Colorado-Arizona Quotes
vs
Wyoming
Sep 20 (Sat)
8:15 p.m.
Colorado Head Coach Karl Dorrell
Opening Statement - "Feels good to get a win. I definitely feel good about what our team did today. It was a good performance - I felt we had a really good mindset going into this game about how important it was for us to show the improvement that we've been working on the last couple of weeks on our bye. It was good to see that it paid off in a convincing fashion.”
“I feel good about Brendon [Lewis]’ progress today and I felt good about what he was doing the last couple of weeks and I felt it was just a matter of time before he was going to start to feel very confident in what he can do. We had some receivers that made some terrific plays, but he made some terrific throws. We really felt good about that progress that we worked on with getting him more foundationally set and doing some really really good things for us offensively.”
“This is a really good win for us as a program because all three areas [defense, offense, and special teams] scored touchdowns. The special teams touchdown was huge on a blocked punt. A young freshman [Trevor Woods] made a big play - it was great to see that. It kind of gave us a chance to create some opportunities on the defensive side - Carson Wells did a tremendous job of stepping in front of a pass and going for another score. It's good to see that and then offensively in the second half, when we started hitting two or three more of those big plays down the field, you could tell that the shell was broken and finally getting ready to open up and we were going to do some very positive things.”
“I like how we finished the game. That's a big thing. I think that’s more important to me than to probably anybody in this room. We haven't been a great finishing program for a while - and we are learning that process. That’s why I'm excited about how we finished the game. Very good win - we needed it. A lot of hard work went into it and a lot of faithful young men stayed true to themselves and it was good to get some reward from all this stuff that they’ve been committed to. Very, very excited about them being able to get themselves this opportunity in this one."
On hitting the reset button during the bye week - "It was big because we’ve played well in spurts and we were playing well in certain areas especially defensively early in the season. But we still weren't playing as well as we were capable of. I just think as we kept marching through the first half of the season it was very challenging - we had good programs we played against - but there were some things that we just weren't executing at a level that we should have. It was everything defense, offense, and special teams - Cole [Becker]’s first two kicks were missed - we were just not quite in rhythm. So we just went back to the square roots of playing the game - defenders have to get off blocks and make plays. That's everybody on defense. Offensively, we’ve got to protect and we knew that one of our issues was protection from our offensive line. We just worked on some things that we felt were drastically strong issues that we needed to gain some ground on. We couldn't do everything but we did the things that were the most important. I think that was reflective today where Brendon [Lewis] had more time to throw and our defense did make a few plays on the football. In special teams, we've had chances in previous games of blocking the punt and then finally we blocked one today. So it does matter a lot that the things we work on show on the field and that we can be productive and execute - and that's what I saw today. So now, I think they'll have a better sense of why we do the things we do, because it results in some pretty fantastic things."
On if the punt return and pick six gave the offense some relief - "I think that's what our team felt. We needed someone to step up and it was great to see Trevor [Woods] do that. It gave everybody kind of a spark - It was a 6-0 game for almost three quarters - it was something where we needed a boost and I believe that does things to any team - particularly when we've lost four games in a row and we’re trying to figure out our way of winning, you need someone to step up and make a play so everybody responds. It probably did give us all a little bit of a boost when that score happened and then Carson [Wells]’s score comes the next series and then Brendon [Lewis] starts to really get hold of doing some things aggressively. I wanted our offense to throw the football - particularly in the second half. He [Lewis] has made so much progress that I've seen these two weeks and I felt very confident that I wanted to get him in rhythm to make some plays. I think [CU offensive coordinator and WR coach] Darrin [Chiaverini] called some good plays for us to get some shots and it was good to see that our young receivers stepped up to the plate and made those plays too. There's definitely a great sense of accomplishment from all the stuff we've worked on and I feel we’ll continue to grow in this fashion."
On the Offense Taking Ownership of Their Mistakes - “My approach with that was to tell Brendon that it's not all his fault which it wasn't. I was telling you guys in press conferences before that protection was bad. (With) things that we were doing where it looks like he's doing everything wrong, he wasn't. Sometimes the receivers weren’t open. There were a number of things that we weren't doing effectively to help him do his job. When I pointed those things out in the team setting with everybody watching, they had a better understanding about, you know, “I gotta do my job better.” If we're going to get this thing right it’s not just on Brandon Lewis. It's on the offensive line doing what they're supposed to do. The tight ends and receivers have got to make plays when they get a chance to make plays. They took ownership. That's really what happened. They took ownership over the (bye week). They weren't pointing fingers. It was more like ‘I got to do that better’. I think once a team realizes that they can do it better, which collectively makes everything happen, that's where we're at right now. They see the results of everybody taking ownership of it.”
