Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State vs. Nevada Game Quotes
11/16/2002 12:00:00 AM | Football
Nov. 16, 2002
Nevada head coach Chris Tormey
"I thought we played our hearts out tonight. I thought our guys laid it on the line all four quarters. We didn't quit, and it would have been easy to quit after we had those two interceptions for touchdowns in the third quarter. You can't make mistakes like that against a team of this quality."
"We are still in [the bowl] picture. We've still got a lot we can play for. If we can find a way next Saturday, it would be a huge accomplishment for us. This team has come a long way. This is a different football team today than played here two years ago."
"Nate [Burleson] has come up big for us every time we've asked him to. He did it again tonight. That play he made on the last touchdown was huge. He finds a way to get open, and he always catches the ball. I'm running out of things to say about him. He's one of the greatest players I've ever had the opportunity to coach."
"We just didn't execute across the board. That's three weeks in a row we haven't run the ball very well. We've got until next week to get better, because you can't beat a team like Boise State being one-dimensional."
Wide receiver Nate Burleson
"This is a tough loss. We went into halftime down by seven, and we've been down before this season. But we've been down before, and we've come back. We made some mistakes in the second half that costs us the game. But it's not going to fall on Zach [Threadgill's] shoulders, it's not going to fall on the defenses shoulders or the special teams."
"It's everybody's game. I'll take as much of this loss on my shoulders as I can, because I didn't do anything in the first half. I was just a body out there. Just a decoy. It's a team loss, and everyone is responsible for it."
Head coach Pat Hill
"Jim Sweeney used to say 'The games on November are the ones you remember.' And this is a memorable game for us. This was a big football game, and a big win for us. We have a playoff mentality, and right now we are 2-0 heading to San Jose."
"I thought the drive in the fourth quarter was very important for our team. I really liked the way we iced the game. That drive was big. We were able to get a first down at the end of the game when we needed it, and that was big. We only had seven [offensive] plays in the third quarter, so we couldn't get much of anything going. But our defense played well and made some really big plays. We were able to take control of the game in the fourth quarter."
"We had a lot of guys step up and make some big plays for us today. I thought Cameron Worrell had a heck of a game. A lot of guys on defense played well. Sam Williams, Jason Stewart, Nick Burley. All those guys have had a lot of success here, and I was happy to see the seniors go out the way they did."
"San Jose State won today, and we won today. So that sets up a big game next week, with the winner getting the bowl bid. You can't ask for more than that. I'm sure it's going to be a great environment, and a great game. I hope we have a lot of our fans in San Jose."
