We had the long fourth-down situation and Eric Parker and Drew make it down to the 7-yard-line, and I'll be honest with you, I realize there's no certainty, but I felt very confident with where we were. I just felt good that at the 7-yard-line we'd find a way to get it in the end zone.
Quotes about fourth-down (8 Quotes)
The third down even before that play happened was incomplete and you could tell they were totally frustrated and dejected and I think that carried over into that fourth-down field goal. He saw his kicker missed it, and I guess he decided to take it out on whoever was there.
Some guys thrive on having the ball in their hands at critical times, and that's what we're looking for. We need more guys to say, 'Coach, give me the ball,' when it's third-and-10 ... The defense should want to be on the field when we need a fourth-down stop. That's what playmakers do, and we think we have a lot of those kids in our program right now.
When Mount Tabor scored on that fourth-down pass play, I believe that set the tone for the whole game,
We made a lot of mistakes and have to learn from those mistakes. They converted four fourth-down conversions. We have to play better in those crucial situations if we are going to keep playing for the next 10 games and hopefully further.
It was tough. He is our guy, he is our playmaker. You could really tell on that third-down snap that he wanted to go, but he couldn't go. That made it a little bit easier to make the decision to put Schaub in for that fourth-down play.
We had a fourth-down play, but I figured we had them back on their heels passing, passing, passing and they wouldn't be expecting the run and it popped open for us, ... Antonio did a great job popping out of the back door.
We needed another play. I thought the fourth-down drive was like a turnover. But we didn't get any turnovers in the game and that was the difference.