On Young Players Getting Through Growing Pains - “It's being so repetitive in terms of my job. It is being true to the foundation of how you grow and learn this game and excel at this game. You go through the teaching elements of it, you go through the fundamental discipline of it, then you go through the execution of it. Usually in those first two areas, they struggle because first of all, they're not doing it well. It's easy for them to be down on themselves. If you stay true to it, and they see that light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak, that ‘I'm getting better at it,’ all of a sudden that light at the end of the tunnel is a little bit brighter. Then you get plays that are being made that are a little bit easier because the light bulb came on. That's what this team went through these first three or four weeks. We weren't quite hitting on all cylinders. That bye week helped us reorganize ourselves and to sort through it about everybody being responsible for it. That's where I think that light bulb came on.”
On Young Players Believing in the Program -“It's instrumental. When you have nothing to show for it as to why it hasn't worked, it takes a lot of faith and hope. A lot of repetitive discussions I'm making, and the coaches are making, about telling them we’re this close. They're going to tell you ‘We're a good football team.’ They know we're a good football team. We just haven't put it all together. Hopefully, this is a great example for them to realize ‘Wow, when we have this type of mindset we can achieve the goals and aspirations we set for ourselves, which is winning ball games.’ It's a great testimony to these young men that they accepted the challenge. We needed to get this win. We needed to start the second half of our season, knowing that they're all Pac 12 games. Every (game) matters. They're going to keep mounting up as we go. They're in a good place right now, in terms of understanding what we need to do.
On the Play of Quarterback Brendon Lewis - “I think his body of work today was pretty good. He still held onto the ball a couple times today. I'll remind him when I get into meetings with him that there were a couple times he flushed out (of the pocket). He always takes care of the football though. He always throws it out (of bounds). I'm trying to make him more efficient with his legs. If there's something that's not there, get me something with your legs, get down and we'll go to the next play. That's what I want him to improve on instead of trying to extend plays when he knows there's nothing there and he ends up throwing it away. He still does a great job of protecting the football. He's very excited about the things that have happened today, no question, but there's always a handful of things that we're still going to try to shore up as he moves forward. The big thing about it is the fact that he made a huge step in progress. He should be rewarded for the hard work he's put in these two weeks that showed today. There's no question in my mind he's going to be all in about continuing to stay on that path of playing really good football. That's going to help everybody because everybody's going to be energized by (his play). We're in a good spot right now about building off this win and moving forward as we go through the season.”
On Building Off Today’s Win - “It's a great way to build off of anything. When you win like today, it's a pretty decisive win. There should be a level of confidence that they feel that they can play even better and do things even more successfully. What I like most as the head (coach) of the program is that all three phases did some great things that showed their ability to really dominate and have some dominating performances. There's a lot to build off this game but we're nowhere close to where we can be. They'll tell you that. You’ve got four gentlemen behind you (Brendon Lewis, Brenden Rice, Carson Wells, Nate Landman) that are going to tell you they made mistakes throughout this game that no one knows about. They know that if we really tighten the screws with our preparation and how we do things and move forward with having the same type of productivity, we have some opportunities to be special this year. This was a great win to build off of. It’s great to go back into the film room off of this one and fix the things that we continue to need to fix. They're starting to understand that the standard of performance that needs to be done in practice (is a standard) that gives you a chance to have that level of play on Saturdays.
