University of Louisville Football Post-Game Quotes
September 23, 2006 | Football
Sept. 23, 2006
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UofL Head Coach Bobby Petrino
(Opening statement) "It was a good win, hard fought. It is good to come in here, it is a tough place to play. I certainly see why the wind was a factor in the game. The crowd was great. It was very loud, but very classy. It was an enjoyable game. I think it will help our team. I am very proud of the way our defense played. They played fast and they played aggressive. They made plays and bailed the offense out, when the offense turned the ball over. Offensively, we did not find a rhythm. Throughout the game we had some flashes of how we want to operate. Certainly the first series of the game, being able to take the ball all the way down and score and the first two series of the second half I liked a lot. We got out of sync, they (K-State) did a nice job of giving Hunter (Cantwell) different looks. So you have to take your hat off to their defense who has played well in every game."
(On the Louisville defense) "They just held in there and attacked. We were aggressive and able to get after their quarterback and for the most part stop the run game."
(On the opening drive) "That was one thing we tried to do is to see if we could come out and be aggressive early and hopefully eliminate some of the crowd noise. Their a great crowd, they know what they are doing. They know when to yell, the band should play as long as it can, right up to when the ball is snapped. It was a great drive. We made a mistake on the kickoff return. Not only were we not supposed to come out of the endzone, but he went the wrong way. We showed a lot of poise and (fullback) Brock Bolen helped us a lot today and certainly showed on that first drive."
(On Hunter Cantwell's performance) "He was hot and cold and what happened was, it took us out of our tempo. We're a better offensive football team, when we are playing fast. Sometimes he sat at the line of scrimmage a little bit long and allowed them to talk him into some checks and didn't get to a couple that we wanted. So that is why we weren't as consist as we would have liked to be."
Sophomore Quarterback Hunter Cantwell
(On the Louisville win) "I feel good about getting the win in a tough stadium like this, on the road, against a team like Kansas State, against a pretty good defense. We made some mistakes and we've got to get some things adjusted this week and get better."
(On the K-State defense) "They totally mixed up what they were doing on the defensive side of the ball and I didn't recognize it as quick as I would have liked to. The (Louisville) coaches were great when we got back on the sidelines, saw some things, came back out in the second half and got it rolling a little bit better."
Senior Linebacker Nate Harris
(On the Louisville defense) "We just came out today and finished the whole game. It was a great week of preparation. Everyone was talking about a let down - we knew we weren't going to come out here and let down, after a big win against Miami. Coming into this hostile environment against Kansas State - they're a good team - we just came out here and executed our plays."
(On guarding against a let down) "I just have great confidence in my team. We have great confidence in each other, we knew how much hard work we put in to prepare for this whole game and this whole season. We didn't want to come out here and let down ourselves, our fans and our school."
(On the defense picking up the offense) "Everybody knows about our offense being number one in the nation so (the defense) likes coming out as the underdog - nobody shows us respect. We just come out and play the way we know how to play and show everybody that we can play defense too."
Junior Wide Receiver Harry Douglas
(On the Louisville defense and rebounding from turnovers) "The defense ended up playing really good. They've been playing really well all this year actually, and I'm thankful for that. The defense helps to motivate our whole team. Basically, we just try to get each other pumped up, and let each other know that our defense is there to back us up if we have a mistake here or there."
(On the K-State defense) "They played a lot of cover two and there was no way they should have been able to stop the run so we ran the ball good today. (The K-State defense) was alright, we just didn't execute on offense. The plays were there to make, we just didn't execute."
Senior Defensive End Zach Anderson
(On the K-State passing attack) "They probably watched film and saw that we stopped the run, so they were going to try to throw the ball, but we also put good pressure on the quarterback. We tried to shut down the run and stop them with the pressure."
