Post Game Quotes – ASU vs. NCCU, October 10, 2009
ASU Coach Jerry Moore
“There were a lot of good things that came out of the game today. We got to play a lot of players in the fourth quarter and getting those guys some experience is something that will pay off down the raod.”
“They're building that program and I really believe that by the time they join the MEAC in 2011, they'l be ready to go and they'll have a really competitive football team.”
“I was pleased early with the way we came out and played, then I thought we hit a bit of lull for a while with the turnovers. That's not something that we do and when you get in there in conference play and you have a couple of those you'll end up getting beat.”
“Two things that I saw that we'll have to improve upon are the penalties and the open field tackling. Ten penalties is too many and it won't win football games in the Southern Conference. We also missed a few tackles out there and we've got to do a better job of that.”
“We ran the ball well and we were pretty efficient throwing it. There were a couple of things that we could have done but overall it was a good win. “
“The conference games are coming now, so there's no time to rest and there's no time to take a break.”
ASU Running Back Devon Moore
“ We just executed the game plan really well, they started coming up looking for the run and when they did that we went over the top.”
“We caught them blitzing a few times on the option and when you blitz in that situation you're taking a big gamble and we were able to hit them with some big plays.”
(on the 73 yard touchdown run) “Its been a while since I 've had a hole like that, they didn't have any safeties back so once I broke the line it was all green grass.”
ASU Wide Receiver Matt Cline
“We were able to run the ball and throw the ball today, and when you have both of those going for you it makes things a lot easier.”
ASU Quarterback Armanti Edwards
“We executed a lot of plays but at the same time we made a lot of mistakes, there's a lot of things we could have done a better job of out there today but we're happy to get a win.”
North Carolina Central University Coach Mose Rison
“I thought we played pretty good football in the first two quarters. I think there were a few surprised people in the stands in the first half at how close we were playing but we came in and expected to play well.”
“We knew we had to play our best football to have a chance to win this game, and we did for two quarters but the second half we had won't get it done against a team like Appalachian.”
“They turned it on like we knew they would, Armanti started making plays and that's what you expect from a player of his caliber. “
“Our kids played hard they're just a great football team.”
“Defensively I thought we played really well in the first half, when you play an option football team you have to play assignment football and we had some lapses and Armanti starts making plays. From that point on the flood gates were open.”
“We've had some problems running the football all year long, its been our Achilles heel. When you play a team like App and cant run the football you're in for a long afternoon. “
“They took our running game away and made us a one- dimensional football team.”
NCCU Quarterback Michael Johnson
“ They're extremely talented and discipline. They fly around and make plays and they always have a lot of guys running to the football. “
“Their front seven played physical from the opening snap all the way to the end of the game and just made it difficult for us to get anything going.”
NCCU Linebacker Calvin Hillie
“My responsibility on that play was the middle of the field to the flats, but I don't think he saw me coming out because he threw it right to me.” (on his interception of Armanti Edwards)
“He's a great player, some of the things he did out there we really didn't have an answer for.” (On Armanti)