Arizona Head Coach Jedd Fisch
OPENING STATEMENT- “Okay, very tough game for us today need to play better need to coach better really need to improve in every single area. We need to really go back halftime of the season, great opportunity, as I said, to our team. When you're at halftime, I've never been a part of the game played, coach, whatever it might be that at halftime, you don't see the score 0-0. And that's our mentality that we've got halftime, the first half didn't go the way we wanted, and now we got the second half to go out and have a great second half of the season, or the best second half of the season we can have. The game didn't go the way we thought. First half of the game kind of did, it was six nothing we had the ball first and goal on less than one yard line. We had four plays within the two, didn't get in the end zone and that was ve”ry, very critical to, to our game to our half. Ended up being about two and a half minutes left, stopped them and wound up coming into halftime six nothing game, and then had a block punt for a touchdown had an interception where we lost Gunner, Gunners thumb, not a good situation, it doesn't sound like. So, would not expect much. I don't think we can get Gunner back this year. So, seems like that will be an injury that will require some more work, we'll know for sure tomorrow but it's not one that he'll be able to play this season or at least I don't think so at this point. That being the case, Will’s gonna our guy, we're gonna ride with Will. Will is our quarterback and he did a nice job in the second half. Unfortunately, you know we into the red area a couple of times, didn't score, so that'll be the story and that'll be the situation and we've got to get better at that and it comes down to everything. And we'll evaluate everything. We got a short week, play on Friday, excited about the opportunity to be back at home, excited about playing Washington and going out there and playing our best game. And I will continue to challenge our team to do that, we'll coach our best game and we'll play our best game.”
ON DECIDING WHETHER TO GO FOR FIELD GOAL ON FOURTH DOWN- “Yeah no I didn't think it at that point in time, I had felt very good about our short yardage throughout the season. I felt we were in a situation. Our defense has been very good in terms of being able to knock guys back. I thought we already had one possession where we were inside the two and we stopped them and they punted about a 68 yard punt but I was going to, you know, give our chances and I believe in the analytics on that one and then if it's a fourth and one or a fourth and two inside the two or fourth and three inside the three, you're better off going for it and taking the field position and then I said that our defense out there if we don't get it. But I had full, full trust in our team getting that. We were within a yard.”
ON WHEN GUNNER GOT HURT- “It was on the interception for a touchdown. It was when he went to throw it to the tight end he hit a helmet. As he was throwing the ball kind of fluttered got intercepted and he tore a ligament I believe we'll see.”
ON GUNNER’S PERFORMANCE BEFORE HE HAD TO LEAVE – “Yeah, I think that we're in the middle of growing pains playing with young quarterbacks that have not had a lot of playing experience. And I think that's, unfortunately, where we are at. But I also believe it's fortunate for where we can go. So you give guys opportunities to grow and develop, and you see how they can get there. You know there were some plays I think he started out, you know, hitting a bunch of yard balls behind the line of scrimmage at the line of scrimmage. We had some opportunities to hit some bigger plays we didn't hit them. But, you know he's got to learn from that, Will's gonna have to learn from that. And that's where we're at as a team.”
ON LOCKER ROOM SPIRIT- “You know the guys were good in terms of, there's no bickering, everybody's rooting for one another. Everybody wants to win and I challenged the team to go out there and find a way to get better. And what else can you do, you know why else do you play the sport and why else do you participate in a team sport like this other than to go find a way to keep competing and keep competing and keep competing. And it's hard right now. But you know what it is what it is in terms of what's gone on in the past and all we can control is what goes on on Friday night. And our job on Friday night to go out against Washington is to play our best game of football, and to do everything we humanly possibly can to move the football and get a victory.”
ON PUNT RETURN TEAM ISSUES- “There have been three different issues. One of which was a complete mental mistake against San Diego State where pointed one way went the opposite way, caused a guy to run screaming free in the b gap. UCLA overloaded aside, we had to make an adjustment after we saw a new overload, that's what caused that one. And this one it looked like they took Pandy and kind of just pushed him back into the pot, but I didn't see exactly what caused it or exactly how that, you know bull rush, what happened there.”
ON QUARTERBACK SITUATION MOVING FORWARD- “Yeah I think we're gonna have to really research how we’re gonna dig deep into what we can do with our team in terms of the second quarterback. We have Luke Ashworth we travel with, who takes none of the reps, and really hasn't taken many at all. We have Jumari, who has played some quarterback and we have Will that you know we need to try to keep healthy. I mean I don't know I don't think I can remember, other than in Baltimore in 2007, where it was, you know you just lose quarterback and quarterback and have other injuries throughout. Just one of those situations that occurred. We're gonna to do our best to get Will ready to go and figure out how we can handle the backup.”
ON WILL PLUMMER’S OVERALL PERFORMANCE TAKING OVER FOR GUNNER- “I think he did fine. You know, I mean, I'd like to hit the deep ball to you know Tayvian, I'd like to hit the deep ball to Boobie. I'd like to, you know, hit Stanley on a dig route and all those things right, we'd all like to see that happen. But, you know in terms you're also jumping into a game, it's the fourth quarter, you're down a bunch of points, you kind of have some adrenaline and you overthrow something, you don't necessarily know exactly the speed and the tempo. But, he handled the plays well. I think we had one false start with him in. We had no delay games we didn't have any wasted timeouts, he was able to get it in and out of the huddle, those are all important.”
