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NEBRASKA (5-3, 2-2) 20, BAYLOR (3-5, 0-4) 10
FLOYD CASEY STADIUM ? WACO, TEXAS
OCT. 31, 2009 ? ATTENDANCE: 31,702
Nebraska Head Coach Bo Pelini
Opening statement...
"Anytime you go on the road and win it is an accomplishment. It was a good win for our guys. It was a win. We won the football game.”
On Cody Green’s interception that was returned for a touchdown...
“He made a mistake. That guy is trying to make a play and he just made a mistake. He made a bad throw and (Baylor) took advantage of it. Good for them.”
On the play of Jared Crick...
“He played well. They turned their center to (Ndamukong) Suh and they were trying to double-team Suh, and (Jared Crick) took advantage of it. He is too good of a football player if they are going to do that. He did a good job and he played a great game.”
On the defensive stops in the second half...
“You have to do what you have to do to win a football game. We did that on the defensive side of the ball. We didn’t play our best football in any phase in the second half of the football game. We have a long way to go and we have a lot of work to do.”
On the importance of the blocked punt returned for a touchdown...
“That was really big for us. It got us momentum. When you are starting Cody (Green) it takes the pressure off of him a bit. Anytime that you score a touchdown, especially on special teams, it is a big play.”
QUARTERBACK CODY GREEN
On the game...
“In the first half things were rolling pretty good for us; everybody was making plays on both offense and defense. Those first couple of drives for us ended up in field goals when we wanted touchdowns, but any points is better than no points. In the second half we just went out there and just shot blanks. We were lucky enough that our defense came up big in the second half. In games like this you can’t really go out and shoot blanks like this. We just have to go back to work.”
On his interception...
“It was just a late throw on my part. If I had thrown it a second earlier it would have been a completion, but I threw it a second later and it was an interception for a pick-six. One thing you have to do is go back on the next drive and just forget about it. You have to have a memory like a goldfish.”
On the importance of having a blocked punt prior to taking the field...
“That just takes a little bit of pressure off of me and (the pressure) likely goes to Baylor on that one. It is really good going out there knowing that you have a 7-0 lead before you set foot on the field. I have to give the special teams credit for that one. It was a great play and just a player making plays, that’s about it.”
DEFENSIVE TACKLE JARED CRICK
On establishing a school-record five sacks...
“It was a big game for all of us up front and the defense as a whole. I really can’t take any credit (for the sacks), it is just the guys up front doing work. I have to credit (Ndamukong) Suh, Barry Turner and Pierre Allen for helping collapse the pocket with me. We just had some good breaks and a lot of good things happened today.”
On the defensive pressure...
“They were double-teaming (Ndamukong) Suh most of the game so that gave me the opportunity to go one-on-one with the open lanes to kind of free rush. It could have been anyone today with all of those stats. It is just a group effort.”
On shutting down the Baylor offense in the second-half...
“That is our goal, to keep them from scoring. They put up a field goal on us, but stuff like that happens and you just have to move on to the next play in the next series and just keep going.”