pick statement y disappointing loss obviously uh tough loss for our guys for our players uh like I told in the Lo cre though we got what we deserve okay we came out a little bit flat and uh it showed and we've got to respond now I I told them that you can allow one moment to Define you or you can figure out a way to respond I still believe in our football team still think they're extremely talented I think this is a great youthful moment for these guys to learn about how to handle adversity and respond uh but uh we didn't we didn't play well enough to win and all it is is they are 0 and one in the same Fran this season that is it uh they've got to move on now respond tomorrow with how they prepare uh and move on by tomorrow move on and move on to the next game so we got to learn from this and get better uh obviously not acceptable from coaches and players but it is what it is and uh again we didn't play well enough to win so got to respond now uh let's just open up to the floor for questions was there one was there one thing you really disppointed in or was that the slow start I I think that we started slow a little bit I felt like they were we've been winging with our confidence a little bit after what happened last week I think our guys expected to win last week I do and I thought they they've been kind of Destro shoulders kind of wo was me and I think this team was ready to play we weren't and we got smacked in the route and I told him at halftime you got to come out and respond now and I thought our defense did then our offense just didn't execute at a high level in the second half uh things were there and we didn't take them at quarterback uh a couple times we not run in the right depth that receiver but it was there and uh we got to play better but again I think it started with the slow start we got got to quit starting slow and that's something these guys got to learn from and and get better with and they got to own it and we've got to own it what we just did and then move on know so again I've been a part of this long enough lost games are supposed to win you got to respond that's all you can do I remember was at Minnesota we lost to I believe Bowling Green uh we were 34 Point favorites uh we lost and then we came back and won nine games you know so again this team's got to respond and move on John coach Luke flurry has been one of your most productive offensive players a lot of ories can you just talk about his veteran presence in the locker room and just how he's been performing so well Luke's playing well right now he's playing at a high level he's competing at a high level we got to find ways to keep getting them the ball uh I think things are opening up because what they're doing to cran a little bit but uh Luke's taking advantage of it and we got to give him the ball more than what he is right now could you just evaluate sort of the passing game so far the season as a whole with you know de G starting you know the first couple weeks just how have you seen his play go and just going yeah he's played okay you know he missed a couple that I'm sure he wants back today uh but I think he's playing okay I think he's learned as he goes too uh but I've not been disappointed in how he's been playing there's a couple times I wish you get rid of the ball he's hanging on a little bit too long but I think there's there's signs there's promise there for de for sure coach after the P game last week you said you still confident in your defense you guys gave up 4 42 yard that is that St still true oh yeah oh yeah I'm not going back on that they're they're a talented group we got to coach better they got to play better I think the second half they they showed you what they are they give three points in the second half and a lot of punts you know so again they've got to do that sooner and they got to play on one Accord sooner but no I still believe they're a talented group in order for us to win games they got to get stops they got to get stops early and offense so we got to play better on defense and offense and special teams and put this thing together but I still believe in this football team coach they in the first half uh that long touchdown pass looked like uh The Defenders kind of got crossed up a little bit um you just mentioned having faith in your defense how great is it that you know they didn't slump their shoulders and they came out in the second half and performed how you expect yeah I think that's there's signs of growth there you know for for that unit um you know that we ran it to the official on that play and and cut the guy wide open loose which is just bad luck you know but uh the defense has got to put it together coach Morgan's got to to get the right 11 on the field and I know he will and we just got to keep playing together on defense and I think uh you know they're they're they've got to figure out how to start faster is the big thing on defense right now so I got I still think we're extremely talented on defense and again they got to play up to their ability and we've got to get them to play up to their ability and right now we're not as coaches but again this is one game just like last week I told him you got to move on and respond and then chrisan was it just the wind knocked out of him when he went down or yeah he got his shoulder banged up a little bit he's fine he's fine he's got to get a little bit tougher but he's fine and Ju Just One Last One coach um you mentioned how St Francis came in kind of with that expectation to win um you go on the road to a tough environment down in Tennessee you know can you use what St Francis did today kind of as extra motivation for your guys that you know it doesn't matter who's lined up across from you or where you're playing the score starts out 0 and it's up to you yeah every 60 Minutes is the new 60 minutes I'm sure he told his team that just like I told mine uh I think there's two things that we talked about all week that had to happen and again they're learning just like just like everyone else uh still a young football team but I told him I said you got to be confident to know you can beat anybody on any given day because you're talented enough but also humble enough to know anybody can beat you on any given day if you do not bring it and today we didn't bring it and we got humbled and that's good for this football team you know to get humbled a little bit and get back to the basics uh of what we need to do to to move this program in the right direction uh I I think our football team again is figuring out its identity as we go here and I hate to say that but that that's just how we are that's where we're at this year uh I still think they're they know they're talented I think it's about putting it all together and making sure we're all playing uh as one unit on offense defense and special teams and our Co our job as coaches is to figure out how to get them there uh for sure you talked about trying to get your guys get off to a faster start what coaching staff are you guys try to do make that you know what you can say that I've been doing this again long enough where you can say all this stuff and you can you can try to do you know trick things to get them to play faster and this and that they got to make a choice to come out here and be ready to roll when they play and again I I thought in pregame they were ready to go I thought with the opening kickoff we were we were ready to go but when things don't go your way You' got to still respond like we didn't okay yeah I said we're taking the ball we're going to set the tone guys okay we go three and out well okay with three and out defense do your job now don't sit there and be like oh what was me you know you got to go play now just cuz it didn't go the way you you thought it was going to go how you going to respond to it that's the r in grip so again they're learning that every single day with every single play uh but again I still think this is a very talented football team and we've got to put it together and we will we will CH what are you looking to improve on the most offensively to put a few more points on the board yeah we got to we got to we got to run the ball and we got to figure out how to run the ball better up front and uh and with our running backs there was glimpses today of Hope but still not what I expect it to be you know I don't want to be a team that throws it you know 50 times a game uh it's not to me it's not championship football so we got to we got to get the line scrimmage figured out we got to run the ball better on offense and then defensively we got to get off the field on third down I think that's the biggest thing we get to third down and then we don't get off the field you know and it's tough here I get it guy runs it to an official um a guy tripped in coverage today give them big third Downs it's little things but we've got to be able to figure it out any other questions for coach all right guys thank you much we'll see you again here on Monday as we prepare for Tennessee thank you go flash team