University of Memphis Athletics
Quotes from Memphis vs. Marshall
Sep 14, 2008 | Football
Sept. 14, 2008
Recap | Final Stats | Notes
Memphis head coach Tommy West
"Marshall made some plays at the times they made them to win the game. It was a good college football game. We certainly had our chances to win the game. I can say we didn't make plays down on the goal line. We had the ball down there a couple times to win this game but on the other hand they (Marshall) made some plays."
"I think the difference in the game was offensively we were not able to run the ball very well in the first half. I thought they out worked us a little bit. I think their front won the first half as far as the run game was concerned."
"I thought we made some great adjustments that were really good at half time. That allowed first and second down had to be our money downs for throwing the ball and it worked for us. We got it down there but couldn't get it in. I think that was the difference in the game."
"That was our Achilles' heel last year, we get into the red zone and kick too many field goals. I think that cost us the ball game tonight."
"We're a tempo team that tries to go no huddle and our tempo was not good in the first half. A lot of that had to do with Marshall playing good defense in the first half. I thought we had great tempo in the second half in our opening drive and got things going."
Marshall head coach Mark Snyder
"It was good to come home and open up conference play here. We played very good Memphis team and we played very hard. They gave us their best shot; they gave us everything they had. I'm proud of our guys. Unlike last week, we handled the adversity better. We took another step tonight because we got down and were able to get back up."
"I'm very proud of my defense. I think Rick and his staff did an outstanding job and I can't say enough about our young corners; they accepted the challenge and played those guys (Memphis wideouts) very well. They wont' see better receivers than those guys."
"With the kind of offense they have, they can strike at any time. They put a lot of points on the board. Holding them to field goals was our goal."
"We got nine games left. I'm not concerned with must win games. We already shifted our attention to Southern Miss."
On Darius Marshall: "He had a good game. He got a lot of yards on his own. I can see the extra strength and weight he has put on over the course of this year."
