Transcribed by Bill Seals
Opening comments:
“Start off-wise from my end, just a great thank you to our fan base. They had the ability to rain delay, crowd and environment this morning through the entire afternoon and evening. I’m grateful to have that here and that’s what makes it special to be at this place.
“The game, obviously, in a lot of ways was frustrating. Frustrating because it was our detail that really earned us what happened at the end of the game in a loss. There was a lot of growth from week one to week two. Unfortunately, the growth, discipline and detail fall on the head coach. That’s my job and responsibility. I didn’t do a good enough job to make sure those things were shored up. I’m really proud of our kids’ effort and the way they played.
“Even in the end, Speedy (Datrone Young) is trying to do a great job of trying to give us a chance to return it and Deshaunte (Jones) gets there a little bit late. It happens. It’s not a fault. It’s one of those things that’s unfortunate. From an attitude, effort and investment standpoint, I’m really proud of our kids. From a Coach Campbell standpoint, it’s got to be better. I’ll own it and we’ll move forward from it.”
On what needs to be done to get better play from the offensive line:
“I thought the offensive line played pretty good. I thought we ran the ball at times when we needed to and we were physical. There was a penalty on Trevor (Downing) on the one third down and this was his first start. I’ll have to look at the end with the holding situation. I don’t think the offensive line was the issue.”
On the difference in the game in Iowa’s win, especially on the defensive side:
“Discipline and detail. There’s opportunity. We flush the quarterback and lose contain. Tough situation late in the football game where we have a chance to stop them and got pressure. They convert a third and really long. It’s our detail and discipline. For us, going back to the drawing board and doing the little things…we’re not far off. It’s execution and detail that are going to be the difference to doing those things. They were 10-of-19 and at critical moments made some big plays.”
On some the particularly frustrating aspects of the contest:
“We can’t what we did on third down. Special teams, we had a couple errors in the game. Our kickoff return was atrocious and cost us big-time in this game. Tackling in some situations was tough for us. Then, just consistency…in terms of offensive football we got into some good flows, but shot ourselves in the foot at times. Those are things for me that are correctable. It’s more coaching than one of those kids in the locker room. We need to do a better job and that starts with me.”
On the performance of Brock Purdy:
“24-of-34, ran the football for us and I thought he did a great job. He gave us every opportunity to win the football game.”
On how he felt the team dealt with the two weather delays:
“Honestly, I thought we handled that really well. We came out from both of those situations and put points on the board. We did some really good things. I’d love to blame something else, but it’s really not. It’s us. I thought our kids played really hard and we worked like crazy to finish the game. Our discipline and detail was not what needed to be done.”
On the decision to hand Johnny Lang the majority of the kickoff return opportunities:
“We just wanted to limit Kene (Nwangwu) on some of those. How much we were doing, we thought Kene could give us something from a running back standpoint in the game. That’s not to say anything bad about Johnny, but from a kickoff return standpoint, we felt like he had taken the majority of the reps and wanted to make sure he got them in the game. We wanted to make sure we got Kene into the game as a running back.”
On similarities and differences between this game and UNI:
“You look back to this game and flip the scoreboard and tilt it a couple points the other way and we win the game. After that game, it was the same thing. It was detail and little things. We need to continue to figure out who we are and what this team is. We need to find a way to become the best version of us before this season gets into Big 12 play.”
On the game plan for Iowa’s A.J. Epenesa and Julian Good-Jones’ play against him:
“I thought collectively we had a really good plan from a pass rush standpoint to what I would say is one of the top pass rush teams in the country. I thought Tom (Manning) did a nice job moving the pocket constantly and not giving Epenesa the same look. He’s so talented that it’s one of those situations…I also think Julian did some good things as well.”
On if he wants more consistent plays, instead of just relying on big plays offensively:
“I think that we’re really close, because we only punted three times in the game. We’re moving the ball up and down the field. It’s shooting ourselves in the foot somewhere along the line that’s limiting else. Four hundred-plus of offense again. It’s the detail and discipline that we can’t continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. We can’t do that. You can’t survive that way at Iowa State.”
On coming up short in the margins against the Hawks:
“You can take one simple stat and that’s turnover margin. This will be the fourth year in a row that we’ve lost turnover margin. It was 1-0, 1-0, 1-0 and other than the punt tonight it would have been 1-0. Those are little things. That’s not to discredit our opponent; we know that they’re a detailed football team, too. My responsibility is to continue to do the discipline and detail early in the season to get where we need to be.”
On what leads him to believe the team will bounce back from tonight:
“We have an unbelievable locker room and love each other. Our kids care about each other. This doesn’t define us. If we had won the football game, it wouldn’t have defined us. I probably would have had the same disappointment if the scoreboard looked any different. If we would have won the game, I would have had the same feeling that I have today that we lost the game. That’s what’s really neat about us. I know the world wants to win and we all want to win, but the fact of the matter is we want to be the best possible team we can be. We have great challenges ahead, but we have great leaders.”
On if he thought the defensive backfield took a step forward:
“I thought at times we made some great plays on the ball and that was big for us. We tackled when we needed to. There were a couple missed tackles that were tough and credit our opponent. There were certainly positive steps in critical moments for that group.”
On the game had by Greg Eisworth:
“He looked like he was shot out of a cannon at times and that’s the thing you appreciate about Greg. What we ask Greg to do in our program, it’s not easy to do it how he’s doing it. He was exceptional.”
On the big pass play from Deshaunte Jones and his effort overall:
“We had another one for him. He can do so many things for us offensively. He’s a guy that just continues to grow. You talk about wanting your seniors to play their best and he’s living proof of that. That was a huge play in the game for us.”
