped us defensively."
(on Illinois, Louisville's next opponent) "This is a good football team. That had to be a ho-hummer today for them because that's one that they should win. If you win by two it's not enough and if you win by a hundred, it's too much. They're good. The last time we faced them out here, they pounded us. They made us look like a bad football team."
Fred Boateng, Western Carolina Running Back
"We knew we had to run the ball tonight in order to be successful. We were just a little off key. We feel we played better tonight than we did last week, because it was our first game then."
Deion Branch, Louisville senior wide receiver
(On his punt return for TD) "I didn't do anything. There was a great wall in front of me. The coaches put together a good scheme, all I had to do was run.
(on the work accomplished over the last week) "We worked on the things we had to, but we didn't come out mentally ready."
T.J. Patterson, sophomore running back
"After the first run, we saw the running game was open. The O-line worked hard all week on the run."
