Western Michigan Quotes

Tim Hiller

On the defense:
“It's night and day difference from how we were last year.  The offense goes three and out and then the defense makes a stop to get the ball back.  I'm excited to see where it goes from here.”

On countering NIU's early score:

“We stepped in the huddle and I kind of had to pick there chins up a little bit.  When you have all the guys on the same page, you're going to score, it's going to happen.”

On crowd's atmosphere:

“It was awesome to see all the students come out to the first home game.  We had that luncheon this week and there was a ton of people at that, there was a bunch of excitement for the game.  I know their support will continue throughout the season.”

Brandon West

On his slow start in the first half

“Coach was telling me to go in and just run it.  I was tip toeing a little bit and Tim talked to me in the huddle and said come on we need to fight.  The offensive line did a great job, my hat is off to them.  

Coach Cubit

Statement:

“We didn't finish as well as we should have.  But there are a lot of good things that happened and there is no comment on Brandon West's performance tonight.  Tim's performance wasn't the best tonight, but he led the team and opened up the running game.  Brandon seems to be a slow starter, so for us we've got to get him going early.”

“Defensively we came up with some big plays, but they had the ball too much.”

“We're working on the little things; we're a more mature team this year.  All the things we've been preaching about in the pre season the kids are starting to get.  You've got to give a lot of credit to Tim Hiller.  The way he played tonight reminded me of how Ryan (Cubit) played two years ago.”