Quotes
Oct 1, 2011 | Football
Oct. 1, 2011
Recap | Final Stats | Notes
Tulane Head Coach Bob Toledo
"It didn't turn out really well, first of all. Obviously turnovers played a big part and penalties. We couldn't keep drives alive because of major penalties. Like I said, the turnovers really hurt us. We didn't' have the ball enough to do anything with it. I think we had it less than 50 snaps, and that should be a little over half.
"We just didn't have the ball, first and foremost, because we didn't do anything with it offensively. And secondly, we couldn't stop them offensively to get the ball back. They took it to our defense pretty good particularly inside, they physically ran through us."
(Ref.: what happened to the offense after the first-quarter touchdown): "What happened is you end up turning the ball over, you end up getting penalties. We had penalties that took us out of drives. We were down in the end zone and we couldn't score because of penalties and turnovers. They played better than we did. That's all there is to it."
(Ref.: going back to the drawing board): "We don't have to play this kind of defense or offense anymore, that's first and foremost. It's just so hard to get ready for in three days.
"Offensively, our left guard looked like he had food poisoning before the game, he had a hard time, then our right guard got a concussion and he was out. Our linebackers were getting hurt, we had some guys nicked up too. We didn't protect the quarterback, we couldn't get open, we didn't run the ball well the second half. Part of it was they were giving us a lot of pressure and we just weren't handling it well."
(Ref.: losing opportunity to go 3-2): "That's discouraging because that's one of the things we preached all week that this si going to give us a chance to be in the top half of the conference and be over .500 and be 3-2 and go home and feel good about it. To lose the game and lose it the way we did, it puts a lot of pressure on us." (Ref.: what you tell the team): "I told them just what I told you, you can't turn the ball over, you can't have penalties, you've got to stop people from running, we have to protect the passer. Then I said this is behind us. Right now there will be a lot of naysayers, same old thing. We're 2-3 again. We've got to let that not affect us. We've got to put that behind us. And we've got to stick together as a team and a coaching staff and get ready for next week and try to win league games down the stretch."
Orleans Darkwa, sophomore, running back
(Ref.: how he feels): "Sick. You can't turn the ball over and win games, simple as that."
(Ref.: scoring on the opening drive and Army recovering) "We started off good, that was a big focus this week, to start off fast. We were able to, but, like I said, turnovers."
(Ref.: how you regroup from the loss): "Go to practice and work hard. We've got to work harder than we did last week. Simple as that."
(Ref.: why the team can't get over the .500 hump): "I couldn't tell you. Like I said, this was a statement game for us and we weren't able to go out and execute the way we wanted to. We can't let this be the big point in our season and determine the rest of our season. We've got to go back and fight hard and work hard and surprise everyone for Syracuse."
Matthew Bailey, freshman, linebacker
(Ref.: defending the Army offense): "It was a lot faster, a lot more physical than practice. I didn't think they would be cutting as fast as they do, but that's hard to defend when they're diving as fast as they do."
(Ref.: how he feels after the game) "I feel like we could have won the game. We just beat ourselves and that's one thing we have to work on. We've got to work on keeping the ball in our hands and taking advantage of the turnovers we force. It was a game we could have won."
(Ref.: how to rebound) "We're going to get better, we're going to go to practice, we're going to put in more time, put in more work, put in more effort. We're only going to get better. It takes leadership to pick everyone up, put everyone on the same page so that we can get everyone on a roll and get on a win streak."
