TCU at Louisville Quotes
October 21, 2002 | Football
Oct. 19, 2002
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Louisville Head Coach John L. Smith
"As a coach, I've never been quite so embarassed. We better take a look at what we're doing and see if we can make some improvements. It's our fault as coaches. We better get them prepared."
"It comes down to playing with emotion. How can you walk onto the field and play with no emotion? None. They're in high speed, we're in low speed. That's beyond me. The game is emotional. We didn't play a different game plan in the second half than we did in the first half. You have to execute. We've got to get our players excited about the game, and that lies with us (the coaches)."
"We're a group of undisciplined, all 'me' and 'I' guys. That's not what we preach in this program. Some of us have gotten a lot of pats on the back and are full of ourselves. We've got to take a look in the mirror and see how selfish we are."
Senior wide receiver Damien Dorsey
"They didn't show us anything that we hadn't worked on. Man-for-man, they just beat us. I'm embarassed by the whole situation."
Senior quarterback Dave Ragone
"We fought back the second half. This is one of those losses that you have to extract the good things and burn the rest. We still have a goal to win the conference championship. We've chosen to do it the hard way and we know what we have ahead of us."
(on Damien Dorsey) "He stepped it up. He really helped out when I was scrambling. He sees the zone well. He had some choice words to say to the team at halftime. He gives his all out there."
Senior defensive end Devon Thomas
"Forty-five points at home is embarrassing. We had a good scheme, it just came down to individuals. 250 yards rushing is ridiculous. They just handed it to us. It's the same thing they did to us last year."
Senior running back Henry Miller
(on the team not being ready) "When you're ready to play, you feel it in the locker room and you know it. When you don't have that feeling and you see others around you without that feeling, you know it's going to be a long game."
"This team produces when our backs are against the wall. This game is over and we still want to win a conference championship. You could tell coming out of the locker room at halftime that we would play better."
Senior safety Anthony Floyd
"We just played horribly in the first half. We had a lack of communication in the secondary in the first half. We did a better job against the passing game in the second half."
TCU Head Coach Gary Patterson
"I didn't expect this. They're a good football team. We feel lucky coming out of this. I wouldn't want to play them 10 times. Besides everything that's been said this week, I have the highest respect for John L. Smith and his program."
"I thought the biggest key in this ball game was even though we gave up the blocked punt, that we didn't allow a big punt return or big kickoff return. Even though we gave up some field position, we didn't let them take it to the house. I was really worried because they've done that to a lot of people this year. They've got some good skilled people that can make things happen and you worry about those kind of people when you play them."
