Postgame Quotes: California
September 08, 2019 | Football
SEATTLE – Members of the Washington football team met with the media following the Huskies' Pac-12 Conference opener against California at Husky Stadium on Saturday, Sept, 7. Read some of what they had to say:
HEAD COACH CHRIS PETERSEN
(Opening statement) "I just want to thank the fans that stayed. That was impressive, those who stayed. I appreciate their energy and support. Hats off to Cal. They played better than us. I think that we need to tackle better, that showed up tonight. We missed too many tackles. We need to get our pass game into a better rhythm. We were not throwing the ball like we are capable of. We had some drops that stymied us. We ran the ball but we did not move the ball. We need to go back to work and clean some things up."
(On his approach when faced with an indefinite delay) "We went into the locker room and relaxed. Our team did a good job rallying when the weather finally broke. Both sides had to do the same thing, and I don't think it had anything to do with the outcome. It would have been nice to play the game and keep all of the fans in the stadium. I think the people that stayed, did a great job and helped us a bunch."
(On what happened with the eight seconds that ran off the clock before the last timeout) "I wish that we called that a little bit sooner. I wanted to get them in a stance before I called it."
(On whether or not players were in the right position to make tackles) "I will have to look at the tape on that one. I am sure that our guys were a little out of position and not working off each other the way that I would like them to. It seemed to me that it was more tackles than we have missed in a while."
(On how much faith he had in Peyton Henry to make that kick) "I just didn't want to put him in a bad position. That is a long kick. It was in the grey area. He has been kicking really well in the last couple of weeks. He ironed out his steps in the last weeks of camp, and once he did that, he had really been good. He has good leg strength, that wasn't the issue. If he can get all lined up, then he can make field goals. It wasn't a matter of if he was going to get it there. It was just if he was going to be accurate."
(On if there was any thought to letting them score after they got the first down at the end there) "Yeah. We always have that conversation. They were running the ball and watching them kick field goals, he had a lower trajectory. It shouldn't have gotten to that situation, when your back is up against the wall. That was a thought for a second."
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN NICK HARRIS
(On how strange it was playing with the delay) "I mean, obviously with the weather delay it was a little strange. But, we've got to adjust when stuff like that happens. That was probably the main thing that was weird. Yeah that's it."
(On what the team did during the delay) "We just sat in the locker room and just waited. We're sitting there just waiting for the call, whatever we were doing."
DEFENSIVE BACK MYLES BRYANT
(On what he did for two and half hours when the team wasn't playing) "We were just like, talking with each other, just relaxing, but still at the same time doing stuff to get ready for the game. All of us knew that the game was going to resume regardless of what was going on out there. So, we just tried our best to stay ready and when it happened, we were just ready to go out there."
(On how quickly he can absorb this loss and move on) "It's only the second game so we've still got a lot more football ahead of us. We'll look at it tonight, look at it tomorrow a little, and once Monday hits we're getting ready for Hawai'i. We understand that a lot of teams are going to try and hit us. They are going to try and hit us to where we missed a lot of plays. So, we've got to learn from those mistakes and move forward."
HEAD COACH CHRIS PETERSEN
(Opening statement) "I just want to thank the fans that stayed. That was impressive, those who stayed. I appreciate their energy and support. Hats off to Cal. They played better than us. I think that we need to tackle better, that showed up tonight. We missed too many tackles. We need to get our pass game into a better rhythm. We were not throwing the ball like we are capable of. We had some drops that stymied us. We ran the ball but we did not move the ball. We need to go back to work and clean some things up."
(On his approach when faced with an indefinite delay) "We went into the locker room and relaxed. Our team did a good job rallying when the weather finally broke. Both sides had to do the same thing, and I don't think it had anything to do with the outcome. It would have been nice to play the game and keep all of the fans in the stadium. I think the people that stayed, did a great job and helped us a bunch."
(On what happened with the eight seconds that ran off the clock before the last timeout) "I wish that we called that a little bit sooner. I wanted to get them in a stance before I called it."
(On whether or not players were in the right position to make tackles) "I will have to look at the tape on that one. I am sure that our guys were a little out of position and not working off each other the way that I would like them to. It seemed to me that it was more tackles than we have missed in a while."
(On how much faith he had in Peyton Henry to make that kick) "I just didn't want to put him in a bad position. That is a long kick. It was in the grey area. He has been kicking really well in the last couple of weeks. He ironed out his steps in the last weeks of camp, and once he did that, he had really been good. He has good leg strength, that wasn't the issue. If he can get all lined up, then he can make field goals. It wasn't a matter of if he was going to get it there. It was just if he was going to be accurate."
(On if there was any thought to letting them score after they got the first down at the end there) "Yeah. We always have that conversation. They were running the ball and watching them kick field goals, he had a lower trajectory. It shouldn't have gotten to that situation, when your back is up against the wall. That was a thought for a second."
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN NICK HARRIS
(On how strange it was playing with the delay) "I mean, obviously with the weather delay it was a little strange. But, we've got to adjust when stuff like that happens. That was probably the main thing that was weird. Yeah that's it."
(On what the team did during the delay) "We just sat in the locker room and just waited. We're sitting there just waiting for the call, whatever we were doing."
DEFENSIVE BACK MYLES BRYANT
(On what he did for two and half hours when the team wasn't playing) "We were just like, talking with each other, just relaxing, but still at the same time doing stuff to get ready for the game. All of us knew that the game was going to resume regardless of what was going on out there. So, we just tried our best to stay ready and when it happened, we were just ready to go out there."
(On how quickly he can absorb this loss and move on) "It's only the second game so we've still got a lot more football ahead of us. We'll look at it tonight, look at it tomorrow a little, and once Monday hits we're getting ready for Hawai'i. We understand that a lot of teams are going to try and hit us. They are going to try and hit us to where we missed a lot of plays. So, we've got to learn from those mistakes and move forward."
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