Syracuse Post-Game Quotes vs. East Carolina
Syracuse, N.Y. - Carrier Dome
Coach Paul Pasqualoni on the stricken official:
"After the game, we said a prayer for him. We discussed that he had been revived and was breathing. We were going to send as many officials with him as they felt they needed for him and the family. But because he had been revived, they felt they only needed one. We were going to leave it up to them (officials)."
On medical assistance:
"There was no better medical assistance."
On Troy Nunes:
"He probably played the best game of his career. He was right on top of the game. He had outstanding performance."
On R.J. Anderson:
"He said to me earlier, 'Coach I'm going to hurt the team'. He was up as starting quarterback, so that's why we started him at the half. [His sickness] was worse, and I told him to be honest with me. He said to me 'Coach I'm hurting the team', than that's when he told me to put Troy back in the game."
On the idea of ending the game:
"We left it up to the officials. They run the game."
On the number of points:
"We scored a lot of points. I'm proud that the team did what they had to do."
On David Gerrard:
"[He?s] like hitting a Mack truck."
On defense:
"Defense made some really good plays today."
On Offense:
"They (offense) were executing plays today."
Offensive Coordinator George DeLeone on ECU quarterback David Gerrard:
"He is the most underrated quarterback in college football. I compare him to Daunte Culpepper. He is a phenomenal quarterback."
On the touchdown pass to Malik Campbell in the fourth quarter:
"That was a play to win the game. We were not going to play not to lose. I didn't want to send their offense back on the field with only a seven-point lead. That was the same play we had run earlier for a TD to Riddle. Their cornerbacks were playing so aggressively that we had to go for it."
Dr. Irving Raphael, SU Team Physician:
"When we arrived on the field, back judge Gerry Bram was unconscious and barely breathing on his own. He stopped breathing and had an abnormal heart rate. He required an external defibrulator several times. He was given advanced cardiac life support. When he was stable he was transported to University Hospital. We had a lot of medical professionals attending to him, including emergency doctors and EMTs, in addition to the sideline staff of team doctors and athletic trainers."
Pat Campbell, managing director of the Carrier Dome, on the medical staff:
"It is amazing what has happened in this building in the past few weeks. We are fortunate to have a fantastic medical staff that is prepared for anything. Our other support staffs were professional and stepped up when we needed to have a reaction."
SU defensive end Dwight Freeney on the collapse of back judge Gerry Bram:
"I was scared. I had no idea what had happened and all I saw was the referee lying on his stomach. It really puts things in perspective and reminds you that there is more to life than just football."
Freeney on SU quarterback Troy Nunes performance:
"Troy stepped up to the plate. You keep seeing him out there because he knows what he is doing. We are fortunate to have two very good quarterbacks."
SU quarterback Troy Nunes on the crowd's reaction to his starting the game:
"There was nobody booing me in my huddle and nobody booing me on my sideline. Hopefully fans are going to start rooting for Syracuse and not who is the quarterback."
SU wide receiver Malik Campbell on the crowd's reaction to Nunes starting:
"That's the fans -- now they are happy that we won. The team is behind whichever quarterback is in the game. We forget about what the fans are doing."
SU wide receiver Kwazi Leverette on his performance against ECU:
"This was my breakout game and hopefully I will be able to take advantage of success further down the road."
SU free safety Quentin Harris on ECU quarterback David Garrard:
"They have a great quarterback in Garrard - one of the best quarterbacks we have seen so far. There were plays where would hit him and just couldn't get him down and he was able to make a play. They fought hard."
On the start of the BIG EAST Conference season:
"These past few, what we like to call preseason games, are good but now it turns into conference time and we cannot afford to have a down week. One loss and you are out of the race."
?on the contribution of SU defensive end Dwight Freeney to the secondary:
"It makes my life a lot easier to have Dwight on the line. The quarterback does not have time to look me off and it gives me a quicker read. He knows Dwight is on his blind side, or even his front side, and he has to get rid of the ball because Dwight is going to come after
