Football Postgame Quotes vs. North Texas
9/10/2011 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 10, 2011
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HOUSTON HEAD COACH Kevin Sumlin
"We're not very happy with the way we started. It was the first game on the road which is concerning."
"The energy of the crowd was good and a little more than we expected."
"Great energy in that stadium tonight, and we didn't respond well."
"We came out in the third quarter after a halftime discussion on how to play football and started it well."
HOUSTON SENIOR QUARTERBACK Case Keenum
"You have to give North Texas a lot of credit. When they got things going in the first half they were tough to beat. They've got a good team over there"
"After halftime we decided to forget it all and start over."
"We just didn't deal with the pressure and atmosphere very well in the first half."
"This was the first time this season we had to grind it out and put drives together."
"I didn't come into this game as prepared as I should've been, and it showed."
"First half wise, they kept their fans into it"
HOUSTON SENIOR WIDE RECEIVER Justin Johnson
"At halftime coach said the seniors had to step up and take control of the team."
"We were running around just like we do in practice."
"We knew we got the ball first in the third quarter and wanted to start off better."
"We played better in the second half, but we didn't play a perfect game or a whole game."
"Even if I didn't get two touchdowns it's whatever I needed. I just care about the win."
NORTH TEXAS HEAD COACH DAN McCARNEY
"Obviously Houston is a very good football team, I saw some guys out there tonight that could definitely play in the SEC. I have tremendous respect for the job Kevin Sumlin has done."
"I thought we played with great emotion in the first half and we were feeding off the energy from that great crowd. Unfortunately it is a four-quarter game and we didn't maintain that energy in the second half."
"Defensively we did some good things in the first half but we still allowed too many big plays. I thought we showed some improvement from last week but we still have a long way to go."
"That atmosphere was unbelievable. I got a little emotional at the beginning of the game because I know how everyone around here has worked at trying to build excitement for this game. I can't say enough about the effort that this administration has done in getting people to buy into this program. We will get it done here."
"I thought Andrew McNulty came in and did some nice things to change the flow of the game. I knew there was no way we were going to keep that redshirt on him this year and he went out there and showed what we have been seeing in practice for the last month."
