Post-Game Quotes ? Toledo vs. Liberty ? October 6, 2007

 

Toledo Head Coach Tom Amstutz

“I'm very happy for a win. We had guys out there giving tremendous effort. We're in a situation where we're a little thin, but we had guys come up and give great effort. I've seen teams in that situation fold up and give up. We never gave up.”

 

“I'm really proud of D.J. Lenehan, a true freshman quarterback, who did a tremendous job. You don't know how tough that is to have that pressure on your shoulders.”

 

“Jalen Parmele gave a tremendous individual effort. He played with his heart and took the game over.”

 

“Defensively, we can't keep making mistakes, making penalties and giving them second chances. We have to continue to improve and play with our hearts.”

 

(more on Lenehan)

 

“He took control of what we asked him to do. Nineteen out of 23 passes is a tremendous job.”

 

Senior running back Jalen Parmele

 

“In the first half I was a little winded, but I got some fluids in me and in the second half I came out and I was ready. I give the offensive line credit. It helps when everyone is hitting their blocks.”

 

“We wanted to take as much pressure off of D.J.'s back as we could. It helped him out that we did that. D.J. did a good job. It's tough for a freshman to come in and start. Be we got it done. I'm proud of him.”

 

Sophomore safety Barry Church

 

(on the last drive)

 

“Coach Rose pulled the whole defense aside and said we have to keep fighting and show Rocket spirit and we'll come away with a win.”

 

Freshman quarterback D.J. Lenehan

 

“I wasn't nervous. I knew everyone had my back. I just went out and played. Bad things will happen. It's how you come back from it. With Jalen running as hard as he does, not many teams can stop him.”

 

Sophomore defensive end Skylaar Constant

 

“The defense has been taking a lot of heat all season, so we knew we had to rally and get a stop to win this game. Everybody got angry, so to speak. We knew we had to take care of the job

 

Liberty Head Coach Danny Rocco

 

(on how to correct tackling issues)

 

“You work at it but I don't think we'll see an offensive line like this all year long. We won't see a back like this either. Parmele's a good football player. He didn't have great speed but we knew he was a load. He was big and physical and they play with multiple tight ends at times.  They also had tall receivers and we knew they had the ability to get really big on us.”

 

(on a game like this improving the team's confidence)

 

“I don't know. For two weeks in a row we've come out and played like a team. We have really good focus, really good execution and really good temp. We've have guys flying around. Our special teams play was excellent. We've had an awful lot of positives but not much to show for it.”

 

(on having a good chance to win being ahead 34-22 at the start of the fourth quarter)

 

“I thought we had a good chance coming in here. I told the team at halftime that we are in exactly the position we need to be. It's disappointing and heartbreaking but there are a lot of positives to draw from. We will go home and regroup and continue to move forward.”