Toledo Head Coach Quotes
Syracuse vs. Toledo
September 24, 2011
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Head Coach Tim Beckman Quotes
On how the game went:
“It was a tough loss. There’s not question about it. These last three opponents we played have been very good. I think Syracuse deserves some credit. They fought for four quarters and ended up with the victory. We have a couple guys bumped and bruised, but we came in here to win a football game and came up a little bit short again.”
On the injury to Desmond Morrow:
“The MRI and CAT scan were negative. He was talking when I was out there on the field, so he felt like he was okay. He was moving his hands and legs. The lack of movement had more to do with the concussion than anything else. “
On the PAT on Syracuse’s final touchdown of regulation:
“Upstairs in the box, they said it was no good. I don’t know anything other than what they tell me in the box. They said it was a little bit off to the left. When you come into these games, you learn as a team and coaching staff that it’s us against the world. We have to make sure we don’t give the touchdown up, so they can’t kick that PAT. “
On the fake screen play-call in overtime where the pass was intercepted:
“I think Coach Marrone has done a great job with this program, making the calls and getting the kids to play hard. We felt that we had it. That’s what we called to try and win the football game and it just didn’t come out for us.”
On whether he thought about going for a touchdown at the end of regulation:
“We talked about it. As we talked to the team, we felt we had as good of an opportunity to go into overtime and win the football game. We decided that the best thing to do was to go into overtime.”
On the injury to Adonis Thomas:
“He broke his arm. He’ll probably be out for three to four weeks.”
On the play of Austin Dantin:
“Austin Dantin was throwing up all night. We had to IV him this morning. He was questionable to play. T.O. (Terrance Owens) tweaked his back slightly, so Austin stayed in the football game. I think that shows what kind of a young man Austin Dantin is. He fought until the end. He’s still sick. I think he’s over there getting sick right now. He willed himself to try to get us the win and I think that speaks a lot about the character of Austin Dantin.”
On Toledo’s games against Ohio State, Boise State and Syracuse:
“We realized as a football team that we played three outstanding opponents. We matured on offense, defense and special teams. We have to take these three games, even though they were losses and take them back into our conference into a belief that we can be a good football team if we don’t beat ourselves, turn the football over in the red zone and capitalize on plays on defense.”
September 24, 2011
Carrier Dome, Syracuse, N.Y.
Head Coach Tim Beckman Quotes
On how the game went:
“It was a tough loss. There’s not question about it. These last three opponents we played have been very good. I think Syracuse deserves some credit. They fought for four quarters and ended up with the victory. We have a couple guys bumped and bruised, but we came in here to win a football game and came up a little bit short again.”
On the injury to Desmond Morrow:
“The MRI and CAT scan were negative. He was talking when I was out there on the field, so he felt like he was okay. He was moving his hands and legs. The lack of movement had more to do with the concussion than anything else. “
On the PAT on Syracuse’s final touchdown of regulation:
“Upstairs in the box, they said it was no good. I don’t know anything other than what they tell me in the box. They said it was a little bit off to the left. When you come into these games, you learn as a team and coaching staff that it’s us against the world. We have to make sure we don’t give the touchdown up, so they can’t kick that PAT. “
On the fake screen play-call in overtime where the pass was intercepted:
“I think Coach Marrone has done a great job with this program, making the calls and getting the kids to play hard. We felt that we had it. That’s what we called to try and win the football game and it just didn’t come out for us.”
On whether he thought about going for a touchdown at the end of regulation:
“We talked about it. As we talked to the team, we felt we had as good of an opportunity to go into overtime and win the football game. We decided that the best thing to do was to go into overtime.”
On the injury to Adonis Thomas:
“He broke his arm. He’ll probably be out for three to four weeks.”
On the play of Austin Dantin:
“Austin Dantin was throwing up all night. We had to IV him this morning. He was questionable to play. T.O. (Terrance Owens) tweaked his back slightly, so Austin stayed in the football game. I think that shows what kind of a young man Austin Dantin is. He fought until the end. He’s still sick. I think he’s over there getting sick right now. He willed himself to try to get us the win and I think that speaks a lot about the character of Austin Dantin.”
On Toledo’s games against Ohio State, Boise State and Syracuse:
“We realized as a football team that we played three outstanding opponents. We matured on offense, defense and special teams. We have to take these three games, even though they were losses and take them back into our conference into a belief that we can be a good football team if we don’t beat ourselves, turn the football over in the red zone and capitalize on plays on defense.”
