Temple Post Game Quotes of interest
Q: Can you talk about the performance of the rushing game? Were you pleased with the improvement? A: I think we did some things well, but again, you've got to understand that Temple didn't play us the same way as Syracuse and Akron played us. Temple played us with a four-spoke secondary, and they did some blitzing later on, but not a lot of it. They just hustled and played good, solid defense. I think that will be a pretty good football team when it's all said and done. We've got to be able to run when they only put seven in the box. If we can't run with seven in the box, then we've really got some problems. We were playing against eight and nine kids in the box the first two games which makes it tough. Especially if you want to spread out a little bit and throw the football.
Q: Was Brackett ill? Is that why Drake played so much too? A: No, Brackett was okay. Brackett's got to turn it up a little bit maybe. The other kid can do a couple of things in there. We were trying to get those young kids ready for the rest of the season. We know what Brackett can do. You play a kid like Drake, the Smith kid or Brown and do the things they practice because they can't handle everything. They have certain things they can do and when it came time for a certain play, we gave them a chance. Just like that reverse pass, Drake was a former high school quarterback and he can throw the football. He didn't look like it on that pass, but he can throw the ball.
Q: It looked like Daryll took a few more shots than maybe he's taken. How do you think he handled that? Was Temple trying to put pressure up there? A: One of the first passes we threw, he took a good shot and had to get rid of it. Daryll is a tough kid. It's not a question that he's not tough. We're constantly trying to keep him from getting hit because he's so important to the football team, so we don't want to get him banged up. But I thought he handled it; he can handle it. We did a little better job on the perimeter. They were coming hard on the outside and early in the game, particularly the first series, we didn't do a very good job. But after that, we did alright. Daryll knows what's going on. We had a couple chances for big plays and we didn't block it real well. Then the big kid knocked him down when we were supposed to cut him at the line of scrimmage. We obviously have to get better with things like that.