ON COMING BACK FROM TURNOVERS AND PENALITES- “Very challenging, very challenging. I mean you give up two touchdowns, as you said on the other two phases which you're not accustomed to doing. You know, defensive offsides I think what happens is you get into a game now and it's 20-nothing, or whatever it might have been at the time. They get a little bit anxious, they jump. And that's the one thing you can't do, you know you can't fall asleep at corner when they jump. Now I didn't see exactly what happened other than the fact that they were up the sideline with a little bit of separation which normally doesn't happen on our go balls. And that's something we do all the time we practice, two or three days where we were always using quick cadences and different cadences and hard counts to try to get the defensive offsides. We throw it up there too. They did a good job executing on that, and we did not do a good job of defending it.”
ON SEEING MORE OF JALEN JOHNSON THEN DRAKE ANDERSON- “I think Drake got a little dinged up, I didn't get the exact medical report but we had to pull him. I think it was somewhere early in the first quarter. I don't know exactly what his prognosis is. And when it came to Jalen, Jalen’s another freshmen that got in the game and really battled. I mean him and Stevie Rocker, you know you got two guys that have four years of football to play, and they're just battling. And they came in and I think Jalen saw Stevie hav you have some success and he wanted some. And he ran extremely hard and did a really really good job and should have capped that off with a touchdown on that. I think what happened was they reviewed it or we would have just jumped the ball real quick and they were trying to figure out if it was a fumble or not a fumble so they held us over the ball on that one and went to a TV timeout and that was unfortunate. But I think he was running really hard, and you Jalen Johnson’s gonna be a good running back for us in the future.”
Colorado Players
S Trevor Woods
ON THE BLOCK- “I missed out on one a couple of weeks ago. So, Coach he kept me in there. He said ‘you're going to get one and I believe in you.’ He kept letting me rush every time. There's not a lot of ways I can impact game at the moment, but that's one of the few ways I can do right now. We didn't know exactly who they were going to block but, we knew somebody was going to come free. I actually stumbled for a little bit and I saw a shadow behind me, and got a little worried but, I think it was one of the guys, so after that I knew I was in the clear.”ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE- “ We just got to spark it however we can. And after all that was happening they were able to move the ball a little bit and they started scoring some too. So it was a team game everybody did a little bit.”
ON MOVING FORWARD-“ We just have to keep this going. Simple as that.”
CB Christian Gonzalez
ON OUTCOME OF GAME-“It’s huge, it’s something we needed. It wasn't a surprise to us, it was what was expected, and we came out and did it in the field.”ON BYE-WEEK “We watched film, how we messed up, how we give up big plays, especially for the defense, and we all worked on what we needed to work on position wise and then defensively wise. Everybody knew that this was what was going to happen. Obviously it hurts to lose over the bye week but the bye week helped in it. “
ON DEFENSE- “It was just what we do every week with every other team, rush and cover. That's what we do. We watched the film and they came out and did what they said they were going to do.”
ON MOVING FORWARD- “We'll enjoy the win, but tomorrow we get back to work, put the win past us, but also let it fuel us and get ready for an away game against Cal.”
TB Jarek Broussard
OVERALL FEELING ON GAME-“This was big, the past few weeks we’ve been losing so it felt good to come out here and change the narrative. “ON PERFORMANCE – “We told everyone to believe in the guy next to you, and just executed today.”
ON OFFENSE – “Today we got more and more comfortable; four touchdowns and I feel like going forward at a good amount of confidence.”
ON MOVING FORWARD – “You just got to, you just got to continue to attack week by week and focus on the little things.”
ON SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR – “We are a team at the end of the day and we are like brothers. We have that brotherhood that we all believe in each other.”
S Isaiah Lewis
ON MOVING FORWARD- “I was good we’re going into the second half of the season so it is critical that we finished that first half the way we were supposed to. Keep our heads down and stick to the plan. We’re not going to overdo it”ON EXECUTING – “All around the past game was shut game and the run game we knew was going to be downhill the running backs are straightforward. We took that into consideration.”
ON CUs SECONDARY - “We understand what pressure is, rush and cover is our moto. Getting the back field was one of the primary plans for the game.”
