University of North Carolina Athletics
Postgame Quotes
October 8, 2005 | Football
Oct. 8, 2005
North Carolina Head Coach John Bunting
"There's not much to say. We were cleared outplayed, outpersonnelled and outcoached. You name it. Fortunately for us, we get to go home, think about it and prepare for the next opponent. They've got a lot of talent. They've got a quarterback that can throw on the money. They made a lot of explosive plays, particularly throwing the football. We just didn't make enough to make to stay in the game. That's disappointing because I thought we were about to play our best game, but we certainly did not. We'll give the credit to Louisville. We've played well at times in the previous four games and won two, but we didn't play well at all tonight."
"I was looking at the scoreboard all night. You can really get mesmerized by that thing. It goes on and the fireworks continue to go off. I thought at one point they might run out of fireworks. That's a big number and basically I'm just numb at this point."
"They have a sophisticated offense. We knew that going in. They have multiple personnel groups and multiple formations. We did not defend them. I think their team last year was one of the best offenses we faced, and they're still pretty good. Their numbers are good and I'm sure we helped boost them up."
(on U of L DE Elvis Dumervil) "He may have set a world record tonight in tackles, tackles for loss, fumbles, an interception."
North Carolina junior WR Jesse Holley
"I don't have words for this one. It was just embarrasing. Individually and collectively it was just all around embarassing. We hit the wall and we hit the wall hard. I hope every player remembers this feeling. This is a feeling we don't want in our lives. I know I definitely don't."
"Take nothing away from those guys (Louisville). They executed their game plan. This wasn't the team I practiced with and played with the past three or four weeks."
North Carolina senior QB Matt Baker
(on U of L's secondary) "I'm not saying that they're bad, they're just a lot better when they've got a front seven that can play like Louisville's does. When the line puts pressure on the quarterback, the defensive backs just look a lot better."
(on Uof L DE Elvis Dumervil) "He's quick. When you look at him on the field, he's short, but he's so strong. He looks like Dwight Freeney of the Indianapolis Colts."
Louisville Head Coach Bobby Petrino
"That was a good game for us. I was certainly nervous going into it. After watching film on them, you could see they were a good football team and they could've been 4-0. I'm really proud of our assistant coaches for getting our players ready and I'm proud of our players with the way they prepared this week both mentally and physically. The only negative was that we got a few guys banged up. I like the way we came out and we seemed to click on all cylinders. We had a lot of guys making plays and we had some quick strikes which is good to see. I do like the way our players have responded over the last couple of weeks and they've worked hard."
"I think they (North Carolina) came in trying to keep it away from us by running the football. They did a nice job of moving guys around and running the ball, but our defense adjusted and made some plays."
"Coming into the game, I felt like if we could score on the first drive, they (UNC) may remember last year. They came back after our score and did a nice job, but that early score was what we wanted. We talked a lot about that this week and it was good to see that kind of execution."
"This is just one game, but I am happy with our execution and the way our guys competed. Our defense certainly improved and we did a better job of covering kicks. We were a little more aggressive today and I think we hit a little harder than they did."
"Elvis (Dumervil) is just amazing. He's doing a great job of coming off the ball and has perfected a lot of nice moves. I can't say enough about him and the way he's playing."
"Brian (Brohm) played real well today. He did a nice job managing the team on the field. He was seeing things real well. Sometimes, I think, it just comes down to vision and you start to see more things the more experienced you get. He made a lot of big plays and he certainly was real accurate with his passes."
"West Virginia is a good football team. They're very physical and they play great defense. They have a unique style of offense and defense and we'll have a lot of preparation to do."
Louisville senior WR Montrell Jones
"When this team executes in all phases of the game like we did today, we're a good football team. Anytime you can execute offensively and defensively and put up the numbers we did tonight, that's a good situation. We didn't expect to score like that, but the sky is the limit for this team. Now, we've got to execute in practice all week and get ready for a tough West Virginia team."
"West Virginia is a big game on our schedule in a hostile environment. They're a physical team. They always run hard defensively, play hard and it should be a good game."
(On the Cards strong start offensively) "That's something we've lacked in the last couple of games. We wanted to execute early and set the tone. We had a chance to do that today and it worked well for us."
Louisville senior DE Elvis Dumervil
"We just had to get more detailed at every position. We had to accept and learn from the South Florida game and that's what we've done as a team. Today was an overall great team effort. Teams can scheme to stop things, but with a team like ours, we can still make plays. Our cornerbacks did a hell of a job this week and that allowed me to get a rush. I credit those guys."
(On his first career interception) "It was a great feeling. That's the first interception in my career and it's a good feeling."
(On West Virginia) "As a football player, games like that are what it's all about. West Virginia is a great team and it should be a hostile environment. We've got to have a good week of practice to get ready and go down there and play a great game."
Louisville sophomore QB Brian Brohm
"We felt confident coming into the game. Coach said that this was going to be our night because we had such a great week of preparation. It (the victory) feels really good. I think we hit on all cylinders. We got going early like we wanted to get going, scoring on that first drive and it felt good."
"I think that's where we need to get to, playing sixty full minutes of football. I think we did that tonight."
(On the high score) "We don't really expect any kind of score. We try to play one play at a time like Coach said last week, and that's what we did tonight."
