Louisville Post-Game Quotes
"Yes we did put the ball up in the air today. How many times was it? We came out aggressively in our game calling. We still wanted to establish the run, but it took longer than we wanted to, though we got Eric (Shelton) going in the fourth quarter."
"They dropped the safeties down to try to stop the run, so that left the corners in one-on-one coverage. We took a couple of shots at long balls in the second half and couldn't quite hit them."
"The difference in the game was to hit the long one after we had gotten the first down when we were backed up there in the fourth quarter. We wanted to give the cornerback a different look after having beaten him for the first down."
"The defense came up with some big stops and got the key turnovers. They did a very credible job against a good offense. I really like that Anderson kid. That is a very good offensive team with the running backs and wide receivers that they throw at you."
"We did a tremendous job on the kicking game with the kickoffs into the corner of the end zone, the field goals and the punt that changed the momentum by moving them back some."
Louisville WR J.R. Russell
"Third down is money down. That was the play we had to have to keep us going. I saw the cushion and knew I could beat the corner. I was asking Stefan (LeFors) during the week to just put it up there and let me catch it. I'm bigger than most defensive backs, so I can usually go up over them."
Tryone Saterfield:
"The turnovers were momentum changers. The coach had asked the defense to step up and put some pressure on them and make ourselves felt. On the first one, there was a stunt with Marcus Jones who had looped around and gotten into the backfield. I think the running back saw him coming."
QB Stefan LeFors:
"On the long first down completion (to Russell in the fourth quarter), I just threw it our there and let him go get it. He's doing that in practice all the time."
(On the first down to Russell on third and seven) "We saw they were playing man and giving him a cushion. He did a great job of driving him back and getting out there off the line quickly"
