Rutgers Student-Athlete Quotes
Syracuse vs. Rutgers
October 13, 2007
Rutgers Players
RB Ray Rice:
“We knew what kind of environment we were coming into. The Dome can be very loud on third down, so it felt good to see it become silent. I have a lot of respect for this (Syracuse) program and this place, having played in state championship games here.”
“In the first half, things started a little slow, but the coaches made some adjustments and I started to get into the flow in the second half.”
QB Mike Teel:
“I jammed my finger in warm-ups and it felt numb, but I had to keep doing my job. That’s the resolve of this football team.”
“I was disappointed after my interception and it led to a touchdown, and I didn’t quite know how to react. Coach (Schiano) came over and told me: ‘You and I are the leaders of this football team.’ It was then a matter of sticking to the way I have been coached to do it.”
“You look at the film, and this is a good Syracuse football team, but they haven’t had the breaks go their way. They did pretty much what we had seen and expected them to do.”
WR Kenny Britt:
“The coaching staff today wanted us to focus on getting yards after the catch. They had seen that the underneath routes would be open and it was in our game plan and something we wanted to do.”
DT Eric Foster:
“Nobody worried when we got down 14-0. You didn’t hear any talk or guys yelling at each other. We just stayed focused on what we needed to do right now. We needed to be down 14-0. The young guys got to see what ‘Keep Chopping’ – our team motto – is all about.”
DE Jamaal Westerman:
“The defensive unit kept playing together and talking to one another. Everyone was feeding off one another. We stayed in our assignments and made plays when it came to us.”