Commodores pull away from UMass, 24-7
postgame quotes
Head Coach James Franklin
"Prettiest
win I've seen because we got the W. That's all that matters. We got a
chance to learn some things with a win and that was kind of what our
focus was. If we can get as many ugly wins as we possibly can get as
people describe them, I describe that as a pretty win. We find a way to
get it done. We got some adjustments that we have to make. We'll get
back on the plane, we'll watch the tape and watch the film. I talked to
(QB) Austyn Carta-Samuels about the third quarter and I said, `you know
what, you probably wish you played a little bit better in that game but
you grinded through it and you found a way to be successful.' That's
the most important thing and we'll go from there."
On Penalties: "I
think if you're five or less in a game, you're in pretty good shape but
I agree that the penalty early on in the game. We had the interception
on offense and then we get an interception on defense but we lined up
in the neutral zone, which took it away. So I think overall, we've been
pretty disciplined, one of the more disciplined teams in the country
when it comes to penalties but we got to be smart. The ones that we had
came at tough times."
QB Austyn Carta-Samuels
"It's
tough. We had some p standard as well, we're being extremely nitpicky
of everything that goes on in the game. I'm very happy. We won. We did
a good job, especially in the second half. We're going to build on that
going into UAB and get ready for the rest olays that just didn't go as
we had planned and hoped for. But obviously, I'm sick of being overly
critical after a win. You know, we won. And I'm excited for all 100
teammates and our coaches. Winning is the most important thing and we
take that into next week with some momentum as opposed to nitpicking
everything that we do. I want to be happy about this right now."
On WR Jonathan Krause' play today: "Jonathan
works hard and that's a great thing when somebody who works as hard as
he does and we can reward him for that. The offensive line takes care
of me and so I was able to put the ball next to him and give him an
opportunity to catch it. It's just awesome for all 10 of us to be part
of rewarding a guy who comes here and punches the clock and does it the
right way. He works hard."
"I think something that we need to
emphasize as a team and that we are going to talk about a lot is not
dwelling on mistakes. It could have been prettier than 10-7 (at the
half) but as the same time, we responded in the second half, came back
and scored 14 points and got out of here with a 17-point victory and
that's what important. I feel like because there is so much expectation
now on our team and we hold ourselves to a highf the season."
RB Jerron Seymour
On sharing the carries with Wesley Tate: "Me
and Tate knew that coming in that we would be getting carries and we
just wanted to get the running game established. That was mainly our
focus coming in. The game plan was to get the running game going
between him and me and I think we were pretty successful today. The
offensive line played their tails off today so we were able to get
that"
On diving catch out of bounds play on third down leading to 1 yard run: "I'm
a pretty good athlete growing up and I was just able to showcase.
Austyn gave me a chance. He believed in me. He threw the ball and gave
me an opportunity to make a play on it. He threw the ball in the
perfect spot and the defender couldn't make a play on it and I was just
able to reach my arms out on it. I use every inch of the 5'6" I could
to catch the ball and drag my feet in bound so I just made a play on
the ball.
On mood after today's win: "In the second half we
showed that if we all play together as one we will be unstoppable.
Nobody can stop us. And if we can just put that together for four
quarters, we will be very successful and that second half just proved
it. We just have to build on that second half to the next game going
forward.
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