Wake Forest Athletics
Post Game Quotes
9/21/2002 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 21, 2002
Purdue head coach Joe Tiller
"When we turn the ball over as many times as we did today, it's hard to pull ourselves out of that hole. Then we committed some incredible mistakes in terms of penalties. We had played relatively penalty-free football this season until today."
- on the defensive effort ...
"I thought we played well at times, but we put too much pressure on the defensive unit. It's a team issue, because we did have our moments on both sides of the ball. If our defense allows 21 points, we need to find a way to score 22. If we allow 24, we need to score 25."
- on the defensive effort ...
"We put our defense on the field much too often because of offensive mistakes. It's not that our defensive unit was on the field too much in terms of overall plays, but it seems like they had to endure too many long possessions."
Purdue quarterback Kyle Orton
"Whenever you fumble, it is a simple lack of concentration. We had some good things happen on offense today, but shot ourselves in the foot by turning the ball over."
- on John Standeford's ability to get yards-after-the-catch ...
"John has always been good at that since coming to Purdue. He is extremely fast in man-on-man situations, and when he hits the seem, he is gone. It is very important in this offense to get yards after the catch, and John does a great job of doing exactly that."
- on Taylor Stubblefield returning to action ...
"It felt good to have Taylor's hands back in the lineup. The defense was unable to double-team Standeford because it had to respect Taylor's abilities across the middle. I think the passing game will get going now that defenses have to pay attention to more that one receiver."
Purdue wide receiver John Standeford
- on his two-touchdown preformance ...
"I was just trying to run my routes like I was going to get the ball every time, and Kyle (Orton) was there to get the ball to me."
- on Purdue's six turnovers ...
"We just put the ball on the ground. We can not make that many mistakes and expect to win the game. Wake Forest played us well and I give them credit, but we can't afford to have that many turnovers in any game."
Purdue wide receiver Taylor Stubblefield ...
"I could definitely tell that I had been out for a while. I had one big play that hurt us, a play that I would normally make. I'm not going to make any excuses. I just need to get on the practice field and work the kinks out."
- on Purdue turning the ball over ...
"I'm just surprised that we were able to stay in the game. It just proves how much our defense stepped up. When we got to the red-zone, we simply failed to take care of the ball.
Purdue running back Joey Harris
- on his first half ...
"The line was blocking extremely well, and I was doing a good job with my reads. In the first half, we were very enthusiastic and wanted to establish the run early."
Wake Forest head coach Jim Grobe ...
"It was a very big win for us. This was our third road game in our first four games. It is tough going on the road as many times as we've gone. I'm proud of the way they hung in there. It was a great win today against a good Purdue team and I think our kids really earned it.. "
- On the Purdue defense
"I give credit to Purdue. I thought their defense did some really nice things against us. They moved around and kept us off balance. We really couldn't get anything going. We were very fortunate with a couple of turnovers.
- On the Wake Forest defensive stand
"I'm really proud of the way our defense hung in. It could have been a lot worse. We were disappointed giving up the big play at the end of the first half, but we felt good about coming in even at halftime. We were fortunate the ball bounced our way a couple of times."
Wake Forest wide receiver Fabian Davis...
"It is a big win especially against a Big Ten team and after last week's loss to N.C. State. We kept it simple, ran the ball forward and made plays when we needed to."
Wake Forest quarterback James MacPherson...
"It feels great-there's no feeling like it. They didn't make it easy on us. Their defense really started to make some plays late, and gave us some third-and-longs. But somehow, we made it happen."