ON MOVING FORWARD – “Coach is telling us is just one step in the direction we need to be going. We are not going to over do it. We are just going to keep preparing the way we have been.”
ON THE BYE WEEK – “Resilience and trust is the name of the this team and we are not looking to blame anyone. We are going to continue to count on our brothers and stick to the plan. That was crucial and getting the minor things fixed and I think we have shown that on the field.”
QB Brendon Lewis
ON CONFIDENCE-“Yeah, I was able to keep my head up because of the support that my teammates and my coaches have showed me throughout this adversity that we've gotten. I feel like they really helped me and they've all had my back, and it helped me continue to grow. I feel like they their help tremendously helped me keep my head up and being able to get better each week.”ON THE OVERALL GAME- “As soon as offense scored a field goal in the first quarter, we said if they don't score again they don't win. So that was our philosophy throughout the whole game. I think this game really, for me and the receivers was really interesting. We know we can do this, we know we can make plays, just a matter of time and I think this game really was going to boost us through the rest of this season of continuously making plays.”
ON OUTSIDE NOISE-“I don't pay attention. I don't pay attention to that. I just keep my head down and work with my teammates.”
WR Brenden Rice
OVERALL FEELING ON GAME- “After we went through adversity and then be able to triumph over Arizona, definitely tastes sweet, honestly, just seeing the growth from this team and seeing the growth from Brendon Lewis, the line, people taking over, leaders coming about. It changes the environment of the team. It makes us all grow together, it makes us all push up together so it definitely means a little more.”ON BREAKOUT CATCH IN FIRST QUARTER- “It was huge, but just go back we stood behind Brendon Lewis. We knew what we were capable of in the beginning of the season and we knew that we could be electric. It was just a matter of time like before we actually went out there and did our thing. We just got to make plays and execute every day in and day out.”
ON HARDEST PART OF FOOTBALL WHEN WINNING AND LOSING- “I mean, just going through adversity. You got to love it because, you see some of the greats go through it, and that's what really brings you back up on top. That's where people separate yourself from a regular player to be in a greatest of all time, a Hall of Famer. So yeah it sucks losing but diversity builds team and builds the foundation and then winning. Winning is always good and we got to keep it going.”
OLB Carson Wells
ON SHUT OUT- “As soon as offense scored in the first quarter we said if they don't score again they don't win. So that was our philosophy through to whole game.”ON SPECIAL TEAMS- “Special teams can either win or lose you the game. And in this case they won us the game. I feel like that was a big tie change right there. Trevor's a good kid who works hard every day, he earned that. He got the punt block and then scooped it and scored as a big play.
ON PICK SIX- “We called a pressure from the other side. It's a flat defender. So, I just hit number two, and three just stuck right to me, so we just broke on the ball, and we got a good block from Nate Landman, and another couple of good blocks.”
ON PUNTER JOSH WATTS- “At one point he had from the back of the endzone to like the other 30 The whole team like went crazy. We love him”.
WR Dimitri Stanley
ON LEADERSHIP QUALITIES OF LEWIS- “I feel like he's definitely stepped forward and taking that leadership role, I mean as a quarterback you kind of have to. And, as it showed tonight he kind of just took control of the game and did some big things for us out there.”ON COHESIVENESS BETWEEN OFFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS- “I feel like the bye week definitely helped us in preparation for this game so everybody was pretty much locked in and on top of their assignments and as you can see our defense held them to zero points. Special teams scored a touchdown defense scored a touchdown. So, it just builds a whole bunch of energy on the field when you're scoring in other ways other than the offense.”
ON TOUCHDOWN- “It always feels good to get in the endzone. I should have had two today, but it is what it is, it goes how it goes.”
ON OVERALL FEELING OF TEAM- “It is awesome and after winning you definitely go out and celebrate with your brothers, as it should be. Especially in the locker room we celebrate right after the game for wins and after a couple of weeks of not being able to get a win. This feels good right now and it's definitely uplifting everybody spirits.”
ILB Nate Landman
ON DEFENSE CONFIDENSE- “You know we want get out there and that's our goal as we say, as long as our offense puts up, our mentality is that if we put them to shut out we win the game. And I think that boosts our confidence, as a starting defense and for the younger guys on the team as well.”ON JOSH WATTS-“ Josh, His leg is huge. The way he can flip the field, helps the defense out and then in turn helps the offense out and we can get a quick stop. And I think he's pretty under appreciated for the things he can do in the outside world, but super appreciated on the team.”
