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Oklahoma State Postgame Quotes vs. Texas Tech – Sept. 22, 2018
September 22, 2018 | Cowboy Football
Oklahoma State Postgame Quotes vs. Texas Tech – Sept. 22, 2018
Oklahoma State Head Coach Mike Gundy
Opening Statement
"That one wasn't near as fun as the other three. It's pretty simple, we got outcoached, outplayed and they were a lot tougher than us. I don't really know any other way to put it. They had really good plans, much better than ours. They executed their plans. Our guys didn't play very well, we made a lot of mistakes. Last week we played really smart, didn't have a lot of penalties, took care of the ball. We didn't do that tonight and I'm not sure why. I thought we practiced really good this week. But we didn't play very good and they were tougher than us, that is a bad combination in college football. Like any other game, on Saturday we got to get rid of that and we got to look ourselves in the mirror and make corrections and see where we made mistakes, see where we got outcoached. We got to have a great week of practice to travel on the road. We didn't play with much composure tonight either. When things happened that weren't good, we got frazzled and we didn't settle in and let something else to happen. So, we didn't play like a very confident football team and a give a lot of credit to them, they probably took that away from us, but other than that, that's how it really was, that's how I see it."
On how to recover from the loss
"We got to get back to the basics, we've got to execute our running game. I thought the backs rushed good, they just didn't get many opportunities. Then you get behind, we're a balanced-attack team, when you get behind by two touchdowns like we were and some of the stuff we do is not as productive. Had a chance to come back, every time we'd get an interception, a stop or whatever, then we would drop a punt, drop passes, turned a guy loose around a corner, make a bad throw. They outcoached us, they outplayed us."
On Taylor Cornelius' play:
"He missed a couple (throws), but there were a lot of times we didn't do a good job of keeping our head up, got run through a couple times, they flushed him out of the pocket. And I think he got into a mode where his biological clock was moving real fast. Not necessarily panicked but as a quarterback, when you start to work faster than you need to based on pressure and things, sometimes it can work against you. That might've happened to him, without watching the tape."
On the running game
"We can't rush the football when we want to rush the football. And as I've said for six weeks, that's a serious problem that we have to fix. We're working hard, we're getting as many reps as we can, we are just not making very good strides."
On Dillon Stoner's status
"He was banged up a little bit, wasn't playing very fast. He was trying to fight through it, but I didn't think he was playing very fast."
Offensive Coordinator Mike Yurcich
On how good the practices were this past week
"The effort was great in practice. The execution was good and for whatever reason it didn't carry over well tonight."
On tonight's offensive performance
"It seemed like everything that could go wrong, went wrong at particular times. Which disrupts your timing and flow and ability to move the ball down the field and score points."
On Taylor Cornelius
"I thought Corn (Taylor Cornelius) played tough. I know the statistics don't resemble it very well. I don't think it's all about numbers. We'll have to go back and look at the film and see where mistakes were made at that position and correct them."
Defensive Coordinator Jim Knowles
On how good the practices were this past week
"I thought we had a good week. I thought we had a good plan. But everybody's got a plan until you start to get punched. It's like every fighter has a plan until you start to get punched."
On tonight's defensive performance.
"I thought what we didn't do well, which was certainly my responsibility, was getting ready to handle those punches that come from a powerful offense. You have to be able to handle adversity. I didn't think I did a very good job at that. They played better than us and I think they coached better than us. Anything the players do out there, that's my responsibility."
On Texas Tech's game plan
"Getting the ball out of their hands fast. They do a good job of freezing you and seeing what you're in. Attacking your leverage and all that. They do a very good job at that. I think we need to do a better job of changing things more and disguising things more."
Running Back Justice Hill
On the loss to Texas Tech
"It was a tough night. They had a good team, a good plan and they came to play."
On Texas Tech linebacker Dakota Allen
"He's a great player and he made some great plays. We just have to be better offensively and execute our plays."
