08-24-24 Florida A&M Rattlers Football Coach James Colzie III Postgame Interview

um first first and foremost um like to uh kind of congratulate coach odms and his staff uh they did a heck of a job uh preparing for us and uh giving us some uh some things we weren't necessarily ready for uh you know you go all summer uh looking at them and some of the things that they did and then they come out and don't do any of it but uh you know we I think we persevered um I thought our offense did a really really good job of answering you know once we got down 14 to zero and let us get our wits about ourselves and uh and ultimately great football game um I told uh I told Rattler Nation uh that I was hoping for a little adversity well well damn I don't think you wanted it to be that much but uh congratulations uh to our team uh heck of a job uh persevering and and and working through the adversity and uh extremely excited to head home uh want to know okay we'll now take questions for the student athletes we going to start over here to the right green shirt and then blue shirt thank you what's up coach D Rich Mari um Gerald Thomas T Democrat um this was Mari and Daniel um tell me about you know coach said he wanted y'all to go through some adversity and y' boys went through some adversity today um talk about what y'all learned about the team here I know Daniel this was your first game here Mar you not been for a year what what what did y'all learn about this team it's like okay well being down 140 that's when it that's when it hit certain guys like oh man like you know this this one Unity hit the fan coach said it's going to be some times but they going to punch you in the mouth it's about responding how you how you going to punch them right back and at the end of the day I felt like you know uh we were calm we were very calm you know a lot of guys we had a veteran line a lot of guys have been there before and they said last on the sideline and would have been this position last year in Atlanta you know I was on a team but they were down 14-0 as well in the championship gam so you know I felt like we we came out you know we started off slow but we were to pick back up yeah for the most part exactly what he said like I was on that last year Team National Championship we down 140 but we look at each other like now y know we got to go do we got to go fight we got to go grind we got to work a little harder so that's all it was though we we don't really like take we W really take too much pressure take the pressure and ride with it K yeah Kendrick Mar Sports um this for um Daniel um you started out the game one for three 10 yards you finished the game with 286 yards three touchdowns games MVP um was it a matter for you just settling down after those first couple drives to really get yourself in in Rhythm and kind of get Comfort out there yeah it was just you know just getting in Rhythm getting getting to The Playmakers that's what it was I wasn't really trying to rush everything just getting the Kings out and you know Old Line said they got me so you know K May plays tonight question right here in front Don Stinson DNA Sports Talk you got the ball ball back with a little over 6 minutes to go been passing the ball most of the the gang what was the mindset and the the Huddle light knowing that you had to play ball control well coach Coy came over there and was like we going to pound him and you know that's what we did and we just you know managed the game you know when we was second second and long we had to throw a little th a little outout to him and you know we made it happen after that and we just kept going are you good my ma your heard the CR Sports Talk uh this a question for Daniel talk about having a playmaker like two uh in just any kind of situation knowing that you can give him the ball he's going to make a play for you I feel like he's special I mean you know especially in practice he be like man give me ball be open you know just little stuff like that but I feel like all our guys can make plays you know he made plays tonight but all our guys you know can make plays it's all love though I don't be scam out like hey I'm hoping that's all it is know myg yeah uh Mr Richardson Troy white fat mouth Sports there was a key play you stared down the Blitz and through the wide receiver screen was that something that you were seeing that was a possibility throughout the game where did you game plan for it what came about what made you be able to make that particular play um I mean we just on the sideline we drew up cuz they were they brought a different bunch of pressure tonight that we you know didn't go I mean we went over him we seen it before but you know they they came out play different fronts odd front that we haven't seen on film and you know when they coach made a adjustment on the sideline if know they bring that pressure just be ready to dump it down and that's what we did Jake McDonald call 360 Sports Daniel uh did you think you would have to throw the ball 30 times the game and Jamari uh were you happy that he had to throw the ball 30 times I mean you know at the end of the day uh you play complimentary football um you know we got to be able to run the ball open up and got to be able to throw the ball so I feel like we did that hey I feel like the game plan was great throw the ball throw the ball throw the ball you know that's what I do I go block sometimes but they pay me to throw the ball you feel me catch the ball so yeah I the game plan was great we got to go over here to your right in the black shirt uh Justin favor tomorrow the sports network right in front of you uh this question for Jamari uh was there any match up that you seen on film that was favorable considering you got to the end zone twice with over 100 receiving yards um every match ups um not being cocky but I just go out there and play my game I don't really look at who in front of me I just go be me and hey if you I'm a dog so you got to come with it you feel me every whole game like you said we got four quarters last name Gass it for a reason I come with gas I don't get tired you feel so yeah that's just what it is right here to your left Jared off m x sports.com Daniel and Jamari you know you guys are this is your first game together and you look pretty good I I'd say you know so two-parter how good do you guys think your connection is right now and how much better can it get as the season progresses we going to be great y know I play him my freshman year when we was at Buffalo he was at Central Michigan and he ran for 200 yards against us so I already knew like who he was and what potential he had I already knew he was a gamer and I know I'm a gamer so like you know what I'm saying we dogs we just going to go out there and play and do what's best for the team so I think it just pay off from the summer workouts you know just you know after I mean before practice getting get some routes in and just just building that chemistry that's all it is okay blue shirt right here yes my name is Rocky Miller with HBCU Coaches Corner you guys coach Coy I want to congratulate you on the victory you Daniel and you as well Mark um coming into the game you guys had a new head coach new new offensive coordinator new defensive coordinator it seems like at the beginning of the game you guys were searching to find what your true identity is as as a team and anyone who wants to answer can answer this question going into the game what what did you think your identity