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00:00 I did not personally.
00:02 I was just trying to run and pick up the ball, I guess.
00:07 Never called for fair catch with my left hand ever.
00:12 I was kind of just keeping my balance, I guess,
00:16 trying to run to the ball.
00:17 But it happens.
00:19 Frustrating, but got to move on.
00:23 Were you told anything by anybody in the stripes
00:27 about what had happened?
00:29 Or were you given any indication?
00:30 No, no, I wasn't.
00:31 No, no.
00:33 Were you shocked when they were reviewing it?
00:35 Obviously, you probably thought maybe you stepped out
00:37 or something.
00:37 You didn't know that.
00:38 Yeah, I just thought they were reviewing it
00:40 for-- because I was close to the sideline.
00:42 I might have stepped out of bounds.
00:45 But I didn't know it was for that, I guess.
00:48 Can you describe the emotions?
00:50 I mean, just making such a play like that
00:52 and having it almost taken away in a way.
00:55 Yeah, it's tough.
00:59 I'm still kind of in shock of what all happened.
01:04 It's frustrating for this team.
01:07 We just kept fighting through the end of the game.
01:10 Seems like it was all just taken away in that one play.
01:18 Did you notice any sort of defenders stopping or anything
01:21 as a result of where you moved it?
01:22 No.
01:23 I mean, I assumed they'd blow the whistle
01:25 if it was a fair catch.
01:28 I didn't hear a whistle, though, so I just kept going.
01:31 Yeah.
01:31 All right, thank you.
01:36 What did you think when you guys punted with about two minutes
01:38 to go?
01:39 Did you kind of-- the defense kind of wanted that?
01:41 Yeah.
01:41 I mean--
01:42 Did you stop them to get the ball back?
01:43 Yeah.
01:43 I think that's what was going through everybody's mind.
01:46 We had three timeouts.
01:47 We figured we could get a stop there and get the ball back
01:53 to field position if we punted it there.
01:56 Did you make any appeal to officials or--
01:58 at that point, I'm assuming it's a review, so--
02:01 Yeah, no, there's nothing I could do about it.
02:04 They already made the decision, so--
02:07 What was the first message you guys
02:09 in the locker room after that kind of ending?
02:12 Said it's tough.
02:13 What are the emotions like after--
02:18 it looked like you were so close to winning to then coming up
02:21 short.
02:22 Yeah, obviously, not the way we wanted things to go.
02:25 Not the way I wanted things to go.
02:27 It stings.
02:31 Every loss does.
02:34 But we got to keep moving forward.
02:36 I guess what kind of change in the second half just
02:41 seems like you guys really couldn't get into a rhythm.
02:42 Was it something they were doing defensively?
02:44 Was it your execution just kind of taking you
02:46 through the second half a little bit?
02:47 I think it was a little bit all of the above.
02:50 I mean, I don't think they changed much.
02:52 We just didn't execute.
02:53 I didn't execute.
02:55 So yeah, it's kind of just simple as that.
02:59 What were they doing that didn't allow you to run the ball well?
03:02 Yeah, they just outnumbered us in the box.
03:05 They always brought their safeties down in the run fit.
03:08 We knew that going into the game.
03:10 But hats off to them.
03:11 They did a great job today.
03:14 I assume coaches talk to you all week about ball security.
03:17 So kind of walking through the two fumbles,
03:19 at least at the interception at the end, the last gasp thing.
03:22 But the fumbles and how they happened.
03:24 Yeah, just unexcusable.
03:27 I got a hold on the ball, whether a guy's hitting me
03:29 or not, I got a hold on the ball.
03:31 So that one's on me.
03:33 No one else.
03:33 I got to eat that one.
03:35 The interception walked you through what you saw there.
03:38 Yeah, I was just trying to get to the sticks.
03:42 Had an eco, just missed on it.
03:46 Yeah, just missed.
03:47 Wasn't-- wish I could have it back, but I can't.
03:50 So.
