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Coach Ferentz 9 22 12
Coach Ferentz 9 22 12
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In that situation, in particular, we just have to be a smarter team. Q. Do you think game management was a problem today? COACH FERENTZ: At times it was. At times it was. We had some communication issues, certainly and then we ended up burning a timeout on the field goal. Our original thoughts, we use the 22 as our line of demarkation and we just felt like went down and asked Mike how he felt and he felt like he could do it. So you know, rather than have him rush, we burned the time out to give him a good shot at it. Q. Is there any specific thing that upsets you the most about this game as far as like the series of things? COACH FERENTZ: The first thing I would start with are penalties, nine penalties, seven being major penalties. That's going to make it tough to overcome. First half, we turned the ball over on our end of the field and gave them great field position and we also gave up a great play uncontested. Things like that, I think seven penalties in the first half; so you take the seven penalties, the turnover and give up a big play where we don't really challenge them at all, you know, that's tough to overcome that. It's tough to be a winning football team doing that. So I'd start right there. And then second half, we did some things better, but we didn't finish the game. Q. How bittersweet is it to have this ending with the game that Mark had? COACH FERENTZ: You know, how you look at it, Mark had a good game, certainly. James threw for over 200. But the statistics really don't matter because it still wasn't good enough to get 34 points and that's what it took for us today to win. Offensively, you can look at the numbers and say it was an okay day, but it wasn't because we didn't score enough points to win. And obviously defensively, it's the same way. Q. You said before the UNI game that you had a great week of practice; was practice how did it go this week? COACH FERENTZ: I said on the radio just a moment ago, probably the biggest surprise for me today was that we had a good week in my mind. I went to bed last night feeling pretty good about the way we prepared, the way we practiced and where the guys focused and it seems like everybody was on task and doing a good job. Typically, when that happens, the team goes out and it reflects in the play but it didn't today. Q. Maybe it was one of those things where that first touchdown came COACH FERENTZ: Yeah, sometimes you go through that I guess. It was a beautiful first drive. That was a positive, certainly. You know, Mark's statistics were a positive. Keenan for a second straight week I think played better, and Kevonte, the same way. There are some positives in there, but we are not playing well enough to win right now. Q. Would you use the word "undisciplined" to describe this performance? COACH FERENTZ: I think anything that has nine penalties, seven of them being majors, that word would probably fit right in there. So I would have to say so; undisciplined, sloppy, however you want to look at it. Q. Any theories at all behind that? COACH FERENTZ: You know, I think it's uncharacteristic. I'm sure we've done it before. Just can't remember a game where we have had seven penalties that were, you know, major penalties. I'm sure it's happened before; I can't remember it. You know, and again, if we had had a really sloppy week of practice, I would say, okay, I could see that coming, but I don't see that.
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Q. Were you surprised that you guys were confused on the on side kick coverage when you got a look at what they were doing in that delay? COACH FERENTZ: Yeah, we typically we have not been in that situation an awful lot but we have coached it and usually execute it very well. I don't know how many we've been involved in, but we just looked like we were frozen out there, and they got the ball or at least it must have looked like that, if that's what you're asking. FastScripts by ASAP Sports ...
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