POSTGAME QUOTES VS. MSU

Coach Fobbs on the overall game
“We were right there. We had opportunities, but the turnovers hurt us offensively. It was a great job by our defense.”

 Coach Fobbs on pressuring the Bears QB’s
‘We wanted to pressure both quarterbacks. We felt like we could do that. We felt like when we were able to get one-on-one situations at the line we could get to them. We really wanted to disturb what they do and get some penetration in the backfield.’

 Coach Fobbs on Morgan RB Chad Simpson
”He is a good running back. We knew what the challenge called for. And you know what, we’ve been playing good defense all season long. Whenever we get our offense and defense on the same page, we’ll be ok. Our offense has to keep our defense on the boundaries.’

 Coach Fobbs on the longest play from scrimmage in school history
“One thing about being backed up; most defenses think you’re going to be conservative. We felt like we could get it at some point, but it had to be at the right moment. It was just a great time to make that call. It was just a go-route off of play action. The corner came up just enough where the receiver got behind him. It was just a great throw by Shelton.”

Coach Fobbs on coming close to victory
“It’s time to stop saying that.  At some point you just get satisfied with closer and closer, and we don’t want to get to that point. It’s time to start winning. We don’t go to practice every day to get closer and closer. We go there to prepare to win games.”

Coach Fobbs on turnovers
’I thought our calls were good. It looks bad when you turn it over though. Give them credit, they hung in there after the big play and kept fighting. They showed the type of team they were by not panicking. It could have went either way. “

Coach Fobbs on the progress of the Aggies
“We’re excited about how far we’ve come. We worked hard to get to this point and we can work even harder to get better. We’re excited about this group and we’re excited about this group and we’re looking forward to the things we can still accomplish this season.”

 A&T QB Shelton Morgan on the 96-yard touchdown pass to Michael Caldwell
“It was a great play and a great call from our coaches. The problem is the touchdown wasn’t the end of the game. We still had to score some more. A lot of times teams get hype off of one play, but we shouldn’t have done that. There was still 14 minutes left on the clock.”

 Morgan on the losing streak
“Losing like this test your faith. It tests if you can believe in yourself and if you can believe God really. We’re going to get a win. If we keep it’s going to come. We just got to believe in each other.”

Morgan on closing out ballgames
”If we just close one out when we’re close to that W at the end of the game, we’ll be all right. Not saying that we’re down, but everyone’s confidence will be higher. We have to keep believing in each other because once we get one, it’s going to start snowballing.”