Post-Game Quotes: Indiana at Michigan
11/1/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
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Head Coach Kevin Wilson |
"Offensively we're still struggling to find some passing, a couple of turnovers gave them a short field. Our defense tried -- they made some plays -- I thought they did a nice job for the most part, the battled and showed some improvement and something to build on. We've got to play better offensively -- and until we can get a little more balance in there, we were 5-for-8 passing, a little one-dimensional, and unfortunately we came up short against a solid Michigan team."
On getting more production out of quarterback Zander Diamont:
"Again, once we get out there and do some things in practice they look good, but out in the game your eyes get going where they shouldn't or you get out of rhythm, and you think you see things -- he didn't have any critical, huge errors -- but to me there's a lack of timing, lack of trust, lack of confidence. We tried to move the pocket some to see if that would help. We tried to throw some short stuff -- he's got a good enough arm. The first quarter -- throwing into the wind -- was a little bit tough for us, but after that we kept (going). We put (junior/sophomore QB Nate) Boudreau in and he took a slight injury so I don't know what his status will be, but I don't think it's major. The way Zander started we were going to go with Nate. He took hit, not a big hit but he got knocked, so that's why we went with Zander. We'll see how it plays out. We've got a lot of work to do. We talk about it, but again, when you're a young guy -- and we've played young guys -- he's been with us a year. He's getting bigger and stronger. We've talked about it, he will sense the more he plays what his issues are, and what he needs to work on short-term and long-term to get himself where he's playing better in the future. We've got to play a lot better in the future -- it is what it is -- we'll keep working to find some things for him to do better. But we've got to play better at that spot, it's not very good."
On quarterback Nate Boudreau's injury:
"He's got a shoulder thing -- I don't think it's anything like (QB-Nate) Sudfeld's deal. It knocked him out (of the game)."
On his team's missed opportunities for turnovers:
"Like we tell them, if it wasn't a good call or a good play, you wouldn't have been in position to get (a turnover). It's not like you're not good enough. You're not good enough when you're not there. And there were some times today when we were there. Except for the last drive where we missed him at the line, missed two formations and gave up two long runs. And except for a couple times when we played base and they gapped us up and we gave the quarterback a long time to stand in there and work us up. I thought the defensive effort and energy was better. We were position to make the plays. Again, we talked a few weeks ago about making those plays in practice. You can't catch the ball for the guy. I guess that's one of the reasons they are on defense -- if their hands were better they might be offensive guys. We've got to keep fighting to make the plays. It's unfortunate to lose the turnover ratio 2-to-1. Our two turnovers led to 14 points -- their one turnover led to a missed field goal. That's a 17-point swing. It was 27-10 before their last score. As poorly as we played, if you take care of (the ball, we were in it). We tried to be safe with a quarterback draw on a third down, and we fumbled it. We felt we were in a one or two-possession game, even when it was ugly. It was tough sledding. Defense was playing good enough, if we just kept hanging around we thought we could create a play on O or D, but didn't quite get it done. We talk about it. In our time here -- our offense is playing as poorly as our defense has ever played. Our inability to create turnovers -- we've not been a team that's turned it over a lot -- we've got to find ways to get turnovers and get stops, because those are ways to get cheap wins. We needed a couple today and we didn't do it."
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Junior RB Tevin Coleman |
"They're a great defense, and they loaded the box, filled all the gaps, and they played hard. They stopped us."
On inability to break a big run:
"It was real frustrating. I was getting close, but they have a great defense and a great team. They did a pretty good job of stopping me."
On running an offense without a passing game:
"It's real tough, but we're working hard to fix that. We're going to fix that by practicing hard and just keep working."
On sitting after his fumble:
"I was expecting that because that's how we do it. If you fumble, and it creates a turnover, usually you are out for the game. That's just a rule from (Running Backs) Coach (Deland) McCullough."
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Freshman QB Zander Diamont |
"The game is starting to slow down a little bit. I'm kind of having confidence in knowing the calls, knowing the plays and just working with the team. It's a process, and I'm trying to take it one day at a time."
On his big run:
"I was very surprised. I think that's why I went out of bounds. I had a million thoughts running through my head, and I was surprised how open I was for sure."
On improvement since the Michigan State game:
"I've been calmer in the pocket. Again, I was trying to slow down myself and my feet, and I think that's what I did a better job of today. I think I did a little bit better job of managing the game. I gave us a few more opportunities. Not enough, but a few more."
On ball security and his fumble:
"It hasn't [been a problem in the past]. Again, I can only talk about my high school career so far, but in high school I think I had one fumble my entire four years, three years starting. It's never been an issue for me. I didn't have any fumbles last game or turnovers last game. The guy (DTRyan Glasgow) raked the ball out today. He made a good play, for sure."
