Auburn Tigers' Post-Game Quotes
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Auburn Post-Game Quotes
Auburn vs. LSU
Pat Dye Field at Jordan-Hare Stadium, September 20, 2008
Auburn Head Coach Tommy Tuberville
'It was a heck of a football game as it always is. It is always
decided by a few points and there was no difference tonight. They made a
few more plays than we did. Their receivers outran us on some crossing
routes that got us into trouble a little bit. We just didn't close on
them quick enough in the second half. The trick play got us on the one
touchdown.
'I was proud of our offense fighting back and getting the lead for us
and then our punting let us down. We didn't kick a very good punt. In
a game like this, it is about everybody and everybody doing their share.
Some areas didn't do as well as we hoped to. In the first half on
defense we played awesome. In the second half, they got something going
in the passing game. They stayed with it and it opened up their running
game and kept us off balance a little bit. They had a good game plan.
They have an excellent football team.
'We took a major step forward. We played much better than we did last
week. I was proud of the offense. At times, we started executing and we
didn't have the crazy penalties that we had last week or the
turnovers. We are not satisfied obviously with losing the game. That's
hard fought. We had the lead, lost it, had the lead again, lost it and
we have a disappointed bunch of guys in that locker room because we
thought with the way we played at times, we should have won. Again, when
you play good football teams you have to play every play. They made a
few more plays than we did.'
On Punter Clinton Durst not playing
'Durst got the flu on Tuesday and his fever didn't break
until this morning. We were fortunate he was able to come out and warm
up just in case we needed him. Obviously, you can't average 37 yards a
punt against these guys. You look at their side, they averaged 48 yards
a punt. Special teams was a major factor and field position, especially
on a couple of crucial drives.'
On Gabe McKenzie's Interception Return for a Touchdown
'He made a big play. Our defense has been making big plays all
year. It's good to see him have some success. We fought hard on
defense. I thought we got tired a little bit. When they started going
what we call trips with three receivers on one side and one receiver to
the other they just outran us on some speed routes and the quarterback
made the throw. In a couple of games, even the games that they had won,
they hadn't thrown those passes very well. He got the hot hand there
in the third quarter and kept us off balance and that was pretty much a
part of it.'
On Auburn's Second to Last Possession
'We weren't trying to run the air out of the ball. It was
just doing what they were giving us and of course, the thing that they
were giving us at the time was forcing us to try to run the ball to see
if they could make the tackles. I thought Tony (Franklin) called a good
game. I thought it was a game where we found out a lot about ourselves.
We made some big plays, made some big throws and had some runs. I would
hope we would have 125 yards rushing this game and we had 70, but some
of that is taken away with a couple of sacks. For us to win in this
offense or any offense, you have to get the ball down the field on the
ground some, but we won't play many defenses like that. That was about
as strong as we will see. They have speed. They cover a lot of ground
and we still executed. We still had a few yards and a few big plays,
some consistent drives and a little bit better than we have had in the
past.'
On LSU's game winning drive did you consider taking some time outs
when LSU was in field goal range?
'Yes, but the way it worked out, we were going to need those
if we didn't get the sack. We had the ball at the 50 yard line with 3
time outs left. I was watching the clock, but I didn't want to waste
them.'
Did you think about playing Kodi Burns?
'Chris (Todd) was doing pretty good throwing the ball. They
were forcing us to throw the ball. They had eight men on the line of
scrimmage and they were going to see if we could get the ball down the
field and we did. Heck, we threw the ball for 250 yards and made some
plays and made some good throws. In a game like that, it is just hard.
We felt like at times we would need Kodi to run the football, but we
felt like we kept them off balance pretty good with Chris. It is just
hard to imagine going into the game and you get the game going and we
have a 14-3 lead, that you are moving the football and don't just
change it to change it.'
On Brad Lester
'Brad Lester is fine. He is just a little sore. Dr. (James)
Andrews evaluated him. He could have come back into the game. It was a
twisted ankle-knee.'
On not kicking a 50 yard and 48 yard field goal in the third quarter
'It was into the wind. We charted it during warmup and it was
less than 50 percent from that distance. Of course, we had one decent
drive (to open the second half) where we got the ball down to somewhere
around the 20 yard line and we took a couple loss downs, had a run loss
for about 6 yards and had a sack that knocked us out of field goal
range. Those are things that we have to correct. That is game management
and we didn't do a very good job there to get at least 3 points
back.'
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