University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Post-Game Quotes
Sep 01, 2007 | Football
Sept. 1, 2007
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Memphis Head Coach Tommy West Quotes
"I had no idea our football team would play as bad as they did in the first 35-40 minutes of the game. We got no indication of that kind of performace during fall camp. That is as bad as I have had a team play since I have been here. We can't play any worse than that. It is embarrassing and we could not play any worse than that."
"Then we looked like we looked at camp and I thought we played the way we should have and I was extremely proud of our defense. I thought our defense played their tales off the whole game. We knew we had to stop their run game and gave them 79 yards with a team as big up front as they were."
"I was not pleased with our play in the offensive line. The difference in the game was we could not block their defensive line on pass rush. Their defensive line played well and our offensive line played poor on pass protection and that is not going to be us because that is what we have to do."
"I have to see the tape before I grade our quarterback. I thought he threw some balls with people hitting his arm and in his face. After all that, as bad as it could be, man this could be a pretty good football team. That game was getting ready to get out of hand and our kids didn't let it get out of hand. I am never happy when we lose. But, we looked like what I thought we could look like there in the last 20 minutes of the game and gave ourselves a chance to win.
Ole Miss Head Coach Ed Orgeron Quotes
"I'm really proud of John Thompson. Our defense caused five turnovers, which obviously were the difference in the game. Our guys hung in there. We made some plays on special teams. I thought Dustin Mouzon had a tremendous game. Obviously, I was very disappointed with our run game. But I thought Seth (Adams) played a good game. The wide receivers dropped the ball a couple of times, but I think for this first time, it was okay."
"Give credit to Memphis. They fought back. Tommy West did a good job with his ball club, being down 20-0. You've got to give them a lot of credit."
You had the saying in your camp "Let's Finish." How do you rate this? "Well we finished. We made the plays. There were some games last year when we didn't finish though. We found a way to win the game. Obviously, we didn't finish the way we wanted to the whole third and fourth quarter, but we found a way to win the game on the last play."
Is this a series you want to see continue? "Well you know, I think it's good. That's not one of my concerns right now. My concern right now is getting ready to play Missouri next week."
