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Vanderbilt vs. Florida Quotes 11/7/2005 Vanderbilt Head Coach Bobby Johnson
On the game
“We are very disappointed. We had an opportunity to win the football game and we didn’t take advantageof it. They are extremely upset.”
On Quarterback Jay Culter
“Jay played great. He threw the ball very well, eluded the rush, found open receivers, was a great leader.He kept his cool.”
On the turnovers
“We had two lost fumbles all year going into this game. But we had two lost tonight in this game and thenlost the one at the end of the game, which was huge. Turnovers are always big and are a big tale of a football game. I don’t think they had any, so it’s a big discrepancy.”
On possession time and tiredness in overtime
“Our defense was tired. They played a lot of plays and put a lot of pressure. They do a lot of different things. We planned on going for two at the end of the fourth quarter if they didn’t call the celebration penalty.” Vanderbilt Player Quotes Andrew Pace, senior cornerback On the Florida offense: “They didn’t do anything we hadn’t seen on film from previous games. I think they stuckwith what they usually do on offense. I felt that we should’ve done a better job on offense. We just didn’t get it done tonight.” Jay Cutler, senior quarterback On the game: “Offensively, I think we had them off balance. They didn’t know what we were going to do. We tried to execute, and I think it’s unfortunate that I had to make the mistake. I let the team down. Kevin Joyce, junior linebacker On the Florida offense: “Chris Leak is a great player. Coach [Urban] Meyer has a great scheme in there. It’s pretty complicated to try and defend. Our guys worked hard. I’m really proud of our offense. Florida had the better game today, and they won.” Florida Head Coach Urban Meyer: On Florida’s play ? “We didn’t play great, but we did what we had to do to win. I thought the difference in the game was we had zero turnovers and we created two. We did have some mistakes that we will have to get cleaned up, and we had a tough night as far as penalties are concerned. But I want to stay positive right now, a win is a win.” On Vanderbilt quarterback Jay Cutler ? “Jay Cutler is a big time quarterback. That’s an NFL quarterback.” On the play of the defense in overtime ? “Before the first overtime I called the defense over and I told them that someone would find a way to make a play. I know this is a team that has given up in the past, but they did not give in today, they found a way to win.” On Florida’s injuries ? “At one point we had five starters out of the game that we had to substitute for. Vernell Brown broke his fibula, Dallas Baker has a contusion in his ankle and lower back, and when there are depth issues, you look around and see guys who should be out there someday, but maybe not yet.” On the Chris Leak’s running game ? “Chris Leak had 80 yards rushing tonight, how about that? He had, probably, the best running game of his Florida career. We did a little more to get him on the edge, any quarterback that will get on the edge and has a chance to run the ball will do it. We had some shovel passes, and some option. Our quarterback did great for us tonight.” |
