NO. 12 APPALACHIAN STATE 33, FURMAN 28
NOVEMBER 10, 2012 • BOONE, N.C. (KIDD BREWER STADIUM)
POSTGAME QUOTES
Appalachian State
Coach Jerry Moore
Opening Statement
"What a celebration on that field at the end of the game. We
tried to give it away at the end of the first half throwing fourteen points on
the board for them. The poor coverage on the kick-off return and then turn around
and fumble it in the end zone but it was a great night. I'm proud of our team
and the way they played."
On preparation during
the week:
"I have had a rough week apprehension wise. We've tried not
to let the players get too focused on the "ring-game". The players get too
focused on winning a ring instead of the game at hand. I was a little concerned
about that."
On the impact of the
fans:
"It was like jet-engines roaring, we could not hear a thing
on the sidelines and that's a tribute to the fans. I know it got to Furman a
few times when they couldn't hear the signals and there were false-start
penalties against them. All those little things make a difference."
Demetrius McCray -
Corner Back
On defensive play and
preparation:
"This week we came in focused on playing fast and playing
physical and that's what we were able to do tonight and we finished this game
off."
Jamal Jackson - Quarterback
On play of receivers
Peacock and Price:
"We had two one-hundred yard receivers, that makes my job
easy. Just to be able to put the ball in their hands and it makes my job easier
when they can make people miss in the open field."
Troy Sanders - Safety
On effect of crowd on defensive performance:
"There were some false start penalties on Furman and that
was all because of the 12th man. Hats off to our Black Saturday fans
for turning it up another level because that allowed us to turn up our game to
another level."
Furman
Coach Bruce Fowler
Opening Statement
"I believe we played well today. We did miss a lot of tackles on the defensive
end and it showed. They rushed the ball on us pretty well, accumulating more
than 170-yards. This is a tough place
and App is a good team playing for the conference championship."
On mistakes
"We made some small mistakes today, twitched on the
offensive line a couple times, missed a field goal that could have gave us
momentum into the second half and we could never get a good rhythm on offense.
We just got to do better with these mistakes and when the game is as close as
it was, we will have a chance to win."
On quarterback Reese
Hannon
He's played a lot now and has made some mistakes but he does
everything he can to fix them. He's only nine games into his career and he leads
our team down the field and has done some good things for our team. He just
needs to be consistent, just as the whole team needs to be consistent.
Reese Hannon - Quarterback
On execution of the
game
"They are a good team, and they have such a great atmosphere
here with their fans that it makes it even tougher to play. We weren't able to
execute as well as we wanted and they were able to at the times it mattered."
Jerodis Williams - Running Back
On the loss
"It was definitely a tough loss, and
what makes it even tougher was because it was winnable. I felt like the offense
made the plays that we needed too and the defense did a good job of getting us
the ball and giving us chances to win the game."
On how the special
teams contributed to 100-yard kickoff return
"The blocking. If you could see it from my eyes it was wide
open. I had to dodge maybe one guy but one out of eleven are some pretty good
odds."
