Colorado University Athletics
Colorado-Stanford Quotes
vs
Weber State
Sep 12 (Sat)
1:30 PM
Colorado Players
OLB Carson Wells
ON GETTING OFF THE FIELD ON THIRD DOWN- “We know that is the money down. We have to get off the field on third down. That was the game plan coming in to stop the run and get off the field on third down.”ON CLOSING OUT GAMES- “We just have to finish. My heart can't take those anymore. We have to learn how to finish.”
ON DEFENDING THE SCREEN PLAY- “We practiced that all week. I should have had a pick on that one. We knew we were going to get them after the game last week.”
ON STEPPING IN FOR INJURED PLAYERS - “We just play for each other. That’s all it is. We know it is the next man up mentality. Everybody prepares like they are the starter so when the starter does go down they can step in and there is no slack.”
ON THE DEFENSE- “We just play ball. If they can't score, they can't win. That is our mentality. We don't want to let them in the red zone, but once we let them in the red zone (we try to) just hold them to field goals. That was a point of emphasis going into the week. I feel like we did a good job of that in the first half. We have to do better in the second half.”
ON PLAYING IN A NEAR EMPTY STADIUM- “You just have to bring your own energy. That is the mindset. We knew that coming in. Last week, we had 500 people. That is not much more (than today). It didn't make a difference. We just knew we had to bring our own energy and come out and start fast.”
QB Sam Noyer
ON BEING 2-0- “2-0 is a great feeling. That wasn't the prettiest win, but at the end of the day, a W is a W. We just have to build off this and keep it going.”ON THE OFFENSE- “We know we have to correct some things and clean some things up. There were some mental errors there. We got the ball rolling. As the game went on, we started rolling as an offense and our defense did a great job of getting the ball back.”
ON WR DIMITRI STANLEY- “Dimitri is a great player. You guys saw that last game and this game. Dimitri will make plays, whether it is a five-yard dump off and take it to the house, like you saw today, or a long-ball across the middle. Dimitri is fearless. He goes out there and plays hard every single game. All of our guys can do that. You saw spurts of it throughout the game. You are going to continue to see spurts of it going forward.”
ON OC DARRIN CHIAVERINI AND QB COACH DANNY LANGSDORF- “Coach Chiaverini has done a great job. He is a motivator. He is a very strong motivator. He does a great job of preparing us throughout the week and going into the game and so does Coach (Danny) Langsdorf. Coach Langsdorf does a really good job in the quarterback room and with the offense overall. Both of those guys together do a really great job. You guys can expect to see that keep going and keep growing.”
ON GOING FORWARD- “We are going to keep going. 2-0 is a great feeling and we want to get to 3-0. We have to go back and watch the film to correct those mistakes. We have something going here and something great going here. We are building something special with Coach Dorrell and this team. Everyone is buying in. Guys are having fun out there. it is good to see that again. I haven't seen that in a couple of years. Guys are really enjoying being out there on the sideline. Everybody wants to win and you see it from the fourth-string all the way up to the first-string. That is a good feeling and is something we are going to continue to see going forward.”
ON DEPTH- “Coach talks about it all the time. He puts up that phrase, “Next Man Up”. That is exactly what happened when someone went down. We had two guys go down and the next guy was up. That is exactly what you saw. People stepped in and got their jobs done. They don't hesitate. They come in there and are comfortable and prepared just as we are. That just goes to show we do have depth and have guys who want to get in there and play. They are taking advantage of those opportunities. That is something that is really good so see for sure.”