Opening comments:
“Start off-wise from my end, just a great thank you to our fan base. They had the ability to rain delay, crowd and environment this morning through the entire afternoon and evening. I’m grateful to have that here and that’s what makes it special to be at this place.
“The game, obviously, in a lot of ways was frustrating. Frustrating because it was our detail that really earned us what happened at the end of the game in a loss. There was a lot of growth from week one to week two. Unfortunately, the growth, discipline and detail fall on the head coach. That’s my job and responsibility. I didn’t do a good enough job to make sure those things were shored up. I’m really proud of our kids’ effort and the way they played.
“Even in the end, Speedy (Datrone Young) is trying to do a great job of trying to give us a chance to return it and Deshaunte (Jones) gets there a little bit late. It happens. It’s not a fault. It’s one of those things that’s unfortunate. From an attitude, effort and investment standpoint, I’m really proud of our kids. From a Coach Campbell standpoint, it’s got to be better. I’ll own it and we’ll move forward from it.”
On what needs to be done to get better play from the offensive line:
“I thought the offensive line played pretty good. I thought we ran the ball at times when we needed to and we were physical. There was a penalty on Trevor (Downing) on the one third down and this was his first start. I’ll have to look at the end with the holding situation. I don’t think the offensive line was the issue.”
On the difference in the game in Iowa’s win, especially on the defensive side:
“Discipline and detail. There’s opportunity. We flush the quarterback and lose contain. Tough situation late in the football game where we have a chance to stop them and got pressure. They convert a third and really long. It’s our detail and discipline. For us, going back to the drawing board and doing the little things…we’re not far off. It’s execution and detail that are going to be the difference to doing those things. They were 10-of-19 and at critical moments made some big plays.”
On some the particularly frustrating aspects of the contest:
“We can’t what we did on third down. Special teams, we had a couple errors in the game. Our kickoff return was atrocious and cost us big-time in this game. Tackling in some situations was tough for us. Then, just consistency…in terms of offensive football we got into some good flows, but shot ourselves in the foot at times. Those are things for me that are correctable. It’s more coaching than one of those kids in the locker room. We need to do a better job and that starts with me.”
On the performance of Brock Purdy:
“24-of-34, ran the football for us and I thought he did a great job. He gave us every opportunity to win the football game.”
On how he felt the team dealt with the two weather delays:
“Honestly, I thought we handled that really well. We came out from both of those situations and put points on the board. We did some really good things. I’d love to blame something else, but it’s really not. It’s us. I thought our kids played really hard and we worked like crazy to finish the game. Our discipline and detail was not what needed to be done.”
On the decision to hand Johnny Lang the majority of the kickoff return opportunities:
“We just wanted to limit Kene (Nwangwu) on some of those. How much we were doing, we thought Kene could give us something from a running back standpoint in the game. That’s not to say anything bad about Johnny, but from a kickoff return standpoint, we felt like he had taken the majority of the reps and wanted to make sure he got them in the game. We wanted to make sure we got Kene into the game as a running back.”
On similarities and differences between this game and UNI:
“You look back to this game and flip the scoreboard and tilt it a couple points the other way and we win the game. After that game, it was the same thing. It was detail and little things. We need to continue to figure out who we are and what this team is. We need to find a way to become the best version of us before this season gets into Big 12 play.”
On the game plan for Iowa’s A.J. Epenesa and Julian Good-Jones’ play against him:
“I thought collectively we had a really good plan from a pass rush standpoint to what I would say is one of the top pass rush teams in the country. I thought Tom (Manning) did a nice job moving the pocket constantly and not giving Epenesa the same look. He’s so talented that it’s one of those situations…I also think Julian did some good things as well.”
On if he wants more consistent plays, instead of just relying on big plays offensively:
“I think that we’re really close, because we only punted three times in the game. We’re moving the ball up and down the field. It’s shooting ourselves in the foot somewhere along the line that’s limiting else. Four hundred-plus of offense again. It’s the detail and discipline that we can’t continue to shoot ourselves in the foot. We can’t do that. You can’t survive that way at Iowa State.”
On coming up short in the margins against the Hawks:
“You can take one simple stat and that’s turnover margin. This will be the fourth year in a row that we’ve lost turnover margin. It was 1-0, 1-0, 1-0 and other than the punt tonight it would have been 1-0. Those are little things. That’s not to discredit our opponent; we know that they’re a detailed football team, too. My responsibility is to continue to do the discipline and detail early in the season to get where we need to be.”
On what leads him to believe the team will bounce back from tonight:
“We have an unbelievable locker room and love each other. Our kids care about each other. This doesn’t define us. If we had won the football game, it wouldn’t have defined us. I probably would have had the same disappointment if the scoreboard looked any different. If we would have won the game, I would have had the same feeling that I have today that we lost the game. That’s what’s really neat about us. I know the world wants to win and we all want to win, but the fact of the matter is we want to be the best possible team we can be. We have great challenges ahead, but we have great leaders.”
On if he thought the defensive backfield took a step forward:
“I thought at times we made some great plays on the ball and that was big for us. We tackled when we needed to. There were a couple missed tackles that were tough and credit our opponent. There were certainly positive steps in critical moments for that group.”
On the game had by Greg Eisworth:
“He looked like he was shot out of a cannon at times and that’s the thing you appreciate about Greg. What we ask Greg to do in our program, it’s not easy to do it how he’s doing it. He was exceptional.”
On the big pass play from Deshaunte Jones and his effort overall:
“We had another one for him. He can do so many things for us offensively. He’s a guy that just continues to grow. You talk about wanting your seniors to play their best and he’s living proof of that. That was a huge play in the game for us.”
