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Nebraska Football Weekly Press Conference
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009
Memorial Stadium - Lincoln, Neb.
Pre-Oklahoma
On how his Sunday film session went
“A little harsh on myself. It was just me and Ben Cotton watching it together. I think if you ask him, I was a little harsh on myself. I was out there going, ?Oh man, I really don’t want to watch this play, but all right, let’s watch it.’ It actually wasn’t that bad sitting there with (Shawn Watson) on Monday. He reassured me that, yeah, I did a really good job, but still made some mistakes. But he can understand that.”
On having Offensive Coordinator Shawn Watson on the sidelines for the game
“It helped tremendously. It’s kind of like having a father figure. Instead of him being in the pressbox where I can’t see him, I can just go straight to him on the sidelines and ask him directly, what did I do wrong or what was the read I should’ve made, or what does he think the defense is doing because I can’t see on the field, because he can see it. It just helped out tremendously.”
On if he expects to start on Saturday
“I think I still have to earn it, and that’s just the way that everybody’s mentality is around here. It’s not your job right now. You have to go earn your spot, earn the job. That’s just what I’m doing right now.”
On if he thinks he did enough to earn another start
“I think I did. It was a ?W.’ Still, I made some mistakes, of course the interception and the fumble. Those two turnovers were costly and could’ve turned the game around. Thankfully we have the defense that’s just being a beast of a defense right now. Those Blackshirts are really showing out right now.”
On what else he could do better besides avoiding turnovers
“Things like after a handoff on a zone read, finishing the play. We always have one man to block pretty much, and that’s an end or say a backside safety on a handoff play that if I just finish out my naked, I can pull him away from the play. At the end of the game, I started getting lazy with that, started watching the game. And we always say if you want to watch the game on the field, go buy a ticket. That’s really what I started doing at the end of the game, started being a spectator instead of actually playing. That’s one thing that I was hard on myself for. Yesterday, Wats really showed it to me.”