Colorado-Utah Quotes
Colorado Head Coach Mike MacIntyre
GÇ£I thought our kids had fought extremely hard, and I believe in the last two Pac-12 games that we outplayed our opponents decidedly in the second half and just came up short. Today was a good example of that. IGÇÖve got to do a better job of getting us started. We had a couple of plays there we could have made and didnGÇÖt. But I thought we played really hard. I thought we made some plays, could have made a few more, and IGÇÖm veryGÇöI donGÇÖt know if GÇÿpleasedGÇÖ is the wordGÇöbut I have a lot of hope in our fight, our focus and our intensity.GÇ¥
GÇ£The seniors were phenomenal. At halftime, they were like GÇÿwe have one half left.GÇÖ At the end of the third quarter, they were saying GÇÿwe have one quarter left.GÇÖ They just kept fighting and fighting, and the seniors were a big part of that with their leadership. I appreciate the attitude they had, because when the seniors buy in the other guys follow. They did buy in they did a lot of things.GÇ¥
GÇ£I do feel like weGÇÖre taking steps in the right direction. I really, really do. This could have been one to help on the scoreboard also, but I didnGÇÖt. So we have to keep moving on from here.GÇ¥
GÇ£When we got down to the one-yard line I thought we could punch it in and we didnGÇÖt. We had another pass there where P Rich (Paul Richardson) was wide open there and the quarterback just barely under threw it, or thatGÇÖs a touchdownGÇöcould have been an interference call. We threw it another time and got an interference call. I donGÇÖt know if we were too conservative there. Maybe the first time, but I thought we could punch it in but we didnGÇÖt. In order to be a good red zone team, you have to be able to punch it in time after time after time. ThatGÇÖs something that weGÇÖre going to work on.GÇ¥
Utah Head Coach Kyle Whittingham
GÇ£Very happy for the seniors, we sent them out on a positive. This is a group that showed toughness and has fought through a lot of adversity this season. This group had a lot of character and great talent.GÇ¥
GÇ£We made the game more difficult than it needed to be. Credit Colorado, they hung in there. We had too many turnovers. We need to play a lot better and cleaner. Bottom line we got a win and it was great for the seniors to go out with a win.GÇ¥
GÇ£Trevor made plays for us for four years. Happy for him, he is a heck of a kid and has been through a lot off the field this season as we all know.GÇ¥