03:51 What was Kirk's message to you guys in the locker room?
03:53 I mean, obviously with the way the game ended,
03:55 whether we come first or not, just what was his kind
03:57 of message to you guys?
03:58 Yeah, he just said nothing he's going to say
04:00 is going to make us feel better.
04:03 But we still have a four week season after next week,
04:06 after the bye week.
04:07 So we got to get ready for that.
04:09 Yeah, just back to the drawing board next week,
04:11 prepare for the following.
04:13 What was your interactions with Brian
04:15 after that third turnover?
04:18 Yeah, I mean, I didn't really talk to him.
04:19 He was kind of carried on.
04:21 I mean, I'd be pissed off at myself too.
04:23 So whatever.
04:25 We'll see you tomorrow on the film.
04:27 We'll talk through it.
04:29 After a play, Cooper's return gets called back.
04:33 What do you tell the team at that point when
04:36 what should have been a lead gets taken off?
04:40 Yeah, I mean, it's out of our control.
04:42 We just got to go out and do what we--
04:44 do out-- go out and try to do what we need to do
04:47 to move the ball forward, put us in a position to win.
04:50 But yeah, it's just out of our control.
04:52 So we got to do what we do.
04:53 Two more questions.
04:54 What were they doing pass rush-wise to get to you so far?
04:58 Splitsing.
05:00 Had some stunts.
05:01 I don't know.
05:01 I try not to pay attention so much to the D-line.
05:05 But there were some throws I missed that should have been--
05:08 that weren't on the O-line.
05:10 They couldn't-- we didn't have enough numbers.
05:11 I just missed on the throw, so.
05:13 All right, thanks.
05:16 Tough game, obviously, as you can tell,
05:18 against a good opponent.
05:19 And we just came up short today, so moving forward.
05:22 What are the emotions like after--
05:28 you think that Cooper has just given you that go-ahead
05:31 touchdown, and then things turn this out?
05:34 Yeah, we were obviously all very excited.
05:36 And then as a defense, we were trying
05:38 to lock back in to go out there again and get another stop.
05:41 And then it was unfortunate that they called it back.
05:43 And we're just trying to move on from there and play from there.
05:46 But--
05:50 Advice really important just to get healthy.
05:51 But how important would it be now to just make
05:54 sure this game gets plush?
05:56 Yeah, we have to put this game behind us now.
05:58 And obviously, kind of go back to the drawing board
06:01 and maybe self-scout a little bit this next week
06:03 that we have time.
06:04 And hopefully get ready for our next opponent, which
06:07 I think is Northwestern.
06:09 I know all losses hurt to a certain extent.
06:12 But does this one stain differently?
06:15 I think any time you lose, it's kind of the same feeling,
06:18 no matter how you lose.
06:20 Obviously, we don't enjoy the loss.
06:22 And we were hoping to get the win at the end of the day.
06:25 But we're just going to have to regroup and see
06:27 where we can go from here.
06:29 Did you feel like the defense started to run out of gas
06:32 at all, especially in the fourth quarter,
06:34 being on the field so often?
06:35 I don't think that we ran out of gas.
06:37 We just didn't execute.
06:40 I think we're all in very good condition.
06:42 And that's kind of what it takes during practice.
06:44 And the defense didn't do its job in the second half.
06:47 And we gave up too many points.
06:48 And we just have to be better.
06:50 Do you know what happened on the long pass?
06:52 It was 39 yards.
06:53 And I don't know-- you weren't in on the play.
06:55 I'm just curious if there was appropriate coverage there.
06:57 Or did they just beat you guys?
06:59 No, we just didn't execute as well as we could.
07:01 And in the back end, we weren't as sharp as we usually are.
07:04 And they made a good play.
07:05 And they had a good throw.
07:06 And it was just unfortunate for us.
07:09 Calhoun has completed only 40% of his passes.
07:12 What was going right there for most of the game?
07:14 I think the D-line was trying to do a good job
07:16 of getting pressure on him.
