Postgame Quotes – ASU vs. Georgia Southern
October 24, 2009
GSU Running back Adam Urbano
“I feel like we came out and were in shock a little, we didn't really have the intensity that it takes to beat a team like that.”
“We made a few mistakes early on and instead of keeping our head, we got frustrated and you can't afford to do that against Appalachian.”
“They're a great football team, they had a good plan on both sides of the ball and they came out and took it to us. Hats off to them.”
GSU Quarterback Lee Chapple
“We just got flat out beat today, they beat us in every aspect of the game and made it difficult for us to execute.”
“We came out slow, and in an atmosphere like this you can't do that and expect to win a football game up here.”
“A few mistakes early on and things just kind of snowballed from there, and Appalachian is a team that once they get rolling they're hard to stop.”
GSU Head Coach Chris Hatcher
“I think we were a little overwhelmed by the environment. We haven't played very well on the road the entire season and that's something that concerned me all week.
“we didn't play very aggressive on either side of the ball at the start of the game.”
“Appalachian is the same as they've always been, nothing's changed and I've said that all year that this is a great football team. Today, they came out fired up and took it to us early on and never looked back.”
“We came up here planning to win this game but we couldn't run the ball and when you cant do that it makes everything else much more difficult. When you play a team like Appalachian if you're not hitting on all phases of the game you get exposed pretty quickly.”
“Today wasn't our day, and they played a great game which I knew they would. When you factor all that in its going to make for a long afternoon for us.”
“They've got some great players, we knew they would be aggressive and we tried to put our guys in situations to take advantage of that but we just didn't make enough plays, but they didn't do anything that we weren't expecting they just had our number today.”
(on ASU's touchdown just before the half) “That was a big drive because we had forced a turnover and had a chance to cut into the lead the previous possession, and they took it down there right before the half and scored again and that was pretty much the nail in the coffin.”
Appalachian State Cornerback Cortez Gilbert
“This week was one of toughest week of practice we've had since fall camp, we came out with a tenacious attitude.” “Being Georgia Southern and Black Saturday, this is always one of the highlights of the season that you look forward to and today we executed as well as we have in a while.”
“I think it goes back to our practice, we really focused on running to the ball and getting after the ball-carrier so a lot of what you saw today is directly from the things we worked on in practice all week.”
“When the coaches turn on the film tomorrow, we wanted to make sure they saw that we went out there and ran to the ball and responded to the challenge they posed to us.”
Appalachian State Defensive End Jabari Fletcher
“We all felt like we had something to prove, we've heard the comments and the things people have said about our defense so we took that and used it as fuel and came out today and played one of our better games.”
“Swarming to the ball, getting as many guys to the ball as possible, those are the things we did today and those are the things that we're going to keep doing the rest of the season.”
Appalachian State Wide Receiver Matt Cline
“I think we were pretty comfortable out there today, we were able to throw the ball and run the ball well and when we have both aspects clicking like that we can do some good things.”
(on career-high 10 catches) “It feels good to get in the mix. We've got so many guys on this team that can make plays so its nice to go out and make things happen for the team.”
Appalachian State Wide Receiver Coco Hillary
“All week in the film room, one of the things we picked up on was that they play a lot of man coverage, I feel like we've got the athletes on this team to take advantage of the looks that they gave us.”
“We wanted to come out and send a message and I feel like we did that early on. We came out and established that we were going to throw the football and that's what we did.”
Appalachian State Head Coach Jerry Moore
“Obivously this was a big win, our back was against the wall and our players and coaches knew that. “
“We knew they were going to give us their best shot, they came out and played hard and we knew they would because they're a good team. This was the best week of preparation we've had all season.”
“We changed some things, we made some personnel moves and shook things up defensively. We went back to basics and I feel like we put together a good ball game today.”
“I was proud of how they responded today because we beat a good football team.”
“Last time they played up here, Armanti threw an interception early in the game and we never recovered from and when we fumbled early on and they ran it back I was thinking the same thing. But they kids responded well and I was proud of the way we competed today.”
“If you're not careful sometimes you'll get into a rut. Things were going ok, but sometimes ok is not good enough. So this week we went back to basics and refocused and I think it paid off today.”
Appalachian State Quarterback Armanti Edwards
“It lets us relax some when the defense comes out and makes stops. We know what those guys are capable of so it was nice to see them out there playing like they did today.”
“We've been in a rhythm all year offensively but we've had some trouble in the red-zone. Today we eliminated that and cut out some penalties and played a pretty complete game.”
“We took advantage of the matchups they presented us. We knew that they can't double Quick because it leaves Cline and Coco open, and they can't leave Quick one-on-one either so whichever way the safety went, we went opposite and we had a lot of success today with that.”
