Postgame Quotes
Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010
Manhattan, Kan.
Nebraska 48, Kansas State 13
Kansas State Head Coach Bill Snyder
Opening statement...
"Maybe we're not quite as good of offensive football team as somebody might have wanted to project at some point in time. We've got a lot ahead of us. That's something that rests my shoulders to make sure we do the right things, whether it's opening the playbook or not, you still have to be able to do the things that you put on the field and execute them well. But it's our responsibility to make sure that we get our players to be able to execute them as well."
On Daniel Thomas against the Nebraska defense...
"Well I think that they are a very, very fine defensive football team. A significant part of it is us. It takes as I said so many times and this should not decrease from anyone's assessment of how good a player Daniel is, Daniel is a very fine player, but like any other player it takes a whole bunch of guys to make it happen. You know (Taylor) Martinez is an extremely fine football player, but you know he had some help tonight as well. They have an awfully good offensive line and some receivers that were knocking people down left and right downfield. So you know it takes more than just one individual."
On the injury to Broderick Smith...
"Well I don't know the extent of it right now. It didn't look good at all. But I have not heard for the doctors at this particular point in time. My guess is that he'll be out for awhile and that just leaves us with one less receiver."
On the confidence in the passing game...
"We didn't run the ball very well, we didn't throw it extremely well, we didn't play defense against the run or the pass very well. I told our players that this could easily come down to the kicking game and we did well enough in the kicking game that everything else fell on its face. So I don't think it's one aspect of it that I'm as concerned about, I'm concerned about all of it collectively and just how good we are in any aspect of the game."