07:17 And we were trying to mix things up as well in the back end.
07:20 And just kind of trying to throw him off a little bit.
07:22 And hopefully, the wind played a little bit of a factor too.
07:27 What do you think the most important thing is
07:29 with this time off for the team?
07:31 Yeah, I think the most important thing for us
07:33 is just knowing that we have so much ahead of us.
07:36 And knowing that we haven't reached our full potential.
07:39 We haven't played our best game yet of football.
07:41 And I think just the sky's the limit for us.
07:43 All right, thank you.
07:47 All right, questions for Joe?
07:48 How do you feel the defense did in that second half,
07:56 especially with you guys on the field as often as you were?
07:59 I think we gave tremendous effort out there.
08:05 There's definitely going to be a lot of things
08:07 that we can fix on the tape.
08:08 But I am proud of every single one
08:10 of the guys on the team for the amount of effort
08:13 that they gave today.
08:16 Does this sting feel different than other losses?
08:18 Yeah, I mean, it's definitely very tough.
08:26 It stings a lot, just how the game ended.
08:29 You're riding this roller coaster.
08:31 You're up, and then you're down.
08:32 And then ended up not winning the game.
08:34 So it's definitely tough.
08:38 This is a team I've never lost to before.
08:41 And it's a trophy game.
08:42 So obviously, that makes it that much more tough.
08:44 But it's going to be on us as individuals.
08:52 I'm a leader of this team.
08:53 There's a lot of leaders in that locker room.
08:55 So we're just going to have to come to practice next week.
08:58 We're on a bye week.
08:59 So just being able to be ready to go
09:01 and just fighting through this.
09:03 Do you guys feel that the win was taken from you
09:05 by the officials?
09:07 I'm not here to comment on officiating.
09:11 I think there's definitely a lot of plays out there
09:14 I think we could have been better at.
09:16 So it didn't really need to--
09:18 from my perspective, it didn't have to be in at that point.
09:21 So I'm not going to comment on officiating.
09:23 Joe, you talked about the leadership
09:25 and whether the controversial ending or not.
09:27 I'm asking a comment on that.
09:28 But how do you just get the team to not let this one linger,
09:31 considering how the game ends?
09:33 What's the key for you guys to really dial in and focus
09:35 on the last four games of the season
09:37 when you get back to action?
09:38 Yeah, absolutely.
09:39 Great question.
09:41 Obviously, we're going to have to go in and watch a tape.
09:43 That's going to sting.
09:46 And it should.
09:48 Everyone on that team is putting so much time and so much effort
09:52 into just being a winning football team.
09:56 So it's going to sting.
09:58 But this next week is definitely for improvement.
10:03 And we just need to go out to practice every day
10:04 and just work on improvement and working on fine tuning
10:07 the fundamentals and everything.
10:09 I know you guys have the 24-hour rule, win or lose.
10:13 But with this being a bye week, is
10:15 that going to make it harder to get rid
10:17 of the sting of a loss like this?
10:19 In my perspective, yeah, it definitely will.
10:26 It's going to take multiple days,
10:29 at least from my standpoint.
10:30 And I think it will for the rest of the guys on the team,
10:32 just because it is a bye week.
10:34 And we're not looking forward to the next game.
10:36 So that's something that has to be on the leaders of the team
10:42 and just everyone in that locker room
10:43 just keep pushing forward.
10:46 How much better did you feel today as opposed to last week
10:49 health-wise?
10:49 It looked like you were kind of limping coming in here.
10:52 And just how much do you feel like this team needs
10:54 a little break to heal up across the board?
11:01 I'm not going to ever be a guy to, for me, comment really
11:05 on my health.
11:07 If I'm out there, I'm out there.
11:09 I'm not going to be the one to make excuses.
11:11 But having the bye week definitely
11:13 is going to help just to kind of get guys healthy again
11:15 and be ready to go for the next four weeks.
11:18 Two more questions.
11:21 All right, thanks, Jeff.