Postgame audio excerpts from coach Mark Mangino and players.
Mangino: "We came out of the blocks pretty well ..." Mangino on spreading the ball around: "We try to get the ball in the hands of as many offensive players that we possibly can. ..." Mangino: "I thought the defense played pretty well tonight. ..."
Mangino on Tony Coker's fill in: "I think Travis Dambach did a pretty good job ..." Mangino on Gary Heaggans: "Gary is a guy that we want to get on the field. ..." Mangino: "The fans are the least of my worries at KU. They're awesome. ..." Mangino on the Missouri game: "I'm really excited about it; our players are too. ..." Mangino on Bill Whittemore: "... he was really hot-handed ..." Mangino on Whittemore's injury: "They're very, very positive about it." Mangino on the importance of the defense playing well: "They developed some confidence tonight." Mangino on John Randle: "... he's tenacious." Mangino on if he's comfortable with where the team is going into Big 12 Conference play: "I'm confident in our ball club..." Mangino on if he considered pulling Whittemore out earlier: "... he's such a competitor..." Mangino on Mark Simmons being a playmaker: "He's deceptively fast." Mangino on if KU and Missouri having winning records matters next week: "... I don't know if record really means that much." Mangino on if the Jayhawks ended their nonconference schedule where he wanted them to be: "I'm very pleased with the progress of our team." Mark Simmons on Whittemore in the first quarter: "We've got a great quarterback." Simmons on if Whittemore will start to get more attention nationally: "He's putting the same number up as everybody else is." Gary Heaggans on his first pass: "... it was just a matter of catching it." Randle on the first quarter: "... that's our main goal, though..." Whittemore on playing Missouri after it struggled against Middle Tennessee State: "... that's why you play the game..." Whittemore on winning going into the Missouri game: "We fell off a little bit..." Whittemore on the team's three-game winning streak: "I feel like we should be 4-0..." Whittemore on if playing Missouri is extra special after being injured against them last year: "We're excited to go out and play against them." Whittemore on how intense the rivalry is: "It's intense and that's why you have rivalries." |
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