Western Michigan: Chez Mellusi

chz how good did that feel to get in the end zone with that run especially the way you did it yeah really did man I mean obviously like months of hard work and you know just you know just trusting myself and you know just knowing I'm going to come back stronger than I was before things seem to be going your way early in the fourth quarter just when you saw that punt take that bounce and cover that how much of a lift was that for you guys in terms of just emotionally I mean football is a four quarter game obviously and we have to be better but I mean special teams is a big part of you know what we do here you know that's you know we expect to do things like that so I was really happy for this special special team for sure where do you think this offense needs to be better and I haven't seen the tape just uh you know I think that we have to be a little bit more balanced you know I think we have to be better in areas that I think myself included you know like being better out of the back field I think uh pass Pro wise we did okay they didn't heated us up too much but just's a bunch of different areas where I think we can be better you know the first game I think was some first game Jers for sure obviously you guys want to be an explosive offense weren't able to they could Circle kind of mentioned they backed off quite a few times and it was kind of intent on not letting that happen but when you as you're playing can you tell like this is a game we got to stay patient got take those four five yard games definitely definitely I think you know they they came with a game plan and and and it was working for them you know we only had I think like two three drives coming out of I think two drives coming out in the first half so you know they their plan was I don't think to let us touch the ball very much so granted we had some long drives but like I said like we had to be okay with four or five yards you know they were they were stacking the Box against us a little bit CH it seemed like you know the Run game was a big Focus today but there weren't maybe many explosive plays more like four five Y games do you kind of expect that coming into this game with the way that they were like with the way that they were playing defense what was kind of your guys' thoughts as a running back group um with the way they play that that was 100% expected you know those safeties play run first you know watching film all week you know those guys they don't really obviously they play the pass but they react to the run like they're they're downhill fast so you got to be okay with those four five expect contact to second level pretty fast did you coming into this game to you like it was just any other game or after the injury cre first was this like mentally yeah yeah I mean yeah I mean I wouldn't say it was just every other game like I I would say it's just like the return of myself you know to come back just it's a lot different than I think in Year's past I think you know last year I the way it ended you know it was just so abrupt and you know it it definitely took a toll on me mentally so just to be out there again I don't really take anything for granted you know I think at this point in time I'm just going to play every game like this my last you through the touchdown your three yards just I I just wasn't going to be denyed basically you know I think to included I think that's our mindset I think that you know we feed off each other very well and I'm excited for you know last year you averaged around 13 carries a game before your injury today 19 yeah how does that kind of feel you know you immediately getting in there with the workload uh fresh off the injury obviously yeah you know I think that's just Testament to my coaches believing in me and you know I got to be better you know I think that there are some plays that I left out there that I could have had some more yards on and you know just to take a look at the film and be better when you look at the Red Zone specifically you know as from the running back perspective do you think that there was maybe a year for improvement there or definitely definitely definitely definitely not not so necessarily just being on myself I think just as a as a whole what we do I think there's definitely something