Michigan Postgame Player Quotes
Brad Hawkins, Linebacker
On forcing the fourth-quarter turnover
“Just practicing how you play. We’ve been practicing all week. We’ve been practicing punching the ball and taking the ball out. At that moment just punching at the ball and stripping the ball out. It came free. Just practicing how you play. It came through for us.”
On the defense’s response during the game
“We didn’t flinch. We came out there and stayed composed the whole game. We knew adversity was going to hit and hit and we didn’t flinch. I love this team. I love this defense. I know that we are fighters and we went out there and we didn’t flinch. This is a great team and I know we are just going to keep getting better every single day.”
On the defense’s play in the first half and what changed in the second
“I think we played OK. Of course we could have played a whole lot better. Like I said, adversity hit. They drew up some different plays and some misdirections. We responded. We didn’t flinch like I said. We came prepared and we stayed composed. We didn’t flinch. You can’t look up at the score. You’ve got to just keep playing football. That’s what we did.”
On Daxton Hill’s second-quarter interception
“That was amazing. He caught it at first then dropped it and re-caught it. That was an amazing catch. He is an amazing player. Great play by him.”
On if this game means more because Michigan came from behind
“It was a huge win. I give a lot of credit to Nebraska. They were a good team. They came out there and they fought and we fought back. They threw punches and we threw punches back. That’s just what type of game it was. Big Ten game. You’ve got to love it. We just came out here and we just competed.’
NU Athletic Communications
