Oregon State-California Post-Game Quotes
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Oregon State vs. California
Nov. 17, 2012
Reser Stadium
Oregon State Post-Game Quotes
Head Coach Mike Riley
On the team's effort…
“I thought it was a great reaction to losing last week's game. That was a hard fought game and probably everyone understands now that Stanford is a pretty good football team. It was disappointing for our kids, but they made a nice statement about bouncing back and being ready. They really got ready to play tonight and competed from the beginning. I was proud of our coaches and players for the preparation and they put it to work tonight.”
On the running backs…
“It helps to have good players that can go in and out of the game and they are both good. With Malcolm Agnew, we have a nice trio of running backs that can go in and play on the offense.”
On Sean Mannion…
“He had a great week of practice, prepared hard and studied a lot. He came out very aggressively. He played with confidence, was fast and went after it. Good things happened.”
On the receivers…
“When a number of different guys can have a good amount of catches, that means it is tougher for the defense. When the tight ends are getting a good share of passes, that is a good thing.”
On the defense…
“All of the defensive coaches had a really good game plan and well thought out objectives on what we needed to do to beat Cal, particularly controlling the running game. I thought it was a good plan, well executed and the players played hard and made some opportunities and big plays with the turnovers.”
Quarterback Sean Mannion
On the win…
“I think it was a good team win. I think we did a good job getting started. We never settled for a field goal and that was a big thing. It's something we've had to do in the past and we did a good job addressing it tonight.”
On how he felt…
“I felt great. It was good to back and playing and I tried to make the most of it and make some plays to help my team.”
On the Cooks touchdown…
“It's a little hard to be proud of that one but you know we'll take it. Whatever it takes.”
Wide Receiver Markus Wheaton
On beating Oregon next week …
“I can't explain how much it will mean to me. We will get back out there tomorrow and prepare for next week. Next week, it is unexplainable how much it means to me.”
Cornerback Jordan Poyer
On team's best complete game this season...
“You could say that. There was a lot of really good football tonight. There were some mistakes, but you always want to limit those. As far as a complete game goes, that was the least amount of mistakes we have made all season.”
On the Civil War matchup with Oregon...
“I really haven't thought about it. It's the Civil War and it was going to be a big game whether they won or lost. We are definitely excited about it and it's going to be a crazy week. We will prepare our best.”
On learning the result of Oregon vs. Stanford on sideline...
“I didn't see the score up on the board, just heard the crowd cheering. I asked one of our players what happened and I found out it was 17-14 in overtime but i didn't know it was over yet. I didn't find out until later on in the game that they had lost but I try to not pay too much attention to that stuff. We will see the tape and figure out where they are vulnerable.”
Running Back Terron Ward
On the possibility of overlooking Cal based on record ...
"Every week we are playing like we are 0-0, like Coach Riley says. We never overlook anyone. In the Pac-12 anyone can be beat on any given Saturday. They are a really talented team and have had some misfortunes this season, but could still beat anyone."
On extra motivation toward a hometown school like Cal...
"No, I didn't have any extra motivation. I had some friends on the team which might have given me a little, but I just saw them as another team to beat."
On family rivalry for Civil War with brother being a Duck ...
" My brother is really proud of me being a Beaver and the hard work I have put in. He is happy that I am being successful in something I love to do. He looks at me to do the best I can and that's all that matters."
California Post-Game Quotes
California Head Coach Jeff Tedford
On thoughts on the season…
“Not very good. It's not something we are used to. It's obvious we have work to do. I will say this, though, about these kids; these kids are good kids and there are a lot of good young people here. Through tough times they've kept it together and I appreciate that. It's something we aren't used to and don't ever want to be used to. It's an unfortunate year for the seniors who are leaving that way. I feel for them.”
On whether the team had enough tonight…
“I didn't see that in their eyes. We have a lot of guys banged up. We have guys playing through things and Oregon State was hitting on all cylinders. We had way too many penalties and turnovers. I really don't believe it's a lack of effort. I don't think they ever quit. They were just outmatched tonight.”
On the high number of penalties this season…
“We had curtailed those over the last few weeks. Today was absolutely a situation of way too many penalties. We had some unfortunate things with some hands to the face when guys were inside. Some of them were lack of judgment in the open field or whatever. But most of them came with pass interference calls and we had a couple crucial ones of guys rushing inside and getting their hands too high. We got called for that a couple of times that really hurt us.”
On the play of California quarterback Allan Bridgford…
“He had some dropped balls. Again, he needs some more experience. He threw some good balls and had to throw the ball away a few times. But he kept plugging away in there and was always attending to what was going on. He made some good throws and did what he could.”
