University of North Carolina Athletics
Player Quotes
August 30, 2003 | Football
Aug. 30, 2003
UNC Player Quotes (Aug. 30, 2002 vs. Florida State)
Darian Durant (junior quarterback)
"We moved the ball consistently but we couldn' t get in the end zone. It's not like we went out and didn't move the ball at all. We saw what we can do on offense and we'll build on that.
"They didn't stop us as much as we stopped ourselves. When we got in the red zone, we shot ourselves in the foot.
(On what he'll tell the team in preparation for next week's game) "We've got a lot of young guys on offense and young guys tend to dwell on games like this. I just want them to realize it's a long season. If you dropped a ball or ran the wrong route, put that behind you."
Jeb Terry (senior offensive guard)
"Florida State played well tonight, as the scoreboard showed. It's very deflating when they come out that early on you. They drove the ball on us and we couldn't answer on the first offensive opportunities we had. It was 21-0 pretty quickly.
"We feel like we gave hard effort, We moved the ball decently in the first half and made a drive or two at the start of the second half, but we just couldn't get the ball in the end zone. Maybe if we get in the end zone on one of those drives, maybe we curtail their momentum. We'd get down to the 25 and something would happen and we just couldn't get in the end zone."
Ronnie McGill (freshman tailback)
"We know we can play a lot better. We made a lot of mistakes, we had a lot of missed opportunities. The defense broke down a couple of times and we didn't take advantage of every chance we had on offense. We ran the ball OK tonight, but we didn't run as well as we wanted to."
"We know we're a better team than that and next week will be a totally different story. We've just got to come out and capitalize on the opportunities we get. We can't have turnovers or penalties."
