Aug. 28, 2008
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Bobby Johnson, Vanderbilt head coach
On the game:
“It feels great to come away with a win. I felt like we had a few mistakes but they were all first game mistakes and I think we can fix them and move forward.”
On Miami:
“They are good team. They had some good schemes and we are very pleased to come away with a win after the game.”
On DJ Moore:
“He is fantastic. He is in great shape and put in a lot of good work over the summer. I’m always asking him `are you tired do you need out?’ and he just smiles and shakes his head.”
Vanderbilt Players
Chris Nickson, Vanderbilt, senior quarterback
On his first game back from injury:
“It feels good to be back. It just took us some time to get into our grove and get into a rhythm.”
On the offense:
“Being able to put up point on the board made us just come down. It really just let us play our game.”
Reshard Langford, Vanderbilt, senior linebacker
On the game:
“It was a good win for us as a team. Chris Nickson is back and it is going to give us a lot more confidence going into next week playing South Carolina.”
On the game:
“It meant a lot we wanted to make a statement. I can’t down Miami they are a really good team and they are going to do well this season.”
Miami Head Coach Shane Montgomery
On the 34-13 loss against Vanderbilt:
It was a very disappointing loss tonight. We felt good coming into the game. We knew Vanderbilt was a very tough opponent. They are always very well coached. We did not know exactly what they were going to do offensively, but we knew that they would run the ball with Nickson. Obviously, we did not do a very good job against him. We knew that they would be tough defensively. Being an SEC-team, you know that they have quality athletes and they showed that tonight.
We just did not take advantage of any opportunities that we had. In the first half we moved the ball somewhat effectively. We left some points up there. They answered twice. Both times that we scored, they went down and answered and came back with touchdowns.
We have got a lot of work to do. When we look at the film we will see some things that weren’t very good, but we will also see some things that weren’t as bad as they seem.
We did not play well enough to win and we have a lot to bounce back from.
On what he is anticipating from Michigan next Saturday:
It is hard to tell. We will have to see what they do. I do not even think that they have named a starting quarterback yet for Saturday against Utah. They are going to face a tough challenge in Utah, a team that won nine games last year.
They will be some of the things they did at West Virginia. But, it will be interesting to see exactly what they try to do.
