Colorado-Texas Quotes
October 11, 2009 | Football
Colorado Quotes
Head Coach Dan Hawkins
On the Texas Longhorns: "We got some turnovers and did a nice job mixing it up. We did a great job stopping their running game. They got one big play on us really, but they're a good football team. You're not going to shut them down."
On how his team played: "I thought the defense played great. We obviously didn't do well on the punt team, and offensively, we gave a pick for a touchdown. So, you've got to put three phases together. When you play a great team like this, your margin of error is going to be pretty small. "
QB Tyler Hansen
On taking off the redshirt: "I feel good. I guess I'm getting kind of used to burning this redshirt (laughing). They came to me last week and gave me a couple of days to decide. It pretty much came down to - I can get an injury tomorrow and never play again. So when you have the opportunity to play, especially in college at the D-1 level in this atmosphere, you take it."
On if he's thought about being benched again and wasting his redshirt: "We're just going to have to see. We'll do whatever's best for the team. I'm ready to get this thing going. I just want to win games."
Tight ends/special teams coach Kent Riddle
On the loss: "It's definitely tough to swallow. It just takes one play, and you've got to be perfect, you really do. Especially against a great team like Texas. It's going to kill you if you're not."
On the punt that Texas blocked: "It cost us the game. It was absolutely an unacceptable performance. That's the nature of special teams; it only takes on play. We let that play happen to us. It should have never happened, and we're going to make sure that it doesn't happen again."
Texas Quotes
Head coach Mack Brown
Opening statement: I'm really excited about the win. You've got to give Colorado credit. It was a tough, hard fought, physical game; one that we really needed going into next week. It's funny that the score last year was 38-14, the score is exactly the same. In fact, after we beat Colorado last year the fans all chanted, "Beat OU," before we could get off the field, and tonight was the same thing.
The first half, I didn't think we played very well. The defense kind of started slow. We deferred because we wanted to get a three-and-out and they took it right down the field and scored. The offense kicked a field goal so it looked like it was going to be one of those games. I'm proud of our defense that they stepped up in the second quarter. The kicking game didn't do much the first half and the offense had horrible field position. I'm really proud of our offense that they came down and scored right before the half. That usually is something that turns games for us; the defense had a stop and the offense came in and scored. I'm really proud of the defensive effort and the kicking game in the second half. Duane Akina is the best in the country at blocking kicks, punts and returning punts for touchdowns, just unbelievable. I'm disappointed in our kickoff returns. It was a big battle with their coverage and our returns. I think we had two that we didn't do what we normally do.
Colt (McCoy) was unbelievable. You've got to give Colt so much credit for what he did. The protection was really good. I'm disappointed in the running game because we worked on it so hard and I don't know what happened. We'll have to look at it tomorrow and see what happened. Tre' (Newton) got hurt and he came out. We couldn't put him back in, and Vondrell (McGee) obviously hurt his shoulder and didn't go back in. Those two didn't get to play very much because of injuries and we'll just have to look at where they are for next week.
On the first half: We made mistakes. We had 215 yards of total offense and 41 plays to their 26 at halftime, so we did a lot of good things. The things we emphasized this week - scoring in the red zone and trying to run the ball and be more physical - we're not doing well. Those are things that will get our kids attention.
On rushing the ball 25 times tonight: It's really hard. They were just going to be stubborn and maybe I was trying to out-stubborn (Colorado). They did a good job. They were not going to let us run the ball. They were going to use a lot of twists and movement up front. I just wanted to run it some. I think that will help us next week. We don't want to get in a game where we put so much pressure on Colt (McCoy) that he has to throw every play. We'd like to have some runs. If you just go into a game like this that you're probably going to win and throw it every time, come out happy, and don't get to work on anything for next week then you're in a tougher spot.
QB Colt McCoy
On the team's performance: It's a team game, and I didn't feel like we played bad all night. Our defense played lights out, and our special teams played really well. It was a solid team win.
On the OU game: It's another conference match-up. We're going to enjoy this win, and go to work tomorrow.
On the score at the end of the first half following the turnover: (The turnover) shouldn't happen at all, but we came back and produced in the second half. We just have to continue to get better and focus on our running game.
DT Lamarr Houston
On Colorado's scoring drive to start the game: There were just some things coming out there and Colorado is a good football team. I hope people see that. They capitalized on our mistakes, and we had to go back and fix it.
