Bowling Green State University Athletics
MAC Championship Postgame Quotes
December 04, 2003 | Football
Dec. 4, 2003
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MAC Championship Post Game Quotes
Coach Gregg Brandon:
"This program deserves to go to a bowl game. It's disappointing we didn't play better today. This team has a lot of heart, they hate to lose."
Speaking about Miami QB Ben Roethlisberger...
"We had no answer for him."
On coming back from this loss to play in the Motor City Bowl (Dec. 26)...
"We will all be pleasantly surprised by the way our team responds, and plays in that bowl game. We were embarrassed in the second half of this football game, and that's the last thing we are going to remember before the bowl game."
BGSU Quarterback Josh Harris:
"The fact that we were invited to the Motor City Bowl took a little bit of the weight off, and gave us the opportunity to smile about something."
On Miami...
"They were a better football team tonight."
Speaking about Miami QB Ben Roethlisberger...
"He is the best player in this league. They haven't lost for 12, 13 weeks...and he is a big reason why."
Miami Coach Terry Hoeppner
"This was a storybook season. From the week we had after Iowa to right now, this team has been spectacular. It wasn't that we were winning but the way we were winning. The class this team had for 12 weeks."
"I was very unhappy with the way we played in the first half. That was not us the first half. We regrouped at halftime and came out the second half, that's the Miami team I was expected to seeing the last 12 weeks."
"That was a well prepared championship football team we played. Their West Division champs and they deserve to be. But the best team in the MAC won tonight."
Miami Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger
"Coming in we knew they were going to try something different on defense. I'm proof that the offensive line did a great job, I still have a white jersey."
"You can't say enough about how good of a job the O-line did today. The receivers did a great job today. All I had to do was put it out there and guys made plays."
