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2008 <?xml:namespace prefix="st1" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"?>Texas Tech Football<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>
Red Raiders vs. Nebraska (Jones AT&T Stadium, Lubbock, Texas)
October 11, 2008
Texas Tech Head Coach Mike Leach
On today’s game
“It really was wild and hard fought, and the rest. It was one of the strangest games I had been a part of, and I think that Nebraska would say the same too. I can’t say enough about their offensive line and their offense did a great job. I think the coaching job they did was impressive. I was proud of our guys hanging in there, we had a little bit of adversity but we overcame it. I am really proud of them for that. I think sometimes we went out and tried to make too much happen, defensively we tried to make too much happen we tried to play perfect and we just need to make routine plays. We need to solve something’s on special teams but I am impressed with this group. But almost always in games like this you have to be the last guy swinging and we were and I am proud of our players.”
On the effort in today’s game
“I was very proud of everyone doing their best, I thought we played really hard; in a lot of areas we played a really good game. At times we got a little disjointed. And Nebraska deserves a lot of credit for the fight they put up, their first road game and they put up a lot of fight. They played as hard as any team we have played this year.”
On the fourth down and four conversion
“Well, we were hoping he was offsides, I was thinking he was. There were a lot of things that didn’t turn our way this game but in the end it did. When you are down quite a bit and things aren’t going your direction you got to stick in there and our guys did that.”
On time of possession and the way his team responded
“Well, surprising, the whole thing was strange. Some stats guy could really have a hay day with it. Who cares about time of possession, I thought we could have done better on third down offense and stopping them. And we let them have the ball too long and they did a good job controlling the clock. I think that we will learn from it and respond to it. I think there were some key times, and even with that we held them to 10 points for a real long time. And offensively we responded a few times which was key, and special teams we did some things which were key and even with the mishaps we found a way to win and our group deserves a lot of credit for that.”
On Graham Harrell
“I think Graham Harrell did a great job keeping them focused in and that is tough. Our offensive had about nine yards a play and I can’t say enough about that, keeping their head in it and ready to go do. Finding a way to go out there and respond time after time.”
On what he learned from today’s game
“The best character builder experiences are the ones where you come out on top. There would still be some character to be built if we lost and I like the starting point with the win here."