Famous Quotes & Sayings

Phil Garner

It's happened because we had great pitching, great defensive plays and we managed to come up with a run when we needed it sometimes. The glass is half full, not half empty.

It was a barn-burner right until the very end, and we managed to come out on top. That was the hardest defensive game that I have ever seen us play, and you could tell that we were really up to the challenge.

It was a combination of defensive lapses, and they made some plays down the stretch.

I try to pride myself on defense. Anything to give the team intensity on the defensive end.

It was a defensive catastrophe on our part. We didn't tackle all night.

It took us a while to find our defensive rhythm, but they stepped up in the second half.

It will be important for us to have our heads on a swivel and focus on our jobs in the defensive zone.

Frank Robinson

It was good to see him have a good offensive day and a good defensive day. That has to really make him feel good and get him up on his toes a little bit.

It was just a struggle. Our problems on offense transferred to the defensive end and our guys got pretty frustrated.

They did not kick a field goal. We spent a lot of time in the red zone. Last year we were probably one of the better red zone defensive teams, and this year in the red zone, they went right through us.

They were a very good defensive team. We played a great third quarter but we couldn't finish it off.

Tom Armstrong

They were a good defensive team. They had a lot of athletes. You could see that.

Bill Belichick

They've taken their other defensive ends and put them to outside linebacker. You're really looking at what amounts to a 6-1 (six defensive linemen and one middle linebacker).

They were trying to give them some offensive points. Our defensive is always going to stop them three-and-out, and if the fans look up at the scoreboard they can't see that the offense didn't put up any points?

They hit some shots and we had some defensive lapses.

They kept responding to our buckets. We just had to keep playing (hard). We got some defensive stops (late in the game).

They just went immediately into defensive mode. It could easily have jumped to numerous other buildings.

They just owned us with their defense. They smothered us with their defensive pressure.

Byron Scott

It was just a lack of defensive mentality tonight. We didn't do a good job keep guys in front of us.

Jim Dowd

It was just one of those things. You just keep going. This is a pressure-type team. They want to go without giving up on the defensive side.

It was a frustrating night. They play a defensive system, especially when they get the lead. You could see it. Guys were squeezing the sticks a little bit, and we couldn't get another one past their goalie.

Mark Richt

It was just a great field position game, a great defensive battle. We had to stay patient, as much as we hated it, and let our special teams do their job -- then knock it in when we needed to.

Gary Patterson

It was just a game with a lot of plays and a lot of football action. I think most people enjoyed it. I even did, and I'm a defensive guy.

They've had trouble scoring and they've got some injury situations. I expect it to be a defensive game. I think we'll see some fallback and some neutral zone trapping.

Terry Stotts

It seemed like when they wanted to turn up their defensive pressure they did.

It was a big win for us. It was a great defensive battle. Jake pitched a good game and we got enough timely hits.

It was another good defensive effort and I thought we played pretty well as a team. We made some switches defensively and didn't let them shoot the 3-pointer as much as they like to do.

It was an incredible defensive effort by Josh Payne.

It was nice to see to Mitch do that. Their defensive game plan just didn't work because of what Mitch did.

It was kind of like a microcosm of our season. I thought we played hard, I thought we competed hard on the defensive end. We just couldn't make a play when we needed to.

It was mainly those three, with a lot of help from others. To hold a player like that to 11 points, it takes a team effort. Our defensive pressure all night was phenomenal.

It was lunch-bucket, blue-collar, nothing fancy. They're a good defensive team. I thought we played well defensively, and we were a little more patient and knocked down a few more shots.

It was like we were extended guards. It wasn't too much fun. It was pretty boring. The only playbook I studied was the defensive playbook.