Temple University Athletics
Postgame Quotes
9.13.08 | Football
Sept. 13, 2008
Head coach Al Golden
How much did the kick going out of bounds on the final drive hurt you:
"A lot. A penalty there. A penalty on the defensive hold. That's how you lose games. They move the ball without moving the clock. I don't know why we would kick out of bounds and then come back with a hold two plays later."
"He had the wind. All he had to do was get it up into the air. It would have carried it to the goal line. He knows that."
What did you see on the final play:
"We didn't do our job. We didn't do our job. We didn't box out like we were supposed to. We're supposed to have a jumper; we didn't have a jumper in position. We work on it all the time. We didn't do our job. They finished the game, and we didn't."
Did you consider calling a timeout to go over the defense:
"We knew what they were going to do. We practice it every day."
Is there a way to describe your frustration on two close games in a row:
"To answer your question, no. There's no way to describe it, and there's no way to rationalize it, and that's it. Two weeks in a row we're losing like this."
How do you recover from a loss like this:
"You have to move on. We just have to move forward. We were 1-16 in my first 17 games. The last 10 games we were in every single game. We were in every single game. That's your cores values. Your core values keep you in the game. Are you tough? Do you finish? Do you compete? All those things keep you in the game. Now you need someone to make a play. Their guy made a play; we didn't."
On injuries on the defense line:
"We're banged up. (Junior) Galette didn't make the trip. (Leyon) Azubuike's still out. (Elijah) Joseph didn't make the trip. (Evan) Cooper made the trip, but didn't play. Alex Joseph didn't practice all week and played sparingly. Those are five starters, five really good starters, that aren't playing for us right now. And (Morris) Blueford; that's six guys."
