Appalachian State

Head Coach Jerry Moore

Opening Statement:
"I hurt for our seniors; many of those guys were a part of our last national championship. And we know what it is like to play in games of this magnitude. This was nothing new for us, and we should have handled it."

On Maine's defense:
"Their secondary was probably the best that we have played against.  They were the best tackling and the most aggressive secondary that we have played against."

On Maine's offense scoring on long plays:
"Their quarterback, that guy is just a winner. He doesn't do anything flashy. He goes out there and runs a boot, and they get a first down, and the next thing you know he hits a long ball, touchdown."

Running back Travaris Cadet

On Maine's aggressive defense:
"Today, they wanted it more than us, and they took advantage of opportunities on the field."

Quarterback Jamal Jackson

On facing third-down and long situations:
"Any time the defense can dictate what you are going to do it is not a good outing. We have got to work on that and grow from it."

 

Maine

Head Coach Jack Cosgrove

Opening statement:
"We are excited about the win and for the guys. They worked extremely hard. We got a gift with having a bye and we put it to our benefit. We had a picture of that during the season where we had a great bye week at the end of September after our first three games and came out of that bye with some real good football. I thought we needed to be in that same state and frame of mind. It's an honor to come down here and win. It's special to come down here and win. We feel real special, honored and humbled to come down to a place like this and win. I feel really good for these guys, and it's great to see them reap the benefits of their hard work."

On the offense:
"I think we ran our offense today. Warren was very sharp early in the game, and we just ran our offense. We hoped to be able to run the football, and we found ways to do that. But at times it became difficult to do that because they really got stout up front and their linebackers pressed the line of scrimmage in the second half. We got out a few times and enough times to separate ourselves. And give us a good run pass balance and keep them on their heels a little bit. We felt like we could run our offense as long as our guys played physical.

Linebacker Troy Russell

On stopping the ASU running game:
"We had the bye week and had extra time to prepare fro them and get a feel for their top plays. Our coach did a great job calling the game, putting us in the right position, and everyone executed like we were supposed to."

Quarterback Warren Smith

On what the win means to the program:
"It means a lot to our program, alumni and especially us players. Coming off a 7-4 season from last year, we knew we had a lot to fix, but we knew there was a lot out there for us. With us buying in last December and in the summer having a great overall team effort in the weight room, running, and playing 7-on-7. The whole togetherness of this football team is so great and it's a reward for all that what we did. We are not satisfied yet, and we won't be satisfied until you know what happens."