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Arkansas Post-Game Quotes
9/16/2006
Arkansas Head Coach Houston Nutt
“There is nothing like winning. Winning just feels really good. There is nothing like seeing smiles on the faces of a bunch of 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds. Anytime you go on the road it is tough to win. That is a very good Vanderbilt team that we beat today. They get after it and they fight and they don’t back down. It is not the Vanderbilt of old. I’ve got to give a lot of credit to Coach Johnson for the things that he has done with that program.”
“We fought to the very end. We are fortunate to win, but we are very, very happy.”
“{Mustain] had an excellent ballgame, and he is only going to get better. He threw the ball really well today, and he was able to make all of the reads and was able to make some good adjustments as well.”
“I thought the kick was good. I was looking right at it and I thought the whole time that it was good. But it is a game of inches. A couple of inches, a couple of tackles — those are the things that can change the course of the game.”
On Vanderbilt’s opening drive:
“That was surprising.”
On Nickson’s fourth quarter, fourth-down heave for a first down late in the game:
“That was frustrating. To have him 20 yards, running for his life and to have him just throw it up there for a first down, it just kind of blows your mind.”
On the addition of a legitimate passing attack to compliment what is and has been one of the SEC’s best rushing attacks:
“We can really take off now. We can create the balance where you can’t just overcrows the front line and key on number five (Darren McFadden).”
On Arkansas’ opening drive touchdown after Vanderbilt’s quick score:
“It is always critical to answer. If you can answer like we were able to in the first quarter today it gives your sideline hope. It lifts your spirit. And I think that it picked up our defense today as well because they came right back.”
On whether the third-quarter lateral which was called an incomplete pass was in fact a lateral:
“No I didn’t think it was a lateral. I didn’t get too many calls today, come on.”
Arkansas Quarterback Mitch Mustain
On the play of the offense:
“We were still a little shaky at the beginning, but we got established and then we got into the game. This was a game where you had to stay focused and it was definitely good for me, personally, to get going. I had to come out and find where I needed to be and I think I did that for the most part.”
On the 56-yard TD pass to Marcus Monk:
“He was supposed to break out on that, but they switched coverage on us so he just took it back up the field and it worked. I just put it up and he went and got it.”
On his comfort level in his third career game:
“I feel a lot better. I think we’ve progressed each week and this is a great time to have gotten to where we are. Today was a key game for us and we did what we needed to do and hopefully we’ll be able to carry it over to Alabama.”
Arkansas Wide Receiver Marcus Monk
On his 56-yard TD reception:
“I was supposed to have run an out route but they jumped it with Cover-2, so I converted the route and Mitch (Mustain) threw a great ball.”
On how he felt on the final field goal:
“At first it looked like it was going wide and then it curved back in. I thought it was good but the I saw the ref say it was short and I was just happy.”
Arkansas Defensive Tackle Keith Jackson
On Vanderbilt quarterback Chris Nickson:
“That quarterback is a great player. He’s going to win a lot of ballgames for them and I think he came out there with the mindset to come out and win the game himself like a Michael Vick type of guy. He’s a great player.”
On his feelings when the last field goal was short:
“I was so excited. If he would have hit it, it would have been like last year and the defense would have lost it again. It would have been on our backs again, but I’m just happy it came up short and we came out with the victory.”
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