QUARTERBACK MASON RUDOLPH
Early in the game the touchdown drive and the drive from the missed field goal. Then, all of a sudden things kind of dried up until the game was out of hand. Why weren't you able to sustain that rhythm?
"I just didn't make enough throws and hit enough runs. I turned the ball over before half. I think it was twice there before the half that gave them – it might have been 14 points. I think they scored off of both of those turnovers. That's on me. I put our team in a bad spot. It can't happen."
Why do things feel like they tend to spiral in a lot of these situations for you guys?
"It felt like that today, but we were able to come back and make it an eight-point game. I was proud of the way the guys fought at the end. We could have easily thrown in the towel and let it spiral completely out of control, but we scored three touchdowns in the second half and made it a game."
What was the mood during the spiral and did it change at all?
"When it's going bad, you just try to pick each other up and encourage and get back out there and talk about putting one good play and stacking them one good play on top of another. That's all you can do. We eventually started to stack some plays."
One interception went off Tony Pollard's hands. What did you see on the other one?
"The other one was just a bad throw. Kenny (Moore II) made a great play. He had some great eye control and peeked inside at the last minute and stepped in front of it. He's a good player and he made a good play. It was a bad throw on my part."
Why has it been so hard to get the second score and build the lead?
"I don't have an answer. We just have to make more throws. On third down, we had a bad pass. The defensive lineman did a great job. We had a receiver open. That was when we kicked the field goal the following play. Sometimes I think it just comes down to execution. That's cliché, but we have to do a better job of running and throwing and completing balls. That starts with me."
