Postgame Quotes: Mississippi State Student-Athletes (Oct. 19)
October 19, 2019 | Football
Mississippi State vs. LSU
Mississippi State Student-Athlete Quotes
October 19, 2019 | Davis Wade Stadium
Mississippi State Student-Athlete Quotes
October 19, 2019 | Davis Wade Stadium
Offensive Student-Athletes
QB Garrett Shrader
Q: A difficult opponent today, as Coach Moorhead you didn't quit, how important was it for you guys to get that last touchdown?
GS: "It was really important, seven points wasn't cutting it, especially [against] a team of a caliber like that. It was good to go [down and score] and it was more of an improv play [for the touchdown] towards the end, but we got the score."
Q: Coach [Moorhead] was just in here and he was pretty emotional, did you see some differences in him leading up to the game, the pregame, throughout the game, and what he was trying to do for you guys?
GS: "He is the same guy all the time. He is very passionate, and he really cares about us and the program. He takes great pride in his offense and the game plan, with the time they put in to make sure we can be successful on the field on Saturdays. He was fired up and we were all fired up, he did a great job getting us ready and there was no doubt in my mind we could go out and play with a team like [LSU]."
Q: He made a point to say that the team still feels really together and that you guys believe that good things are ahead for this program. What do you sense in that when you are talking to your teammates?
GS: "Absolutely, us struggling these past couple of weeks, in the locker room [we have] bonded together even more than before. We were already a tight group before, because we know it doesn't take just one [guy] to win, especially in this league. We have come together, and we just have to learn and build. Learn from our mistakes and make sure we don't repeat them."
OL Darryl Williams
Q: Garrett Shrader is kind of a magician back there at times, are you surprised by how long he can extend plays?
DW: "No question at all, a quarterback uses his feet to make defenses move and he was able to do that today."
Q: You guys moved the ball well, with the turnovers killing drives, what are some things you see that the offence has to clean up?
DW: "It's the little things, like Coach [Moorhead] preaches. It's the little things that always matters in this league. You can't turn the football over too many times and win a football game."
Defensive Student-Athletes
DE Chauncey Rivers
Q: How important is it to create a pass rush against [Joe Burrow] who is putting up numbers like that?
CR: "It is very important. Coming from the offense, they run with seven man protection, we had to get as much pressure as we can on the quarterback just to get him off his looks. We had to get him off his spot and create some type of error or some type of pressure."
Q: What was working so well for you in the first half?
CR: "We were getting after the offensive line. We were playing with tension and our key was to play a very aggressive [style of] defense."
Q: Do you feel like anything changed after halftime?
CR: "I feel like we just got the ball thrown over our head a couple of times. At the end of the day, we have to get to the quarterback faster."
Q: What was the mood in the locker room after the game?
CR: "Disappointment. We did not get the job done, and at the end of the day the job is to win, and we didn't get the win. At the end of it, we are disappointed, and we have to come back next week and get to work. We have a great opponent next week."
DT Nathan Pickering
Q: What did it feel like to be out there playing against the number two team in the country?
NP: "It was a blessing. Of course, it is LSU, and they are a great team, but I just give credit to them and I give credit to the defense. Having the No. 2 team in the country is not an easy job to handle, and I just thank Coach Moorhead for bringing the passion this week."
Q: Was Coach Moorhead different this week?
NP: "Oh yeah. With the No. 2 team in the country coming in you have to bring juice and that is what he said, 'bring the juice, bring the juice.' We definitely brought the juice and we brought it every day at practice because we knew we had a job to get done. We came out and we competed."
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