WKU Hilltoppers College Football Pregame Quote, 10/24/2022

On this week’s game against North Texas:

North Texas week. Good to have another home game. Got a really good North Texas team coming in. One of the top offenses in the conference, playing a very solid defense as well. Should be a tremendous challenge, but it’s good we get them at home. It’s a big conference game for sure. Last week, Coach Latrell does a great job preparing his guys, and I know they had a tough one last week at UTSA. We were in the lead for most of the game, it was a back and forth game and UTSA was able to pull it off. So I know North Texas has their jaw set trying to come in here and win and so will we and it should make for a great match up and I’m looking forward to it.

On the implications of Saturday’s game:

We take it one game at a time, obviously, but we fully understand that to be in control of your own destiny is a good thing and to try not to look past North Texas. Our main focus is North Texas. They are the same way and are trying to control their destiny as well. The big win against UAB, which was huge, that was a really big confidence builder. They are a really good football team, and I thought the atmosphere was fantastic. The fans showed up and did a great job, and we’re going to need that again this week because this game will be probably even harder.

On getting the team to play complementary football:

Defense wins championships. If you want to win, have a really good defense that produces turnovers. That’s why you win, and that’s a big box that we checked on several weeks of the season. Again, I think they’ll be put to the test again against North Texas. Offensively, did some good things, but there was twice where we got the ball across the fifty and didn’t do anything with it. We came away with no points on the board. Both those times we lost yardage. So those are the things we have to correct and fix. Particularly against a team like North Texas.