WMU-Georgia State Post Game Quotes
Western Michigan Head Coach Tim Lester
“I thought we were meeting the line of scrimmage pretty good. There were two penalties that were called that put us in 2nd and 20. I knew if we could stay ahead of the team, then we could grind it out first down with a 10-minute drive. I’m proud of the way the guys finished, but we need to finish better but proud of the fight they showed.”
“I felt that two-minute drive was big. I feel—I’ve been saying this for a while—we have to be able to run and throw if we’re going to go where we want to go. And although today’s plan was to run it left then right and sometimes run it in the middle, we got called to do a two-minute drill, and we executed it great—we went right down the field. That coverage was a unique coverage. We’ve seen it before-- we really haven’t seen it from them. Jon Wassink (QB 16) did a great job seeing the front side safety, and he squeezed our tight end—opened Keishawn Watson (WR 13)—and popped it in there. That was just good throw, reads—a great drive for us.”
“We needed to go after their quarterback—he’s a talented kid. We couldn’t let him get comfortable. Early on, he was comfortable in the pocket, and we were planning on playing some coverage and seeing if he could throw it and beat us, and he did. The first couple balls (he threw) were nice, and so we started bringing some pressure, and the tides started turning after that.”
[On QB Jon Wassink] “Jon played great. He missed one throw—scrambled one time—threw it a little bit wide and was upset with himself, but he did such a great job seeing the game—talking me through what he already saw. He changed some games and got us out of some bad ones. We had the play that was called to Jayden Reid (WR 87) for a touchdown that got called early, and he got out of it because it wasn’t a good look, and he didn’t want to show it. And good thing we didn’t because we came back first drive of the third quarter and hit it. He is super smart, and that two-minute drilled showed what kind of a passer he is, but he also made great decisions. We just need to build from it and keep moving forward.”
