POSTGAME QUOTES VS. NCCU

Coach Fobbs on the late-game interception by NCCU
“The opportunity we had there to stick it end at the end was taken away. The kid made a great play on it. We thought we had a good play called there, but it was just a great play by the defender to step into the passing lane to make the pick. We had it open there for just a moment, but wasn’t able to complete it. “

Coach Fobbs on the Aggies turnovers
“You’ve got to take care of the ball. I keep saying that over and over. We were able to do things we thought we could do against them, but when it counted we didn’t get it done. It’s disappointing that compiled a lot of yardage and didn’t win the ball game, but our kids fought hard and we were right there with a chance to win the ball game.”

Coach Fobbs on the Aggies improvements
“There were a lot of positives in that ball game that we can continue to build on. We went back to basic fundamentals. Blocking and tackling are the things that put you in position to win ball games. We were able to do those things tonight, but not quite enough. It’s a growing football team. It’s a football team that is gaining a lot of experience. We just have to keep plugging.”

Coach Fobbs on penalties
"We  were in the red zone a few times and had some penalties. We had a big pass that put us inside the 5 and that was called back because of a penalty. Penalties hurt us when we had opportunities to score.”

Coach Fobbs on playing this Thursday
“We’re quickly going to put this game to bed. We’ll watch the tape tomorrow morning at about 7. Our kids we’ll come over tomorrow afternoon and watch it and then we’ll put it to bed. We’ve already broken down the Norfolk film, so we’re little ahead of schedule in that regards.‘

Coach Fobbs on the Aggies program
“I don’t look at it as snake-bitten at all. I call it rebuilding a football team. I look at as 11 players on one side of the ball and 11 players on the other side of the ball and both are trying to make plays. They made more plays than we did.”

N.C. Central Coach Mose Rison on N.C. A&T
“I want to give credit to where it is due. I thought coach Fobbs and his staff did a great job tonight in terms of getting their football team ready to play. I tried to convince my team all week long that this would be the best football team we have played. I think A&T by far proved that.”

N.C. Central Coach Mose Rison on N.C. Central’s big plays
“We hung in there until the very end when it obviously looked like we had some adversity. But at the same time when you look at the games we’ve played, we always seem to find a way to win the game when the game is on the line, and we did that tonight.”