Meet the Press: Football Weekly Presser vs. Kansas
10/10/2016 12:00:00 AM | Football
**NOTE: Coach Grobe Quotes Featured in Above Video**
| Seth Russell, QB |
On C Kyle Fuller and his leadershipà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"One thing he has is consistency. He brings a mental toughness to the offensive side of the ball. He has a lot of experience, which helps with our tempo. He helps the other guys up front. If they have a question he's able to relay to them pretty quick, which allows our tempo to stay pretty fast."
On the bye weekà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"The bye week definitely helps. It allows yourself and your team to recover a little bit from small nicks and stuff like that. It allows us to watch other teams, sit at home and see other teams and how they're doing. It was definitely a good week ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" we're recovered and ready to go."
On WR KD Cannon returningà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"That's huge. He has that "it" factor. Several other guys stepped up last week, which is huge and we just need some more guys like him ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" guys who want to step up ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" because it will definitely help out our offense."
On overcoming Iowa State's 14-point three-quarter leadà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"There weren't really nerves just dedication. We were determined to win that ballgame. I know a lot of guys were talking about this is where our work is going to pay off. Our offseason workouts, our summer workouts, fall camp workouts, and stuff like that, this is where it's going to matter. I feel that the guys really bought into that on the offensive and defensive side. It was huge that we were able to pull off a big win, away."
On Kansasà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"They're definitely a different ball team from last year for sure. They fly around, they do a lot of good things on defense. We just have to focus on what we do, and that's play Baylor football. The coaches will have a good scheme going into it, and as long as we execute we'll be okay."
On Iowa State waking the team upà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"Definitely. You saw this week how games can sway one way or another. The Big 12 is a hard conference to play in. You have to bring you're A-game every game. I feel that as long as we focus on what we need to do and execute at a high level, we can win ball games."
On bowl eligibility with one more winà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"That's huge. That's always our first goal ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" to become bowl eligible. If we win this next one we get that and we've achieved that accomplishment. As long we stay focused, go out there and play ball, then we'll get the win."
On RB Shock Linwood's career day against Iowa Stateà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"It was huge. Give it up to the offensive line for making big holes for him. The receivers did a great job blocking down field, which I feel made the big plays possible, and then Shock just being Shock. He had kind of been asleep that last couple of games, which is okay, we pulled it out anyway. Some of the other guys stepped up. On the sideline during the second quarter I went up to him and said this is the Shock that I remember, and he kind of laughed at me a little bit. But he's here, I feel that he knows what his role is, and it's huge for him to be able to step up like that for us."
| Ryan Reid, CB |
On conditioning advantage with Coach Kaz Kazadi...
"You can see just how we're running around. Jogging everywhere we need to go. Nobody is really just walking. We're in shape and we love being in shape."
On bye week coming at a good time...
"It sure dude. Everybody has their focus back. Some people went home, and you can just see who you're doing it for ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" your family, it just reminds you of what you're doing all this for."
On becoming bowl eligible...
"It's a step closer, like you said, to our goals. It's another step closer to achieving what we're trying to do this year. Sorry it has to be Kansas that's in the way, but they're next up."
| Patrick Lawrence, OL |
On having a balanced offenseà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"You can't throw the ball without running the ball. Whenever we are able to run the ball, our offense is a lot more successful, and it takes pressure off of our receivers and off of Seth (Russell)."
On RB Shock Linwood's comeback giving the offensive line more confidenceà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"It gives us confidence to know that the guys are going to come back and run hard. We weren't surprised by Shock. We expected him to do that. It's nice to feel confident in him after he's proven himself."
On the Iowa State game being a wakeup callà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"It felt like my first road game. Iowa State was an in-conference, big-time setting, and it felt nice to get that win under our belt."
On staying confident throughout the gameà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"We never got down on ourselves and we stayed confident the whole time. Nobody on the bench was hanging their heads, and it's good to see that the guys aren't going to quit. They aren't going to give up on you."
| Lynx Hawthorne, WR |
On the bye week last weekà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"That's really what it's all about ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" coming back down to earth. After about two or three days, you're like, 'alright, I'm ready to get back.'"
On upcoming bye week after the Kansas gameà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"That open date will be utilized a lot differently because of the six-game stretch right after that. This one was used also, but you know you just have to get back for one game. We take Kansas seriously, because in the Big 12 anything can happen."
On Kansas' improved teamà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"They were able to hang with TCU, which they were able to last year, too, so maybe they just have a little something for TCU. But like I said, in the Big 12 anything can happen. In a power five conference, there are no bad teams. If anyone were to look over a Kansas or an Iowa State, they deserve to get beat. We're definitely going to go at them like we've went at every single other team."
On staying focused when playing as big favoriteà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"No matter who we're playing, it's us versus ourselves. The only people that can beat us, since I've been here, is ourselves. We can't look over anyone, and if we do, it's on us and on the coaches. It's us having to stay focused on the fact that they can't beat us, but we can beat ourselves."
