Late night quotes from UW-SDSU
From the San Diego State media relations department after Wyoming's 30-27 come-from-behind win over the Aztecs.
Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen
On the Cowboys' 24-point fourth quarter: "We started making plays. It wasn't like (the Aztecs) were shutting us down all game, but we had some opportunities where we didn't get 6's a couple of times and we had a fumble. When it came time for the fourth quarter, we played extremely well. At halftime we talked and said that a time was going to come when we were going to need guys to start making plays, and in the fourth quarter, we had a lot of guys making plays."
On kicker Ian Watts before his last-minute field-goal attempt to win the game: "I told Ian, if you miss it, it's no big deal; we're going into overtime. You need to treat this as a PAT and relax. And he sure did."
On his decision to use bloop kicks against the Aztec special teams: "We were having problems placing the ball and the Aztecs had two players who looked like they didn't spend a lot of time returning kicks. We felt it was better off to bloop it to them and not allow anyone else to return the football." On the biggest play of the game:"The blocked field goal was the most pivotal play of the game, because they had a chance to go up by 10. To scoop up the ball and get great field position, that's probably the biggest play of the fourth quarter."
San Diego State coach Brady Hoke
Coach Hoke's opening statement: "Obviously, it wasn't very fun out there at the end. We got out willed by a team. They played harder, they executed and that's pretty much how the game went ... (We) had some penalties in the first half and we hurt ourselves a little bit with that. You get a field goal blocked that (could have) put you up by 10. That's not executing, that's not being disciplined, and they did a much better job of coaching and playing the game."
On whether they thought about going for it on fourth and short: "No. You needed to get points on board and go up by 10."
On Wyoming's hurry-up offense: "That's them. They have that tempo. That wasn't any different really, to be honest with you. Our kids got set, they knew the calls. I don't think that was much of a factor. I think we had opportunities to make plays on balls and that we just didn't make plays."
On the change in confidence from the first half to second half: "I think it was the fourth quarter, because we had a 94-yard drive (in the third quarter), and I don't know how much time it took off the clock, but it was a pretty quick quarter. I think they got some momentum, they capitalized on some good plays that they had, some bad plays that we had, and then the wheels came off. I guess if you want to say that to some degree, but we still were in position to make some plays on balls that we didn't make."
Wyoming head coach Dave Christensen
On the Cowboys' 24-point fourth quarter: "We started making plays. It wasn't like (the Aztecs) were shutting us down all game, but we had some opportunities where we didn't get 6's a couple of times and we had a fumble. When it came time for the fourth quarter, we played extremely well. At halftime we talked and said that a time was going to come when we were going to need guys to start making plays, and in the fourth quarter, we had a lot of guys making plays."
On kicker Ian Watts before his last-minute field-goal attempt to win the game: "I told Ian, if you miss it, it's no big deal; we're going into overtime. You need to treat this as a PAT and relax. And he sure did."
On his decision to use bloop kicks against the Aztec special teams: "We were having problems placing the ball and the Aztecs had two players who looked like they didn't spend a lot of time returning kicks. We felt it was better off to bloop it to them and not allow anyone else to return the football." On the biggest play of the game:"The blocked field goal was the most pivotal play of the game, because they had a chance to go up by 10. To scoop up the ball and get great field position, that's probably the biggest play of the fourth quarter."
San Diego State coach Brady Hoke
Coach Hoke's opening statement: "Obviously, it wasn't very fun out there at the end. We got out willed by a team. They played harder, they executed and that's pretty much how the game went ... (We) had some penalties in the first half and we hurt ourselves a little bit with that. You get a field goal blocked that (could have) put you up by 10. That's not executing, that's not being disciplined, and they did a much better job of coaching and playing the game."
On whether they thought about going for it on fourth and short: "No. You needed to get points on board and go up by 10."
On Wyoming's hurry-up offense: "That's them. They have that tempo. That wasn't any different really, to be honest with you. Our kids got set, they knew the calls. I don't think that was much of a factor. I think we had opportunities to make plays on balls and that we just didn't make plays."
On the change in confidence from the first half to second half: "I think it was the fourth quarter, because we had a 94-yard drive (in the third quarter), and I don't know how much time it took off the clock, but it was a pretty quick quarter. I think they got some momentum, they capitalized on some good plays that they had, some bad plays that we had, and then the wheels came off. I guess if you want to say that to some degree, but we still were in position to make some plays on balls that we didn't make."
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