BYU Post Game Quotes
Post Game Quotes
Brigham Young vs. Hawaii
Aloha Stadium
Dec. 3, 2011
Hawaii coach Greg McMackin
“We aren’t going to a bowl game. I feel bad for the players, the coaches and the fans, everybody with the program.”
On Hawaii senior class:
“They’re all going to get their degrees. I’m very proud of that. They’re all going to be successful guys. Some are going to play in the NFL.”
BYU coach Bronco Mendenhall
General comment:
“I was really impressed with how our team traveled and how they handled the bye and how they handled practice. We moved the ball in the first half. We didn’t put points on the board in the first half because of a couple of missed kicks. We had to tighten up a few things, which happened in the second half. We played with a little more emotion and more execution-sound. I think we improved again and are still gaining momentum.”
On quarterback Riley Nelson’s performance. Nelson missed the last game with injury:
“I really liked it. It took him a series or two or three to get his rhythm, timing, just the feel back. And as you saw in the second half, there was quite a difference. He just became who he has been.”
On Nelson’s TD pass to Cody Hoffman in the third quarter, when Nelson broke a tackle and completed the pass to Hoffman, who made a one-handed grab:
“The play he made to Cody Hoffman. That’s one of the greatest plays I’ve ever seen. I was impressed and really think he’s really physically a tough young man.”
On BYU’s defense:
“We played much more conservatively (in the second half). The first half I wasn’t disappointed with how we played. I made a very poor call as a play caller on the screen that went the distance. Once we got an idea of what they were doing, where they were sliding protection, where the ball was going … the second half we felt like we were right on their game.”
