Post Game Quotes From Head Coach Ron Vanderlinden
9/11/1999 8:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 11, 1999
"Our players-our offense in particular-responded well this week. We needed to go out and play well today and it really looks like we did that."
"A year ago we weren't able to make the plays that we made tonight in the air-and that's encouraging to me. Also, it was great to run the ball as well as we did."
"Western Carolina is going to have a pretty good season. Their quarterback throws a nice ball, the tailback is a hard runner and their defense was 10th in the nation a year ago."
"As I said going in, I felt that we had some playmakers and that showed up tonight as well."
"It feels good to win, and feels good to play so many players."
"(Quarterback) Calvin (McCall) executed our offense. He got us up and going ... and got us in the play every time. What I really like about Calvin is that he has shown assertiveness-a seriousness about his play. In practice, he has shown urgency and has responded to my aggressive coaching style."
"I said before the game that we needed to win the turnover battle, we had to outperform them on special teams and we had to make big plays. I think we accomplished all three."
"We have guys who can make plays. We are in a very skilled conference and as we get better-with more continuity-we can continue to keep teams off balance."
