Appalachian State Postgame Quotes:

Quarterback - DeAndre Presley:

"Coach always tells us that games like this there are 4 or 5 plays that make a difference and that was one of those plays that shifted the moment. It was a play we needed."

 "Defense played well.  At times when we needed stops they gave them to us.  It will be times like that when defense is going to carry the offense and the offense carries the defense. Today was one of those times that the defense carried us and I sure thank God for them boys."

Linebacker - Jeremy Kimbrough:

"It was a big game for us. This game really set the tempo for the defense for the rest of the conference"

Head Coach Jerry Moore:

"I'm really really proud of our defense. I do believe that we have found some things out about ourselves tonight, and I think that we can be a really good football team."

“Oh we couldn't have won if the defense hadn't played like they played. The things that we lacked today are correctable, as far as our offense is concerned."

"I think they've played the roughest schedule in our league." We don't know what kind of football team we got.  We haven't played a football team that really pressed us until today."

 

Chattanooga Postgame Quotes:

Head Coach Russ Huesman:

“I told our team, UTC lost this football game. I'm not going to sit here and brag on the defense. Defense played good. We created some turnovers. We could've stopped them with three minutes to go. We could've stopped them, we didn't.We should have never lost this football game, no way. That team is not better than us. No way we should have lost this football game. They made plays.  This one hurts more than any I've been involved with. This one hurts right here. We had a chance to win that game and we didn't get it done.”

“A thousand times worse, the bottom line is we didn't execute. It's on us as coaches.”

“We have to come back tomorrow and focus, get ready to play Citadel. And make every little, itty bitty thing right. Because this one hurts. This one hurts way worse than last year."

“I have to give them credit, their defense played really, really, really well. They have a good defensive football team.”

“I'm sick of the beating he's (BJ Coleman) taking. We're fixing it. I don't care how. I don't care if we have to do nine man protection and one man routes. He took a beating out there. And I love BJ, he gets right back up. But he just can't take that beating out there.”

Wide Receiver - Jeff Veres:

“We just come back to work tomorrow. We're going to be ready for the rest of the year. This ones going to hurt more than any other one. We're ready to take on anyone now. You take from it and you learn and move on. Come to work tomorrow and it starts over again.”

“We want to help them out. I feel awful for our defense because they've been playing lights out and we haven't been capitalizing when we need to.”

Linebacker - Ryan Consiglio:

"It's a great feeling defensively. When you've got the offense figured out. You kind of know what's coming. We prepared for it all week. We knew what we were going to get. They're a great offense… We knew who we needed to stop. We got turnovers, we got three and outs. It's kind of a tough pill to swallow.

“Me personally, I would go play right now if I had the opportunity. So I'm not really worried about a hangover. I feel like everybody is kind of on the same page as I am, as far as using this as a learning tool as much as you hate to say it.”