On the offense's struggles
"I felt like we were prepared and that we had a great week of practice, like Coach Gundy said. We had a great gameplan coming in, but we just didn't execute our plays."
Wide Receiver Tylan Wallace
On the loss to Texas Tech
"We started out pretty well. I felt like our defense was on the field too long and when our offense was on the field, we've got to put points on the board. I just don't think we produced when we needed to."
On his connection with quarterback Taylor Cornelius
"We work on that connection every day in practice with all of our receivers. All of us go out there and work with (Taylor Cornelius) and have that connection with him. Tonight my number was called, and when that happened I tried to make plays."
On switching gears to face Kansas next week
"We've got to come to practice, stay focused and do whatever we can to get prepared for the next opponent."
Linebacker Justin Phillips
On the loss to Texas Tech
"It wasn't anything that we didn't see in practice, I just think they executed better than we did during the game and they were ready to play."
On switching gears to face Kansas next week
"We've just got to watch film on Kansas and make sure we're as prepared as possible. We can't do anything about this game now - it's over - so we've just got to prepare for Kansas."
On what the Cowboys need to do to bounce back
"Just like with any game, you take the loss, look for your corrections and what you did wrong. All you can do is continue to work on improving during the week."
Quarterback Taylor Cornelius
On the loss to Texas Tech
"Offensively we just didn't get the job done. I've got to play better. There were too many mental mistakes on my part. I've got to play better is basically all I can say."
On getting ready to face Kansas
"We have to come in tomorrow and continue working and try to get better."
On how the Cowboys can bounce back
"Taking a loss like today - we just have to flip that switch and just come back with that fire to want to get better. We have to play better, get better and move on to next week."
Texas Tech Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury
On how it felt to be on the winning side in Stillwater
"(Coach Gundy) has had our number for a long time, particularly out here. So for those guys to play the way they did and execute the way they did, I'm just proud of their effort. Hopefully we can build off it."
On QB Alan Bowman's success
"We take a lot of pride in that position, making sure our room is deep, and having two or three guys that can go out there and win games. We are excited for him and his progress. He had a couple of throws he'd like to have back, but he doesn't get rattled, he keeps playing. He has just got to keep progressing."
On the performance of Tech's offensive line
"I thought they played really well. We had a plan to make sure we knew where we were going with the ball, and not to hold it to long and I thought Alan (Bowman) did a good job of getting it out of his hand. When it wasn't there he threw the ball away. We have to give our offensive line a lot of credit, and Alan a lot of credit for not taking those sacks."
On Tech's defensive performance
"I think that we're just progressing each week. We weren't happy the first three weeks with where we were. Getting Jah'Shawn (Johnson) back allowed some calmness to set back in. He's a four-year starter and one of the best players in the conference. Adding him back added leadership and play-making ability and that helped."
Demarcus Felton
On returning to Texas Tech for his senior year
"I'm very glad to be coming back. These are the moments I came back for. I wanted to be with my brothers and the team and play for these coaches and this coaching staff."
On the turnaround from the first game
"The biggest reason is that everyone is all in. All of the coaches are all in--the whole staff, the players. No one is taking short corners. We are all just in it to win it."
On the mindset from last year to this season
"We are more locked in as a group. We all compete as a group to see who is going to get the most touches or what plays will be drawn up."
Jah'Shawn Johnson
On his first game back
"It was exciting. The guys were excited to have me back. Credit to the training staff for working with me these last three weeks I was out. It was exciting and I'm glad we got the win."
Regarding Oklahoma State Offense
"They threw the ball well. They beat us on numerous third and longs at the beginning of the game. We tried to stay inside and force them to throw the ball deep. We took away what they wanted to do and it came up big.
Ja'Deion High
On his favorite catch of the night
"I don't really favorite them. I just make sure I catch the ball when I need to."
