Football

Travis Vokolek Quotes - 11-15-22

Travis Vokolek
Tight End 
Pre-Wisconsin
Press Conference

On his last game at Memorial Stadium

"I have mixed emotions. A lot of good times. A lot of great relationships that have been built throughout my college career. This weekend it didn't really hit me that it is going to be my last time running out of Memorial (Stadium) until I was laying in bed Sunday night. I was like 'holy cow, time flies.' This is my sixth year. It seems like I have been in college forever. A lot of mixed emotions. I am going to miss everything about this University. It will be a little different, but at the end of the day, we have to focus up. We have a football game to play that we want to win."

On what a win on Saturday would mean 
"It would be a huge deal. Coach Mickey (Joseph) in our team meeting put up 2012 on the board. And that is the last time we beat Wisconsin. It would be a huge deal. They are a great football team. It is a big challenge. They are really good on defense. They are really fundamentally sound on both sides of the ball, so we are going to have to play really well. But, guys were excited this morning at practice. The energy was there. There is no giving up, so we are ready to attack this game and we cannot wait for Saturday."

On the quarterback situation 
"It has been different, but at the end of the day, we have a bunch of ballers in that room. All of those guys can sling it. They all know the offense. Whoever has ended up playing each week, we have been confident in them. But it has definitely been different." 

On Wisconsin 
"Very fundamentally sound football team. They are a very physical team. Just like Michigan was. We have to be ready. When we are blocking this week, they have some pretty good guys on the edge that is going to be tough for the tight ends to block. So, we have to be keyed in footwork and driving and pad level and different stuff like that. On their back end, they have some really good guys back there as well. So we really have to find the holes on defense and attack them in both the run and the pass game."
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