Nov. 30, 2013
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WKU 34. Arkansas State 31
Press Conference Quotes
Nov. 30, 2013
WKU Head Coach Bobby Petrino
Opening Statement
"Wow. What a great win for us. I'm just really proud of our players. We stuck together and kept competing. We had a number of things that didn't go our way and certainly could have cashed it in. It just a credit to our seniors... to stay fighting. When you win a game like that, there's a lot of plays earlier in the game that allowed us to get into position to win it like that. Real excited about it, very happy about it, and very proud of our assistant coaches, who did an excellent job, and our players that just competed extremely hard."
On the final drive...
"The only thing I kept thinking the whole time is 'Okay, I need to use Antonio (Andrews). How do I get him the ball?' We decided to throw a screen to him. He made a great play on that. We gave him the ball on a draw, he made another great play. He got us in a position where we had an opportunity to win the game. You can't say enough about JB's (Jamarielle Brown) catch on the sideline. It certainly was a game of inches on that one. We just kept competing. It looked like we had won it earlier. We got a penalty and got backed up. Then we were fortunate they roughed the quarterback, got us back in a position. We just made the plays to win so it's a great way to win."
On ever winning a game with that many chances...
"Not that I can remember. We've had a lot of good wins and last minute wins like the Army one which you never forget. I don't think I've ever been in that came down to a play like that. My plans at the end were to throw it a couple times and then if we didn't have any more downs or time on the clock, we were going to run the ball on the last play of the game and give Antonio (Andrews) another chance to score at the end. He told me he would have gotten it in so we didn't have to worry about it."
On having two bounce back wins this season...
"It just shows how competitive they are and how well they've practiced because you practice things like that and you work hard on situations. It shows our strength and conditioning staff how well they work our players because we're in good condition. That was a hard drive at the end to have to go 99 yards and that kind of intensity and enthusiasm takes a lot out of you but they stuck in there and fought and competed extremely hard. Like I said, there were a lot of big plays not only that drive but throughout the game."
On the bowl chances...
"I hope so because our players deserve it. They've worked extremely hard. We were .500 at one time and we talked about, let's just keep competing, play one game at a time, and put a really nice four-game win streak together. Like I said, I'm just proud of them and the assistant coaches."
On living up to pre-season expectations...
"I would have liked to win the championship. But you get to a point where once that's taken away from you, it's about improvement and building and going out and playing one game at a time. I think Herm Edwards said 'You play to win the game.' So when you get taken out of a championship contention, you just really work on being a competitor and preparing and playing one game at a time. We have a lot of kids that struggle and the ups and downs throughout the season will help them when they're done playing football. I think that's the thing that's pretty cool for them."
What now?
"I don't know. We'll see what happens. Hopefully, we'll get to keep practicing and get ready for a bowl game."
Arkansas State Head Coach Bryan Harsin
On the game
"We are disappointed, we came here to win. We talked about going into this game, about how this game is a game of inches. It really came down to that in the end. Some of the things that happened in that game were. Every time we made a stop, somehow some way they ended up getting more opportunities. It was unfortunate that we had to overcome those things. Bottom line is that we had our chances to win the game."
