Syracuse Quotes
9/3/2000 2:06:48 PM | Football
On the team:
"We are very pleased with the effort of our team. I think that our team paid Buffalo the highest compliment by preparing very hard and playing as hard as they could."
"The team played tonight with the focus and intention that you look for as a coach."
On SU special teams:
"A lot of good things happened, we are very pleased with the aggressiveness of our punt return team."
"From a special teams standpoint, I think that we made some progress today. We can work the little things out."
On Kyle Johnson's injury:
"Kyle (Johnson) suffered a fracture above his ankle. He will have surgery tomorrow and is expected to be out for about 4-6 weeks."
On the match up with Buffalo:
"I think it's great for college football and for upstate New York."
TROY NUNES - QUARTERBACK
On being the starting quarterback:
"Everybody would be pleased if they were the starting quarterback. I feel like I worked hard and that I worked pretty well with the guys that are in there. I was excited about that opportunity."
On the passing game:
"The way we ran the ball it was very important for us to throw the ball every play or every other play."
On the offensive line's play:
"When I turned around they were already six or seven yards down the field. I think that if you get into a mode where you can just run the ball and run the ball, you are obviously going to be alright."
DEE BROWN - RUNNING BACK
On the offensive line's play:
"They did a tremendous job. The holes were wide open. Those guys are young and they are hungry. They always want to prove a point that they are a good offensive line no matter who is lined-up against them. They don't want to be compared to last year or the year before. And I think they had a pretty good start today."
LaTROY OLIVER - DEFENSIVE BACK
On the play of the secondary:
"I think everybody played really well. I think we have a chance to be a really good secondary. Everybody stepped up tonight."
MALIK CAMPBELL - WIDE RECEIVER/PUNT RECEIVER
On his punt returns:
"I was little too aggressive today trying to return everything. I need to learn to get a feeling when to call a fair catch and when to return a punt. But after that I got settled down it was alright."
