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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Quotes vs. Cal
9/21/2019 | Football
Cal 28, Ole Miss 20
| OLE MISS HEAD COACH MATT LUKE |
"It was a very tough loss. It was very disappointing for our kids because they fought their hearts out. We made too many mistakes to win. Credit California, they made plays. Too much inconsistency and not getting off the field on third downs and not making the plays we need to win the game. But I'm proud of the way our kids are fighting and we have some young kids that are battling and getting better and we will continue to move forward."
On the final two plays:
"I thought at the very least that they were supposed to go review every play. At the very least I thought it should've been buzzed and reviewed, but it's 4th down so you can't wait. You've got to get to the next play call, but I think at the very least it could've been buzzed and looked at. But we didn't have that time and we couldn't spike it so our only option was to do the rush."
On John Rhys Plumlee:
"We've talked with him several times about him being prepared for his opportunity and his opportunity came. He made the best of it. He made a play with his legs and set us forward several yards and he ignited the sideline and the stadium so I was very pleased with him. Credit to him for staying ready and for Coach (Rich) Rodriguez for having him ready."
On the QB situation:
"Yeah, obviously you would look at everything that goes into that. How healthy Matt (Corral) is and can he run the ball. It's a really delicate situation we have to get in tomorrow and deal with it and evaluate Matt and see where he is at."
| OLE MISS WIDE RECEIVER ELIJAH MOORE |
"I did think I was in, but the game is over with now and we have to move on to Alabama. We have just got to be better, point blank."
On being the leading receiver this year:
"I just had to step up. We had a lot of great guys leave last year. Knowing that, everyone has to step up. I feel like I did and I am going to continue to step up."
On learning from the pro caliber receivers last year:
"I learned a lot, specifically how to be a leader. Most people talk about the small stuff like how to catch footballs, but they taught me how to carry myself."
| CAL HEAD COACH JUSTIN WILCOX |
"We find a way to make it interesting. I love the way we battled, we played good in stretches and not so good in others. Some of that is on us, some of that is on the other team. So, coming down here and playing in this type of environment against talent like that and the coaches they have, I feel really excited for our team and we still have a lot of room for improvement."
On players stepping up:
"They played really hard but didn't play great at all times. But really goes to show you all the guys who battled. The guys who are banged up, we have to work to get healthy and these other guys have to keep growing with the reps they are getting."
On Weaver's 22 tackles:
"It's like that every week. When was the last time we haven't sat in here and talked about (Evan) Weaver that way. He makes a lot of tackles every single week. He's a really good football player. He'll have things he needs to clean up, but every week he just has production. But we have to continue to grow the other guys and maybe they can steal one or two from him."
On half time adjustments:
"We talked about some things schematically on both sides, but it was really a matter of execution. I think it's a little bit over stated, but the offense came out and had a great drive and the defense got a couple three and outs back to back. But the middle of the game, second, and third quarters, the defense played better. But the first and fourth were not so good and we need to improve there."
On the passing game:
"I think the guys played confident at all levels. There were some tough match ups in there with the pass rush and the guys running the routes attacking the ball. But I thought that was Chase (Garber)'s best game by far he played confident. He had one throw on the pick he would like to have back but I think he just played awesome."
On QB eluding defense:
"It's huge, especially in the drop back pass when they win a few match ups, and getting out of some of those. Even getting back to the line of scrimmage and not losing six or seven yards which is tough to come back from. He made a number of those today and it is everything the next down and the down after that. I think he took a huge leap today."
| CAL LINEBACKER EVAN WEAVER |
"It was awesome. All day both sides of the ball showed up. Offense did a great job and started off great. We, as a unit, really locked in towards the end of the game there. We lost a few guys and had young guys playing. With young guys playing, there are going to be some mistakes and miscues, but we didn't let any of that stop us and we just kept playing our game. We ended up getting the stop there at the end."
On the outside linebackers:
"It was a little bit of just trusting everybody. The next guy up mentality. The young guys know what they're doing. They've been through camp, they've been here a few years. They got in and played great. They did a great job. A few miscues like I said but nothing we can't fix with film."
On the stop:
"Just tackle the guy with the ball. Keep him from crossing the white stripe. That was really the game plan right there. We got lucky, we got some push in the middle, and we put it into them. Nothing they can do against us."
| CAL WIDE RECEIVER NIKKO REMIGIO |
"He's just doing what he does in practice. We as a team are just making an effort to get our practice plays in the games. As you guys saw today, we are getting the ball rolling. It's only a matter of time."
On the receiving in practice:
"Oh, yeah. Everyday. It's great that you guys get to see it. It's great that everyone gets to see that our defense is the real deal."
On the Cal fan base:
"It felt great to walk out and see a lot of blue and gold."
| CAL WIDE RECEIVER JORDAN DUNCAN |
"I have been anticipating this since I first went to Cal. It finally hit me Sunday that the moment has finally arrived. Talking to my mom, I was trying to embrace everything. I was just trying to soak it up as much as possible."
On how many people he brought to the game:
"I had 51 assigned tickets. I think it was way over 100 as far as the amount of people I saw. It was great to see people that I haven't seen."
