Missouri - Iowa State Postgame Quotes
10/28/2000 12:00:00 AM | Football
Oct. 28, 2000
Missouri Head Coach Larry Smith
"The reverse is something they (Iowa State) has been doing for 100 years,
but we couldn't handle it because we couldn't tackle. Our tackling stunk
the whole game. Haywood did some good running tonight, but we need to
tackle. On offense, you have to stop making critical stupid mistakes."
"We missed two field goals, one was blocked and one was short, but Scott kicked off very well I thought."
"I can't tell you if some players quit tonight. I'll have to watch the tape. If it looks like some of them did quit, we'll take care of that."
"Dan McCarney has done a great job with this program."
Missouri Players Quotes
ILB Sean Doyle
"Their running backs are pretty shifty, and if you miss a tackle, they can
break for a long one, like they did a few times tonight. As a team, we are
reeling now after three losses in a row."
QB Darius Outlaw
"I just wanted to give it everything I had tonight. I wanted to make things
happen. I love playing football, and whatever it takes to win I'll do. I
just have to keep my head up."
On the interception:
"I was trying to throw the ball in the dirt. Then I heard a lot of crowd
noise and next thing I knew he was in the end zone."
"We'll bounce back this week and try to get a win against Colorado."
Kicker Justin Scott
On the blocked kick:
"I thought the guy who blocked it got up in the air pretty well, but I also
thought I kicked the ball very hard. I am a freshman, and we as a team will
get better."
"Everyone is on this team because they love football. You play for the coaches who work their butts off every day."
On if he feels the team is playing for their coaches jobs:
"We can't play in the future, we have to play in the present and take one
game at a time."
Iowa State Head Coach Dan McCarney
"I'm real proud of this team and this coaching staff, they really deserve
this win. Larry Smith is an excellent coach and he's done a great job with
this Missouri program. We made some mistakes during the game but we hung in
there, did some good things and got the job done. We wanted to control the
line of scrimmage and run with it and we did that. It feels really good to
be 6-2 right now but we still have three big games left. Usually we spend
Christmas break visiting our families but hopefully we can be spending
Christmas break somewhere else playing another game."
On taking the ISU job
"People told me that I was committing professional
suicide when I took this job. People told me that we couldn't turn this
program around and that we couldn't compete in the Big 8 and the Big 12. It
feels good to be 6-2. The kids did a great job and I'm really proud of
them."
How meaningful is this game?
"This game is as meaningful as any other but
we have put ourselves in a great situation to do some great things. I'm real
proud of our kids and how they came back after last week."
On senior leadership
"I have always said we go as our seniors go and they
have been great leaders for us. They have been the heart and pulse of this
team and they do a heck of a job. All 23 seniors are leaders whether they
play a snap or not."
Iowa State Wide Receiver Chris Anthony
"I feel so good for this team right now, a winning season is something we
have been looking for, for several years and now we have finally
accomplished it. There are so many people that have put their lives into
turning this around and it just feels great to be able to give something
back."
"I think the Iowa State team from a couple of years ago wouldn't have come back from the poor start we had. But this team is made of a little something different and we kept playing hard."
"We played much better tonight then we did last week. We didn't play our best, but it was definitely a better showing. We owded that to everyone, especially our fans and coaches."
"I really feel great that we could get this win for coach Mac. He has invested so much into us and has been through the good and bad and has been able to stay focused and kept pushing forward the whole time. He has done a great job of getting this program were it is right now and now it is up to the players to take it the rest of the way."
Iowa State running back, Ennis Haywood
"The offensive line was tremendous today. The just kept opening up holes
that allowed me to get some good runs. The way the offensive line played and
the way the whole team responded today really shows the character of this
team."
"We have a good team and we just need to keep pushing forward. We have accomplished a lot of the goals we set in the preseason, but good teams just keep on adding new goals and then going after them."
Iowa State receiver J.J. Moses
"We forgot all about our performance last weekend and came out totally
focused on Missouri. I think it is a sign of a good team when you are able
to bounce back from adversity."
