Football Press Conference Video and Quotes
10/20/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 20, 2009
Press Conference Video: Grobe | Pendergrass
 Jim Grobe  | |
On regrouping after Clemson...
"Different position coaches have handled it differently. Some watch film to correct mistakes. Others felt like it was better to go ahead and get ready for Navy. Overall we were just embarrassed. We didn't play very well and Clemson played really well. It didn't feel very good. Coaches are typical a little slower than the players to bounce back, so we'll see."
On keeping last week's loss from negatively effecting this week's game...
"There's no sure-fire remedy. You've got to try and go back to work. The key is for the players to realize that the coaches are going to give them another plan that's going to be good, we've just got to execute it. They've got to be ready to execute the plan. We'll do some good things scheme-wise, it'll just depend on whether we can execute it as well as we need to."
Thoughts on Clemson game...
"Clemson is very talented. I think they played probably their best game of the year. We didn't play as well as we needed to. We had four or five guys that we thought played pretty well down at Clemson but for the most part most of players didn't play as well as they needed to, to be a competitive football team. The coaches have some responsibility, it's not all on the players. So the coaches have to look at themselves too. But overall we didn't play well enough to win."
On the ACC standings constantly changing...
"I think it's very amazing. Throughout the course of the year you are going to have some injuries, some ups and downs, who you're playing, whether you're home or the road. But I've got a feeling it will be up and down the rest of the year."
On taking a break from ACC play...
"We're playing another really good team. I think that's the key for our players. In or out of conference. There are no teams left on our schedule that aren't really, really good. We'll have to play really well each week. I think our players realize there's a challenge there. It's tough. Like most teams midway through the season we're beat up a little bit. We have no breaks in sight, just really good football teams. Whether you're in or out of conference you know you've got a good team to play."
On Navy's discipline...
"They run the triple option to perfection and do a great job defensively. Their special teams are good. You've got a group of guys that are very motivated, very disciplined. You've got a great scheme. The coaches do a really good job. You watch these guys game and game out, you don't see anybody better coached and you don't see anybody execute better than these guys."
On facing Navy multiple times in the last few years...
"We've got a lot of new guys playing them this year. Offensively we've seen some the things they do, but they are so sound defensively. They don't give you many things you like. It's going to be a tough execution offensively. Defensively, we've got some thoughts but whether we can execute that or not we'll have to wait until Saturday to find out."
On playing during Navy's Homecoming...
"I think any time you play an academy, whether home or on the road, you've got your hands full. The guys love to play, they play hard. You really don't see ups and downs with academy teams, they play hard every week. Whether it's homecoming, whether it's our place or their place, you know you've got your hands full with them."
On Navy QB Ricky Dobbs...
"Dobbs has the ability to throw the football, he's got a really nice touch on his passes. I think he's picked the offense up incredibly. He carries it twice as much as any player on their team. So he's a durable guy. He makes really good decisions. You very rarely see him make a mistake in reading a triple option. He just stepped right into the line of great quarterbacks that they've had for a long time."
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CB - R-So.
On if the team watched the game film from the Clemson game...
"As a secondary, we didn't watch the game film. Coach wanted to focus on Navy this week. He told us to watch the film on our own and try to get better."
On bouncing back after the Clemson loss...
"It's not tough. One of the biggest success is to learn from the failures. You take your failure, learn from your mistakes and that's how you succeed in life."
On the ACC's Atlantic Division...
"Every year in the ACC is pretty crazy. You win a couple of games in a row and then you lose a couple of games in the row. You want to come out each week and prepare yourself to win each game."
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R-So - P/PK
On if it is tough to move pass a game like Clemson...
"It's tough to get past it because you're always thinking in the back of your mind what you could have done better to improve the team's play. You can't fix anything now so there's no reason to dwell on the game. You just have to move forward."
On if this is a good week to play a non-conference opponent...
"I think it is a good time to let the rest of the ACC pan out to see who is doing well and who is struggling. It's good to get in conference play. It's good to get wins in the conference early. Either way, it is a game we need to win."
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OG - R-Sr.
On moving past the loss to Clemson...
"We went back and watched the film to try to correct the mistakes we made. Coach Lobo showed us that when all 11 guys are clicking on all cylinders, we can be a pretty good football team. We want to use that as motivation to know that we can be a good football team."
On the ACC standings...
"The Atlantic Division has been pretty crazy. We know what we can do. We want to be able to do well each week and hopefully at the end we'll be at the top of the division."
On if it is easier to play Navy since Wake Forest is familiar with the team...
"We played them two times last year so we've played them a couple of times now. This will be the fourth time that I've played them, so it's getting to be a little bit of a rivalry."
