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Friday, September 7, 2007

Some more quotes and notes

Some stuff I couldn't fit in the paper:

We'll start with a few quotes ...

Mike Teel on Rice breaking the all-time rushing record: "It was coming sooner or later. He deserves everything he's gotten, including the record. He's a tremendous football player, the heart and soul of the offense, and when we needed it the most he was there to make a play. That's what he trains for; he trains for games like this."

Teel on his 53-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Britt: "I was calling for that play for a whie. I was telling coach their corners were just sitting on the routes. We had an opportunity earlier in the game with im Brown but I left the ball a little inside, and they were flagged for pass interference. On the play to Kenny, Coach made the right call at the right time and we were able to connect."

Courtney Greene on his interception in the end zone in the third quarter: "I just read the play right. A lot of credit goes to the coaches because I knew exactly what Navy was doing offensively. Our defensive mindset is to keep battling, and we just played well tonight."

Greene on penalties being a cause for concern: "I think so. That's two weeks in a row, so we need to keep working on it. We are killing ourselves right now, but it's only week two so we have time to fix it. We just have to keep working to get better."

Rice on breaking the record: "It's a lifetime achievement. I never really cared about individual awards, but this one means a lot because I did it here at Rutgers Stadium. It's something I can share with Rutgers because the whole team helped and all the fans were here to see me do it."

On his mom, who was at the game -- she's at every one -- wearing a Rutgers jersey that read "Ray's Mom" on the back, above his number 27: "My mom is something else. I love her, and I'm just glad she's so supportive of me."

And a few stats of note:

Rutgers had only four more first downs than Navy (24-20)

Navy out-gained the Knights on the ground 254-210.

Tiquan Underwood led the Knights in receiving yards for the second straight game, but it was a lot closer this time. Underwood had 104 yards on six catches, while Kenny Britt came in a close second with 99 yards on three catches, including a 53-yard touchdown reception.

Jeremy Ito was 2-for-2 on field goals after missing 2 out of 3 last week.

Rice had 215 all purpose yards and three touchdowns.

Tim Brown, who played his first game of the season after missing the Buffalo game with a broken hand, didn't catch a pass but had one carry for nine yards and returned two kickoffs for a total of 40 yards.

That's all for tonight. I'm off for the weekend, but I'll check in on Monday and post some thoughts from Greg Schiano's press conference and the Big East coaches' conference call. And of course, tomorrow's Trentonian is packed with Rutgers stuff, including a game story and "replay" box from me, and two stories by Kevin.

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