On quarterback Alan Bowman
"We noticed when he stepped into the first game how poised he was. He came in as a freshman, it was a big game to come into and he showed that poise through all three games and stepped up tonight."
Oklahoma State Head Coach Mike Gundy
Opening Statement
"That one wasn't near as fun as the other three. It's pretty simple, we got outcoached, outplayed and they were a lot tougher than us. I don't really know any other way to put it. They had really good plans, much better than ours. They executed their plans. Our guys didn't play very well, we made a lot of mistakes. Last week we played really smart, didn't have a lot of penalties, took care of the ball. We didn't do that tonight and I'm not sure why. I thought we practiced really good this week. But we didn't play very good and they were tougher than us, that is a bad combination in college football. Like any other game, on Saturday we got to get rid of that and we got to look ourselves in the mirror and make corrections and see where we made mistakes, see where we got outcoached. We got to have a great week of practice to travel on the road. We didn't play with much composure tonight either. When things happened that weren't good, we got frazzled and we didn't settle in and let something else to happen. So, we didn't play like a very confident football team and a give a lot of credit to them, they probably took that away from us, but other than that, that's how it really was, that's how I see it."
On how to recover from the loss
"We got to get back to the basics, we've got to execute our running game. I thought the backs rushed good, they just didn't get many opportunities. Then you get behind, we're a balanced-attack team, when you get behind by two touchdowns like we were and some of the stuff we do is not as productive. Had a chance to come back, every time we'd get an interception, a stop or whatever, then we would drop a punt, drop passes, turned a guy loose around a corner, make a bad throw. They outcoached us, they outplayed us."
On Taylor Cornelius' play:
"He missed a couple (throws), but there were a lot of times we didn't do a good job of keeping our head up, got run through a couple times, they flushed him out of the pocket. And I think he got into a mode where his biological clock was moving real fast. Not necessarily panicked but as a quarterback, when you start to work faster than you need to based on pressure and things, sometimes it can work against you. That might've happened to him, without watching the tape."
On the running game
"We can't rush the football when we want to rush the football. And as I've said for six weeks, that's a serious problem that we have to fix. We're working hard, we're getting as many reps as we can, we are just not making very good strides."
On Dillon Stoner's status
"He was banged up a little bit, wasn't playing very fast. He was trying to fight through it, but I didn't think he was playing very fast."
Offensive Coordinator Mike Yurcich
On how good the practices were this past week
"The effort was great in practice. The execution was good and for whatever reason it didn't carry over well tonight."
On tonight's offensive performance
"It seemed like everything that could go wrong, went wrong at particular times. Which disrupts your timing and flow and ability to move the ball down the field and score points."
On Taylor Cornelius
"I thought Corn (Taylor Cornelius) played tough. I know the statistics don't resemble it very well. I don't think it's all about numbers. We'll have to go back and look at the film and see where mistakes were made at that position and correct them."
Defensive Coordinator Jim Knowles
On how good the practices were this past week
"I thought we had a good week. I thought we had a good plan. But everybody's got a plan until you start to get punched. It's like every fighter has a plan until you start to get punched."
On tonight's defensive performance.
"I thought what we didn't do well, which was certainly my responsibility, was getting ready to handle those punches that come from a powerful offense. You have to be able to handle adversity. I didn't think I did a very good job at that. They played better than us and I think they coached better than us. Anything the players do out there, that's my responsibility."
On Texas Tech's game plan
"Getting the ball out of their hands fast. They do a good job of freezing you and seeing what you're in. Attacking your leverage and all that. They do a very good job at that. I think we need to do a better job of changing things more and disguising things more."
Running Back Justice Hill
On the loss to Texas Tech
"It was a tough night. They had a good team, a good plan and they came to play."
On Texas Tech linebacker Dakota Allen
"He's a great player and he made some great plays. We just have to be better offensively and execute our plays."
On the offense's struggles
"I felt like we were prepared and that we had a great week of practice, like Coach Gundy said. We had a great gameplan coming in, but we just didn't execute our plays."
