Post Game Quotes
Hawai'i at Army
Sept. 11, 2010
Head Coach Greg McMackin
“It was an exciting game. Both teams played their hearts out. Army has played a lot of games like that, right down to the wire. It looked like we controlled the first half, but they came back and controlled the second half. To take it back and get the field goal, it's a thrill for our guys. It's great to win a game like that, especially on the road, and I'm really proud of them.”
(Ref.: getting the ball with 30 seconds, any thought to settle for overtime?)
“There was no doubt that we were going to march down the field. We actually should have had 12 to 18 seconds more. That's why I was talking to the officials. When we recovered the football it should have been dead right then and they kept running time off the clock. Then, when we did get the fumble the white hat official said you don't get any more time. So we had what, 21 seconds, to go down. Our offense executed a couple of great plays, got us down within field goal range, then Scott Enos kicked it through and it was a dream come true.”
(Ref.: condition of Spencer Smith)
“Spencer is one of our best players and he broke his forearm so I'm not sure how long he's out, but I'm sure he's out quite a bit. That's a real loss. He was one of the captains of our first game. He's a leader and a great player. He's going to be greatly missed.”
(Ref.: coming back after seeing Spencer Smith go down and Army scoring 21-straight points)
“We have a trademark that we're going to come out fighting and we're not going to retreat and they didn't. They didn't quit. The second half - we let them in the game with a couple penalties, had a couple of fumbles. Then in the fourth quarter we stiffened up and got a fumble ourselves and finished it off.”
Junior QB Bryant Moniz
(Ref.: any doubt you'd be able to get into scoring position the final drive)
“Pretty much the whole second half, all they did was hold on to the ball and run out the clock, so I was a little worried if we were going to get the opportunity to get on the field. Our defense and secondary fought them the whole second half and created a fumble, their only one of the whole game, and it just worked out. We always practice our 2-minute drills - 20 seconds left is a lot of time, and it was enough time today.”
(Ref.: what offensive coordinator Nick Rolovich told you after the fumble recovery)
“Same thing as in practice: 25 seconds, no time outs, get the ball out towards the sideline, get the ball out of bounds, and I just went in and told our huddle that and we went out and did that.”
(Ref.: getting your confidence back after Army made its 21-point run)
“It's just one of those things where you have to let the last play behind you. All the other plays where we didn't get it - our fumble, all the bad stuff that happened to us - put that behind us and took it one play at a time. When it came down to the last drive, we weren't negative at all, we were confident in our abilities, our plays, our coaches, our talk, and we just did what we had to do.”
