Boston College Athletics
Temple Game Quotes
November 04, 2000 | Football
Nov. 4, 2000
Temple at Boston College
November 4, 2000
Boston College Game Quotes
Tom O'Brien, Head Coach
Overall
"Well, I couldn't be any happier for this football team. It was a tough game. Temple is a tough, physical football team."
"It's a great effort by this football team. We came out firing today. I can't be any happier."
"It's a great win for the program, since 1984 this school has only put together one back-to-back winning stretch, and that was when coach Coughlin was here. I think it speaks volumes to these kids in the last 16 years we finally got another group that has put back-to-back winning seasons together. I think it's a great step forward for the program."
On runningback William Green
"He's a big, strong, tough, back. He had 91 yards today and they were all tough yards. He still averaged 4 yards a carry, which was good. He's a good back, and he will continue to be a better back." On the defensive effort
"That's a great job against their offense, we only gave up 92 yards rushing and 126 yards passing, we intercepted three balls."
"You look at these kids, and the way they have fought. We have to have the youngest defense in the conference playing out there."
On the injury to quarterback Tim Hasselbeck
"We lost our quarterback during the second quarter. He has a sprained knee. He's going to take an MRI and we'll see but right now it looks like a sprained knee which means he definitely won't play next week and I don't know how long it will be."
Tim Hasselback, Quarterback
On his left knee injury
"I threw the ball and there was some pressure. The guys shoulder or helmet hit the side of my knee. It just kind of bent the wrong way and I heard something pop. I felt something pop. I got up and my knee hurt, but I felt like I could try to walk it off. I played one more play and I knew something was wrong."
William Green, Runningback
On going over 1000 yards rushing on the season
"It just feels good as a unit, because the offensive line does such a good job they have so much to do with that it just feels good that all of us accomplished that. When I came off the field they all said 'Congratulations!' We did it, it's a good feeling. Those guys get more than half of the credit. They do a heck of a job and I'm not doing all the work out there. Most of the time, I'm not getting touched until I get through the hole. They have been doing a heck of a job."
Temple at Boston College
November 4, 2000
Temple Game Quotes
Bobby Wallace, Head Coach
Overall
"That was a tough game. I would like to congratulate Boston College, they played extremely well, especially defensively. They had their struggles at times, but they really whipped us pretty good. I am about as pretty disappointed in our football team than I have been in a long time. Let's start with the poor job I evidently did getting them ready to play."
"The first quarter was a disaster on both sides of the ball. We didn't move the football, the turnovers kill us and defensively, we didn't slow them down."
"About the defense at least, and maybe it was their change in quarterback, we had the same problem. Devon (Scott) got hurt also. Defensively, we at least picked up the tempo a little bit and played a little bit better in the second half."
"They made a turnover and gave us the opportunity to score and get back into the game a little bit. Offensively we couldn't get it in from the ten-yard line and had ten people on the field, on the play in the third down."
"They are very disappointed. There is not a lot else to say except that we have to rebound We have two home games left and still have an opportunity to do what we set out to do. That is, to have a winning season."
On four day rest period
"I believe that we weren't ready to play. It is my fault. Maybe I shouldn't have given them so much time on an off week. I thought it would help mentally."
Mike Frost, Quarterback
"In some ways, we didn't play well at all. We would get a few first downs here and there, but then we would get stopped and we couldn't convert a third down today at all."
"We were still playing our regular game plan, we weren't trying to get it all at once. But there was a sense of urgency that we felt."
Greg Muckerson, Wide Receiver
"We had a couple of nice drives, but they would turn the ball over. We didn't have a good drive all day. It hurt us. They have a good offensive team."
"They had a good defense but we didn't execute on offense like we should have. We had a good game plan but we didn't accomplish what we sent out to accomplish."