Wide Receiver Tylan Wallace
On the loss to Texas Tech
"We started out pretty well. I felt like our defense was on the field too long and when our offense was on the field, we've got to put points on the board. I just don't think we produced when we needed to."
On his connection with quarterback Taylor Cornelius
"We work on that connection every day in practice with all of our receivers. All of us go out there and work with (Taylor Cornelius) and have that connection with him. Tonight my number was called, and when that happened I tried to make plays."
On switching gears to face Kansas next week
"We've got to come to practice, stay focused and do whatever we can to get prepared for the next opponent."
Linebacker Justin Phillips
On the loss to Texas Tech
"It wasn't anything that we didn't see in practice, I just think they executed better than we did during the game and they were ready to play."
On switching gears to face Kansas next week
"We've just got to watch film on Kansas and make sure we're as prepared as possible. We can't do anything about this game now - it's over - so we've just got to prepare for Kansas."
On what the Cowboys need to do to bounce back
"Just like with any game, you take the loss, look for your corrections and what you did wrong. All you can do is continue to work on improving during the week."
Quarterback Taylor Cornelius
On the loss to Texas Tech
"Offensively we just didn't get the job done. I've got to play better. There were too many mental mistakes on my part. I've got to play better is basically all I can say."
On getting ready to face Kansas
"We have to come in tomorrow and continue working and try to get better."
On how the Cowboys can bounce back
"Taking a loss like today - we just have to flip that switch and just come back with that fire to want to get better. We have to play better, get better and move on to next week."
Texas Tech Head Coach Kliff Kingsbury
On how it felt to be on the winning side in Stillwater
"(Coach Gundy) has had our number for a long time, particularly out here. So for those guys to play the way they did and execute the way they did, I'm just proud of their effort. Hopefully we can build off it."
On QB Alan Bowman's success
"We take a lot of pride in that position, making sure our room is deep, and having two or three guys that can go out there and win games. We are excited for him and his progress. He had a couple of throws he'd like to have back, but he doesn't get rattled, he keeps playing. He has just got to keep progressing."
On the performance of Tech's offensive line
"I thought they played really well. We had a plan to make sure we knew where we were going with the ball, and not to hold it to long and I thought Alan (Bowman) did a good job of getting it out of his hand. When it wasn't there he threw the ball away. We have to give our offensive line a lot of credit, and Alan a lot of credit for not taking those sacks."
On Tech's defensive performance
"I think that we're just progressing each week. We weren't happy the first three weeks with where we were. Getting Jah'Shawn (Johnson) back allowed some calmness to set back in. He's a four-year starter and one of the best players in the conference. Adding him back added leadership and play-making ability and that helped."
Demarcus Felton
On returning to Texas Tech for his senior year
"I'm very glad to be coming back. These are the moments I came back for. I wanted to be with my brothers and the team and play for these coaches and this coaching staff."
On the turnaround from the first game
"The biggest reason is that everyone is all in. All of the coaches are all in--the whole staff, the players. No one is taking short corners. We are all just in it to win it."
On the mindset from last year to this season
"We are more locked in as a group. We all compete as a group to see who is going to get the most touches or what plays will be drawn up."
Jah'Shawn Johnson
On his first game back
"It was exciting. The guys were excited to have me back. Credit to the training staff for working with me these last three weeks I was out. It was exciting and I'm glad we got the win."
Regarding Oklahoma State Offense
"They threw the ball well. They beat us on numerous third and longs at the beginning of the game. We tried to stay inside and force them to throw the ball deep. We took away what they wanted to do and it came up big.
Ja'Deion High
On his favorite catch of the night
"I don't really favorite them. I just make sure I catch the ball when I need to."
On quarterback Alan Bowman
"We noticed when he stepped into the first game how poised he was. He came in as a freshman, it was a big game to come into and he showed that poise through all three games and stepped up tonight."
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