"Shout out to the grounds crew."Kenny Dillingham
ASU's grounds crew always does a phenomenal job at keeping Frank Kush Field in ready to play conditions, and the weather earlier in the day put them through their paces. Coach Dillingham's first comment in his postgame press conference speaks volumes to all the support that goes in to football in and out of the game.
"We still played terrible in the red zone, a lot of that's on me."Sam Leavitt
Credit to quarterback Sam Leavitt for taking ownership of the shortcomings in completing drives and leaving points on the board. The Sun Devils were 4-for-5 in red zone scoring, but a key turnover on downs down by a touchdown early in the 4th quarter could have been the difference between winning and losing.
Sam later went on to day that the offense should have put up closer to 45 points with the opportunities tonight and once again took ownership on his ability to read the defense and make the best possible play.
"Trust my teammates, they got my back. Go out there and give it all, at the end of the day you're gonna come out on top."Prince Dorbah
Prince speaks in large part to the togetherness of this team. Everyone is looking out for each other, there is no one player marching to his own tune, everyone is bought in to the success of the whole.
"We're winning games and not playing our best football."Kenny Dillingham
Coach Dillingham goes on to say that this team hasn't quite clicked in to full cylinder, but he's most excited about how the team is putting up results despite not playing up to the full potential.
"If you're not at the football game, where are ya?"Kenny Dillingham
On the culture generating within the fanbase and specifically to how the crowd remained bought in to the game despite the uncertainty with the weather early in the day. The demand created by the success of this team and the buzz created to be more on par with other "big" programs across college football.
"Absolutely zero doubt ever that he was going to make the kick with the game on the line."Kenny Dillingham
Kicking issues were at the forefront with two misses from Jesús Gomez, but Coach Dillingham reiterated the faith that he has in his players from the top down to get the job done at any point in the game, adding that if it was a 56 yard kick to win the game, the way Jesús prepares himself every week, there is no doubt in his composure and ability.
"I am so fired up for this bye week."Kenny Dillingham
After a grueling five week stretch to open the season, the Sun Devils come to a very deserved week to rest and recover, hopefully regain some of the health in the secondary tha has been missing the last two weeks.