Toledo Post-Game Quotes
Head Coach Jason Candle
(opening statement)
“Really proud of our team and the effort that it took to get a good victory tonight. I thought we had really efficient play by our quarterback. They have a massive rushing attack and gained 315 yards rushing in their last football game. We held that in check throughout the course of the game at a really high clip and when you make the other team one dimensional, it makes things a lot easier on defense"
(on returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown)
“The kickoff return by Trayvon Rudolph to get things started was a major spark and obviously a special moment for him being a former Husky. It was a cool scene. We talk about momentum in football often. It doesn't get any bigger than that right from the start.
(on the crowd)
"I thought we had a great crowd with great student representation and that kind of gets you going. It gets our guys sparked up and ignited right off the jump.”
(on containing NIU’s running game)
“We committed a lot of players to stopping the run. The game plan was to try to make them pass it to beat us. For our guys to keep them one dimensional, I thought that was huge. We got some good push on the interior to knock their offensive line back a little bit and then our two linebackers (K’von Sherman and Chris D’Appolonia) were able to scrape over the top and clean some plays up.”
QB Tucker Gleason
“I felt like our offensive line played great in pass protection. There were times where I felt like I could just sit back there [in the pocket]. Hats off to them, they did a really good job protecting up front. If we can protect, we have guys that can run all over the field. They can’t cover forever.”
DT Esean Carter
“The biggest thing coming into the game was stopping the run and being more physical, and we did just that. We played 11-as-one, so we did our job.”
