Western Michigan Post-Game Quotes

Kyle Lark on how to simulate Dri Archer in Practice:
“We expected Dri Archer to play all week. We did the best we could with the scout team look and I the scout team did a great job getting us prepared for the week. We knew what he had in store and he is a great player, he's fast.”

Kyle Lark on Kent State Running back tandem:
“They have a great combo with big and speed. They had a lot of big plays and gaps and that's not our style of defense. When big plays happen, its minor slip up and we have to get that fixed.”

Brian Fields on Offensive Progress:
“Yes, we see improvement every week and its going to continue.”

Brian Fields on Kent State Defensive Adjustments:
“They picked up on a few of our screens, they watch film like everyone does and they did a good job of that.”

Coach Fleck Opening Statement:
“I want to thank the fans. Impressive turnout, a 0-4 team and that student section is close to being full. People stayed all the way until the game was almost over. It says a lot about what we are doing, we are winning individual battles, were not winning the war but I want to thank Bronco nation. This program is on the rise and I know a lot of people don't see it but it's called faith.

Coach Fleck on the Game:
“We have got to get better, too many holding calls, way too many big plays called back but I thought we did a better job executing in the run game. I thought the back-up receivers did a great job coming in and making plays. Kendrick Roberts made some big plays, Schaffer made some plays but what it all comes down to is that we didn't make plays and they were able to run the ball on us. They did a good job of spreading us out and we didn't make enough plays in space. We are getting better.”

Kent State Post-Game Quotes:

Coach Paul Haynes' opening statement:

“Good win, big win for us. You know, this is a tough place to play. Last time we won here, Ronald Reagan was President, and I was a sophomore in college, so this is a big road victory for us. Anytime we go on the road and get a victory in the conference it's good. Finally, all three phases, we talked about all three phases coming together and playing well. We still got it, kind of in waves but we pretty much did a really good job with all three phases coming together. We got a big win coming up, homecoming, back at Kent State against Northern Illinois.”

Coach Paul Haynes' on if he feels that Western Michigan's defense was worn down:

“I don't think that it's worn down, you know, they play hard. Coach Fleck does a good job with the energy level. I know, just like us, they've got a lot of guys banged up, so without knowing their situation totally, you're just trying to roll guys in there, and then you run out of guys to run in there. So if it feels that way, and it looks that way, you know, to you guys I'm sure that probably has a lot to do with it, but I thought they played hard the whole game.”

Dri Archer on his first home game back:

“It felt good being back out there with my teammates, just having fun, playing football, doing what we love to do.”

Luke Wollet on what he saw defensively in the first half:

“They definitely ran the ball a little more than we expected. We did a good job of getting off the field at third down, I don't know what the percentage was, but we were kind of limited to them because they wanted to run the ball on first and second down, but our corner did a great job all game, pressing and the receiver struggled to get up the line of scrimmage against them, so it's not all his fault, you have to look at the big picture.”