ON DEFENSE ADJUSTMENTS- “ I think in the past you know even though we gave up points that we didn't want to give up We were right there. And you know whether it was one explosive or, or a couple, or even a penalty in the wrong time. That's kind of what kept the drives alive and added points to the board so I think, having the bye week and being able to go practice those two weeks, we really focused on limiting explosives and playing sound fundamental football and not getting those penalties to extend those drives. I think we have to do that today we still had some mistakes. Football is a roller coaster and you'll have those mistakes, but I think we minimize those compared to weeks passed.”
Arizona Players
DL Kyon Barrs
ON THE MOOD IN THE LOCKER ROOM- “We just know we got to keep focused on next week.”ON THE DEFENSE OVERALL- “Overall, we're a team so we got to just focus on getting better. So, we have to execute so we have to come out there next weekend.”
ON MINDSET COMING INTO THE GAME HAVING A CHANCE TO BREAK LOSING STREAK- “Of course. we come to every week like that. we want to come out with a win, but it didn't go in our favor. So, it is what it is.”
ON THE DEFENSIVE GAME PLAN- “Stop the run. Stop everything, run and pass, but that didn't go our way.”
ON THE PREPAREDNESS- “Yes, we work hard during the week, during practices we focus on certain things and I thought we came in and would do what we were supposed to do.”
ON BEING POSITIVE- “Us guys have to finish better in the second half. Keep, keep going all 60 minutes, but then go away to execute so you got to focus on next week.”
ON BEING FRUSTRATED- “We are all on the team so if they mess up we mess up, they do good we do good. So, it is what it is.”
ON LOSING TWO QUARTERBACKS- “I mean it sucks but I'm sure everything will be fine. I’m sure they will do what he’s supposed to do. They’ll their job but we're good.”
ON HIS PERFORMANCE THIS SEASON- “I’m just playing for the team. I'm trying to do my job to help everybody win.”
ON THE DEFENSES PROGRESS- “Great, Great, stops will help. We came out with the L. Were on to next week.”
ON JERRY ROBERTS- “He did a great job for his first start, but not enough to help us win.”
ON THEIR UPCOMING GAME FRIDAY- “Yeah we're going to just come out tomorrow and work on little things and come back this weekend. Do we got to do.”
RB Jalen John
ON LOSING THE GAME- “It's definitely tough, but I mean stuff happens, it’s definitely a process, but we're halfway through the season. Our mentality right now is just 0 and 0 right now, so we're just gonna keep going.”ON NOT BEING ABLE TO SCORE AT THE GOAL LINE- “It was definitely a little bit frustrating, but it just comes down to us finishing our blocks, and then making sure we all come together and do what we got to do to push the punch it in.”
ON HIS PERFORMANCE TODAY- “I definitely feel like I left some stuff on the field. Big shout out to my linemen; I couldn't have nearly done it without them. Receivers blocking, everybody moved out in, and I just feel like I left some stuff on the field.”
ON LOSING ANOTHER QUARTERBACK- “I mean it's tough, but we just got to do what we got to do. We just got to make sure we're dialed in, trying to make the quarterbacks as comfortable as possible, whether it's blocking or running the right routes.”
ON COACHES MESSAGE AFTER THE GAME- “The biggest message right now is that it's the half of the season. Our mentality is just like we're going as 0-0. The biggest thing for us is just to keep pushing and keep working.”
ON WILL PLUMBER- “Will, I feel like, he definitely stepped up, but that's not really my opinion to give.”
ON FRIENDLY COMPETITION WITH STEVE ROCKER- “I mean it's always a competition when playing the game of football. I pushed him and he pushes me, so that's always good, especially in the running back group.”
ON MOOD OF LOCKER ROOM- “After the game, we were just like ‘back to the drawing board.’ I feel like I was pretty cool and calm and collective. We knew that wasn't the best game we played on tape. And I know, and our team knows that we can play much better.”
ON ARIZONAS PREVIOUS SUCCESS PLAYING IN BOULDER- “We really don't pay attention to anything that we've done in the past, I mean, Of course, yeah we came in but our main focus was going out playing the best that we can, and I feel like we did leave a little bit on the field, and it's just back to the drawing board.”
ON THE OFFENSIVE STRUGGLE- “Like I said we're going back to the drawing board, trying to figure out what we can do to get better, and what the coaches and what the team can do to get better.”