Demetris Robertson And Chad Hansen Take Questions At Post-Game Press Conference
11/13/2016 9:25 AM | Football
Head Coach Sonny Dykes
(On overall game)
"I have to give Washington State credit. They played well tonight. They are a good football team and are hot right now. It was not our best performance, but again you have to give (WSU) credit. I was disappointed in the way we played, especially early in the ball game. We had opportunities in the first half to keep the game close, but we got behind and certainly did not put our best foot forward. Again you have to give those guys credit."
(On Washington State's punt return touchdown)
"That certainly was not a good way to start. When you go three-and-out, then you punt to them, and they score a touchdown is a tough way to start the game."
(On the play of Chad Hansen)
"He has been battling an ankle injury for about a month now. I know he has played through it. He was probably about 75 percent last week, and a little closer to 85 percent his week. Hopefully we can get him back healthy at some point. He can go get the football and make tough plays. He certainly makes us a better offense when we have him at full speed."
(On California's defensive game)
"We are not playing particularly well on defense, but it does not help when we have lost seven of our starting eight safeties for the year. That is a pretty significant thing to try and overcome. But we have to try and figure out ways to get it done without them."
Quarterback Travis Webb
(On the California passing attack)
"When (Chad Hansen) is in the lineup he gives everybody a spark. He had a great catch on (the WSU sideline) going into the endzone. Chad is a great player and a great competitor. Demetris Robertson and Jordan Veasy had great games as well. I just need to give everybody the touches they need and move the ball more successfully."
(On California's offense overall game)
"Every single player on the offense needs to do a better job of being consistent. That starts with me. The offensive line played well tonight. This loss is solely on us not being able to move the ball in the first quarter and giving them a pretty good lead. We just did not come back from that."
Safety Khari Vanderbilt
(On California's secondary depth)
"It is just adversity we have to get over. It is nothing we can complain about. It is football. I am sure there are a lot of other teams that are going through the same thing. We just have to learn how to fight through and come together. It all starts at practice. You cannot win if you don't execute the game plan at practice. That is what we will do going into practice next week and hopefully that leads to a win next week."
(On first career interception)
"We played against a really good quarterback so I had to play honest. I saw the over route and at first I did not think he was going to throw it. Then I saw him move his arm back and I ended up getting the pick. It was my first interception so I got really excited about that. I got excited because I caught the ball, and because I am a defensive back. I cannot catch the ball very well, that is why I am a DB. On the return, I don't know what happened. I just kind of got tripped up by the turf monster."
(On overall game)
"I have to give Washington State credit. They played well tonight. They are a good football team and are hot right now. It was not our best performance, but again you have to give (WSU) credit. I was disappointed in the way we played, especially early in the ball game. We had opportunities in the first half to keep the game close, but we got behind and certainly did not put our best foot forward. Again you have to give those guys credit."
(On Washington State's punt return touchdown)
"That certainly was not a good way to start. When you go three-and-out, then you punt to them, and they score a touchdown is a tough way to start the game."
(On the play of Chad Hansen)
"He has been battling an ankle injury for about a month now. I know he has played through it. He was probably about 75 percent last week, and a little closer to 85 percent his week. Hopefully we can get him back healthy at some point. He can go get the football and make tough plays. He certainly makes us a better offense when we have him at full speed."
(On California's defensive game)
"We are not playing particularly well on defense, but it does not help when we have lost seven of our starting eight safeties for the year. That is a pretty significant thing to try and overcome. But we have to try and figure out ways to get it done without them."
Quarterback Travis Webb
(On the California passing attack)
"When (Chad Hansen) is in the lineup he gives everybody a spark. He had a great catch on (the WSU sideline) going into the endzone. Chad is a great player and a great competitor. Demetris Robertson and Jordan Veasy had great games as well. I just need to give everybody the touches they need and move the ball more successfully."
(On California's offense overall game)
"Every single player on the offense needs to do a better job of being consistent. That starts with me. The offensive line played well tonight. This loss is solely on us not being able to move the ball in the first quarter and giving them a pretty good lead. We just did not come back from that."
Safety Khari Vanderbilt
(On California's secondary depth)
"It is just adversity we have to get over. It is nothing we can complain about. It is football. I am sure there are a lot of other teams that are going through the same thing. We just have to learn how to fight through and come together. It all starts at practice. You cannot win if you don't execute the game plan at practice. That is what we will do going into practice next week and hopefully that leads to a win next week."
(On first career interception)
"We played against a really good quarterback so I had to play honest. I saw the over route and at first I did not think he was going to throw it. Then I saw him move his arm back and I ended up getting the pick. It was my first interception so I got really excited about that. I got excited because I caught the ball, and because I am a defensive back. I cannot catch the ball very well, that is why I am a DB. On the return, I don't know what happened. I just kind of got tripped up by the turf monster."
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