Dillon Doyle
(Defensive issues) It’s hard to tell off first impressions, obviously since we haven’t seen the film yet. But I didn’t feel like we were able to pressure the passer enough tonight. We missed some tackles certainly, and we missed some assignments. It starts with me. I wasn’t able to pressure the quarterback when I had some mike pressure looks, and that’s on me. I had a couple missed tackles, and that’s on me. It starts with the leadership owning that. Taking ownership and I think it will fall down to the rest of the guys.
(Doyle interception) I don’t really get caught up in macro trends or momentum during the game. Obviously, it’s always good to get turnovers. You want to get three a game. That’s been an emphasis for us to continue to get more of those. So that will be a focus moving forward after a few days off and get back on it to go through the rest of the season.
(Frustration) Yeah it’s frustrating. It’s kind of like a broken record, but it’s really simple the things you need to do to win. But they’re not easy things to do. I feel like we didn’t do them. We didn’t do simple better today, especially defensively. I mean the offense did a really great job, but we just didn’t do our part. We needed to play complementary football, and we didn’t really do it today. So that’s obviously disappointing. We also recognize there's six games left, and we have an opportunity to turn it around and have a season to be proud of.
(Did bye week help) It was really a normal week for us from the standpoint of we had one day off, I think. But we went into it like a normal week. The scheduling was still the same. Last Friday was Sunday for us, and then we went through a normal game week for us. Saturday we were on the practice field, Sunday we were on the practice field. I didn’t feel like it was anything that different. We did get a chance to self scout a little bit. We still got the chance to look at some things there. But if you watch the tape pretty closely, I think we know what our deficiencies are, so it’s just going about improving those in a systematic manner, and that comes with intentional practice. I’m sure Coach hammered that into you guys, we need to continue to practice intentionally and have energy on the practice field. I feel like we did that this week, so obviously it’s disappointing to see that not show up on Thursday night game day.
Gavin Holmes
(Frustation) It’s obviously frustrating when we don’t bring home a win. But we got a lot of good things out of this game. We know what we can do offensively. We’re just going to continue to work. Yes we lost, but there’s still a lot of football left.
(Kyron) I’m extremely proud of Kyron. He came in and made some big time throws. It’s not easy to come in a situation like that and have to kind of take over the team essentially. I thought he did a great job.
(WVU defense) We knew they played a lot of cover fours, so safeties are going to play deep. So we knew the middle of the field was going to be open a lot. So we just tried to exploit that and take advantage of that.
(Gavin TD) We knew there wasn’t going to be a lot of bodies in the middle, so that’s what that was. Coaches put their belief in me, especially this last week in practice. We came out here and didn’t get the job done.
(What’s it going to take to turn season around) I think we just got to stay together. Like I said, there’s still a lot of football left, and we know what we’re capable of. We just can’t fall apart. We just have to keep pushing. There’s a lot of big time games left. We have to keep fighting. We still have a lot of opportunity, we know we’re a real good team.
(Watching Blake go out) It’s tough, especially seeing a hit like that is kind of scary. Prayers up for Blake that he’s alright. We have a lot of faith in Kyron as well, he came in and did a really good job. I’m proud of him for that.
(Defensive issues) It’s hard to tell off first impressions, obviously since we haven’t seen the film yet. But I didn’t feel like we were able to pressure the passer enough tonight. We missed some tackles certainly, and we missed some assignments. It starts with me. I wasn’t able to pressure the quarterback when I had some mike pressure looks, and that’s on me. I had a couple missed tackles, and that’s on me. It starts with the leadership owning that. Taking ownership and I think it will fall down to the rest of the guys.
(Doyle interception) I don’t really get caught up in macro trends or momentum during the game. Obviously, it’s always good to get turnovers. You want to get three a game. That’s been an emphasis for us to continue to get more of those. So that will be a focus moving forward after a few days off and get back on it to go through the rest of the season.
(Frustration) Yeah it’s frustrating. It’s kind of like a broken record, but it’s really simple the things you need to do to win. But they’re not easy things to do. I feel like we didn’t do them. We didn’t do simple better today, especially defensively. I mean the offense did a really great job, but we just didn’t do our part. We needed to play complementary football, and we didn’t really do it today. So that’s obviously disappointing. We also recognize there's six games left, and we have an opportunity to turn it around and have a season to be proud of.
(Did bye week help) It was really a normal week for us from the standpoint of we had one day off, I think. But we went into it like a normal week. The scheduling was still the same. Last Friday was Sunday for us, and then we went through a normal game week for us. Saturday we were on the practice field, Sunday we were on the practice field. I didn’t feel like it was anything that different. We did get a chance to self scout a little bit. We still got the chance to look at some things there. But if you watch the tape pretty closely, I think we know what our deficiencies are, so it’s just going about improving those in a systematic manner, and that comes with intentional practice. I’m sure Coach hammered that into you guys, we need to continue to practice intentionally and have energy on the practice field. I feel like we did that this week, so obviously it’s disappointing to see that not show up on Thursday night game day.
Gavin Holmes
(Frustation) It’s obviously frustrating when we don’t bring home a win. But we got a lot of good things out of this game. We know what we can do offensively. We’re just going to continue to work. Yes we lost, but there’s still a lot of football left.
(Kyron) I’m extremely proud of Kyron. He came in and made some big time throws. It’s not easy to come in a situation like that and have to kind of take over the team essentially. I thought he did a great job.
(WVU defense) We knew they played a lot of cover fours, so safeties are going to play deep. So we knew the middle of the field was going to be open a lot. So we just tried to exploit that and take advantage of that.
(Gavin TD) We knew there wasn’t going to be a lot of bodies in the middle, so that’s what that was. Coaches put their belief in me, especially this last week in practice. We came out here and didn’t get the job done.
(What’s it going to take to turn season around) I think we just got to stay together. Like I said, there’s still a lot of football left, and we know what we’re capable of. We just can’t fall apart. We just have to keep pushing. There’s a lot of big time games left. We have to keep fighting. We still have a lot of opportunity, we know we’re a real good team.
(Watching Blake go out) It’s tough, especially seeing a hit like that is kind of scary. Prayers up for Blake that he’s alright. We have a lot of faith in Kyron as well, he came in and did a really good job. I’m proud of him for that.
