University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee vs. Wyoming - Postgame Quotes
August 31, 2002 | Football
Aug. 31, 2002
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Head Coach Phillip Fulmer
"We're pleased with the victory, but we know it's just a start. Give respect to Wyoming. I thought we were sharp for the most part. In the second quarter, particularly, we made a lot of mistakes and stopped ourselves. I thought our young guys made some plays."
"The running backs really came out of the shadows. I wished we could have had a shutout, but we got a lot of people in the game."
"We need to put this one behind us, get better, and prepare for Middle Tennessee."
"We had three picks and two or three fumble recoveries. Our goal was to create turnovers."
"I thought we protected Casey (Clausen) pretty well. He showed a lot of poise and led the offense for the most part. We don't want him running that much."
"In the SEC, you'll need at least three running backs. We've been down this road before. You have three and then you don't have any."
"We have 10, no 100 miles to go with the young receivers. We didn't line up right and ran plays we didn't have. They did compete."
"When a good player gets heart, somebody else has to step up."
"This will be a good film to look at and begin working with these guys next week. I'd like to see Gerald Riggs come on. I thought the turnovers were big early in the game."
Offensive Tackle Will Ofenheusle -
"We have a solid foundation to improve upon."
"We moved the ball on offense and the defense played really, really well."
(on going for it on 4th down) "It was a chance to really ice the game--I don't remember exactly what the score was--but we got in luckily."
"Six foot eight, 320 pounds jumping up and down, I hope somebody noticed me out there. I was just saying `Let's do it; let's go for it,' I wanted them to run it behind me and Anthony (Herrera) and we didn't, but we've got good players in Michael (Munoz) and Jason (Respert) also so we got it in."
"I'm always up for going for it."
"I think there were a lot of key situations tonight that happened tonight that were good for our team. We had to get on the field quick to kick that field goal before the end of the first half... there were just a lot of key situations that we experienced early in the season so they won't shock us later on."
Defensive Back Rashad Baker -
"The defensive line overcame some criticism about them not being as good as last year's team and they came out and proved themselves."
"We did everything we came out here to do today, which is put some points on the board and show that [our] defense is one of the best in the nation."
Quarterback Casey Clausen -
"[Our running backs] have talent, just not a lot of people have seen it. I was really happy with the way they ran."
"The biggest key for our offense is to have a balanced attack and I thought we ran the ball really well. A couple of them are power-type guys that will run over people and a couple of more of them are slashy-type guys--speed guys."
Wide Receiver Tony Brown
"A lot of guys took it on their shoulders today and had some big plays."
"I didn't come out that much. I had to play a couple different positions because Kelley was gone so I was out there a long time."
"It was like coming out and taking a weight off my shoulders. But, I know what I can do. There's no question what I can do, it's just a matter of me getting the opportunity to do it."
