The Washington Huskies faced the Utah Utes and earned one of the best 24-21 comeback victories in Husky history. Here is what head coach Jimmy Lake and some of the players had to say about it afterward via Zoom.
ZION TUPUOLA-FETUI (Outside Linebacker)
Washington OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui said, “there was never a flinch in confidence.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“I had no time to get into my strike zone,” Tupuola-Fetui said of his personal foul penalty.
“I take the blame for that flag,” Tupuola-Fetui said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Tupuola-Fetui said, “that’s probably the first comeback I’ve been a part of.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“I’m just glad that my success is translated into the team’s success,” Tupuola-Fetui said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“Maybe next time we can house it!” Tupuola-Fetui said about his fumble recovery run.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Tupuola-Fetui said, “we have a tremendous coaching staff that is able to see things,” when asked about halftime adjustments.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“He was able to put the ball into some nice spots,” Tupuola-Fetui said about Utah QB Jake Bentley.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“That first half was a little flustering to give up so many points,” Tupuola-Fetui said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“I guess I was in a state of shock,” Tupuola-Fetui said about when they were down at halftime.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“Elijah told us to put our noses down and go to work!” Tupuola-Fetui said of DB Elijah Molden.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
ELIJAH MOLDEN (Defensive Back)
Washington senior DB Elijah Molden said, “Not even close really,” when asked if he has ever been a part of a comeback like that.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Molden said, “we kept saying to each other that we are really going to do this!”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“Don’t be soft,” Molden said was his message to his teammates at halftime.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“These three weeks have felt like three years,” Molden said when asked where the team goes from here.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Molden said, “we are so versatile in the secondary.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“That was the moment where all of our hard work paid off for the day and we got the dub!” Molden said about DB Trent McDuffie’s interception at the end.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“I was always focused on the next play, the next drive!” Molden said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“That was a street fight type of game,” Molden said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Molden said, “we did a really good job of being adaptable,” when talking about playing a different opponent after the Apple Cup cancellation.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
CADE OTTON (Tight End)
Washington junior TE Cade Otton said, “We knew what we needed to do to win the game and we went out and executed.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Otton said, “We just needed to take it one drive at a time, one play at a time and execute.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“This was the biggest of my career for sure,” Otton said about the comeback victory over Utah.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“He’s a steady leader of our team!” Otton said of QB Dylan Morris.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Otton said, “they were insane in the second half,” when talking about the Husky defense.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“It takes all eleven to be successful!” Otton said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
JIMMY LAKE (Head Coach)
Washington head coach Jimmy Lake said, “we have so much respect for Utah.”
“We are really a mirror image of each other.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Coach Lake said, “these guys are all about fighting.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“If there is a better tight end in the country, I’d like to see him,” Lake said about TE Cade Otton.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Lake praises OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui for his stellar play.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Lake said QB Dylan Morris was extremely positive at halftime.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“We are going to be in a street fight,” Lake said was the message at halftime.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Lake said he told the team at halftime that they “needed a spark.”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“We knew it wasn’t going to be easy,” Lake said about facing Utah.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“We grew a ton tonight,” Lake said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“We were being aggressive there,” Lake said about the Dylan Morris pass interception intended for WR Ty Jones.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“We were playing hard in the first half, they just made more plays than we did,” Lake said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“We went on the attack in the second half!” Lake said.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“This guy is a big-time football player,” Lake said of DB Elijah Molden.
“He is an extraordinary leader for our entire team, not just the defense!”@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
Coach Lake said, “the guy is just a playmaker,” when talking about OLB Zion Tupuola-Fetui.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
‘Those guys squeezed those gaps down,” Lake said about the crucial defensive line stops.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“Sav’ell is an extremely bright and smart football player,” Lake said of true freshman OLB Sav’ell Smalls.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“This has been a difficult year for everybody,” Lake said.
He is so happy for the team.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
“That sequence right there is really what captures what Dylan Morris is all about,” Lake said when talking about the botched snap play and the positive yardage they got out of it.@DubLifeUW #PurpleReign#DubLife
— Jeff Wright (@jdub2379) November 29, 2020
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