Fresno State Athletics
Fresno State-Portland State Game Quotes
9/27/2003 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 27, 2003
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Portland State head coach Tim Walsh
"Anybody can say whatever they want about that game, we played with those guys physically. Their defense probably got beat up a lot more than our guys did. It's a game, and unfortunately if you don't play special teams, and if you turn the ball over, and put your defense in bad positions..."
"Our defense, with the exception of the last couple of touchdowns, played a great football game. I look at it like we made too many mistakes against a good football team. They have had the experience of playing Oregon State, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana Tech. And then they played us."
"Unfortunately, when you make the mistakes that we made, the score is going to look like they are that much better than we are. And I don't think they are."
On PSU's running game
"Considering we had eight yards rushing last week against Northern Arizona, we are obviously happy with our running game. But I preach to our team all the time that we play the game to win. We don't play for any moral victories. I don't really care how many yards we had. I just know we didn't have enough points on the board. Plus we didn't play very good special teams, and we turned the ball over."
Fresno State Head Coach Pat Hill
"Obviously, it was a very tough game. We dedicated this game to Jaron Fairman's father (James) who died here in Fresno today. He was up here to see his son play. It was really tough and it was great to see Jaron get that score. He was down at the hospital with his Mom and little brother and he came back to play in the game. It was very, very hard on our football team today. We dedicated this game to the Fairmon family and our prayers are with them."
"Give a lot of credit to Portland State. They played very, very hard. Their running back (Ryan Fuqua) ran very, very hard. He's a good player."
"Every win's a big win for this team. I give them a lot of credit for battling back in the second half and finishing it off right. We have to get ready for Colorado State now. They lost today and I know they will be ready for next week and will draw a line in the sand. That will be a tough game."