was going to be and then coming out of this game what do you think your identity actually is just the players just the players oh identity to going into the game and identity to finish the game is that we just always going to finish we're always going to work you know what I'm saying uh a really too much to it we got a game plan like you said they came out something different but we stick to our game plan we made a little tweets but we stick to our game he said the best Alysa Cooper with the fam muan this is for Richardson and cassette with you guys being down early in the game having to go on the road in a usual sight game and having to face adversity early and being able to adapt how do you feel like that's going to help your confidence throughout the season and especially being able to come home next weekend and play at home at Brag well first thing we don't lose that brag that's number one but I F I will say you know watching film we have to start faster on both sides of the ball and special teams and you know when you start fast we get in the Rhythm I don't think nobody can stop us final two questions in the back first with van and then lady in the back V with ECU game they C out look Daniel you said last year December 16th you had already decided you going in the portal and you watched the celebration bowl and you said wow that school's got a winning culture was it everything you expected leading the team today definitely definitely felt it especially being down and uh guys just like man we've been here before we got this and you know guys stepped up to the plate and we made it happen and just saying like you knew coming in like we got a Target on our back we just want a championship everybody going if they zero and 10 no one game they going to play us like like we Alabama or something like you feel me like they going to come hard so he already know what he's stepping into Sydney wicker WCTV Sports Jamari um coming into this game Rattler Nation had no idea who Daniel was you said you knew him from your last school but you guys obviously got to know him a lot better throughout practice what do you think Rattler nation and the whole world honestly learned about Daniel tonight hey that he ain't going to never quit he going to find a way to make it happen Mr make it happen that's what I'm going call him especially especially when it was a play down when I found him in the end zone uh were trying to get the defense jump off sides and I seen the the CL time was running out and I was just like man I'm going to check it so I just checked the different play and you know it was kind of a little screw up but I just made something happen and found him in back of the end zone yeah that second touchdown was on to fly we C it right before the right before the clock went out just check check check and I was like okay bet so and then R found you gonna make it happen like I said okay Daniel was our MVP of the game congratulations and thank you fellas good luck s me some chfake waffle that's all that'll be left waffle okay we're going to open it up for coaches uh questions for um coach in the back uh coach obviously being in Atlanta is nothing new to uh fam you you guys were just here won the title here um what what is it about Atlanta that's so special when it comes to HBCU Athletics you guys get a chance to have this platform and just this experience for these guys as well what does it all mean being here I think we call it second Tallahasse is what I'm is what I think we call it ain't that Von is that what we call it obviously a lot of alumni here I mean and Atlanta is the place you have to come to win the championship so I mean it just happens to be that uh you know getting a chance to start here um and hopefully end here and that's kind of been the motto since since taking the job late January so you know exciting place it was great atmosphere uh you know a little bit closer than I wanted it to be but uh obviously being on the right side of it is is always a blessing uh coach hope to your right coach uh Earl kitchings qualified back Awards could you speak to the uh your thoughts about the leadership of Daniel toake uh coming in as a new quarterback although he had experience but could you speak to his leadership for leading FAMU uh starting today well you know to me the tonight you know I think he just did his job you know we uh you know it wasn't a whole ra ra speech it wasn't any of that it was just a man uh you know we had a game plan obvious had to make some tweaks when you got down 14-0 and he was doing what was asked of him by our offensive coordinator on our quarterback coach right we you know that that on that last Drive um you know we we actually weren't going to even run a play when it was a third down you know we weren't even going to run a play we wanted to try to draw them off sides and uh we got in the Huddle we talked about it you know he was he was pretty adamant about you know what we were doing he went to every lineman to say we're not running a play you know I mean so but you know he was he a young man that he when he decided to come here you know he wanted to win he wanted to be a part of the culture and uh you know today was his first tonight was his first step coach we got to stay to you right what's up coach Gerald Thomas T Democrat um first off congratulations on your first win thank you he had FAMU um coach like you said like I asked the play is about the adversity you wanted the adversity and I feel like of course you've known more about this team that the world may know seeing your team rally together and make that comeback effort on the national stage once again as they did last year what does the world now know about family Football under James Coy thei well first of all let's let's let's talk about that picture that you found of me in the article yesterday when you had you guys did an article about me yesterday and he found a picture of me when I was 8 years old now you got to understand I have no idea where that picture came from okay so I'm going to start with that but now ask that question again cuz while while you were talking all I could think about was that picture that you haded me when I was eight so re ask that question please if you don't mind yeah coach with y'all making another comeback on the national stage as y'all did at the celebration bowl and all doing it here at the Mi SW challenge what does the world now know about family Football under James Co thira well well first of all I don't want I mean we didn't ask to get down 140 uh that wasn't something that was planned nor what we wanted um you know what this team would have did show where his team is you know we we we spoke about adversity you know last night and and and throughout the week right just being able to understand that things might not happen the way you want them and you know as they mentioned there wasn't a lot of you know you know R Ryan it was just guys understanding what they needed to do we had to take care of some details defensively um offensively you know we we we had to take care of some details as well cuz defensively they were doing some things that were a little different so hats off to our coordinators for making the proper changes and obviously at the end you know we we it was extremely similar to the last year's game of Kat state where they you know they held the ball the entire fourth quarter uh you know we were we were we had the game we were winning the offense got the ball with eight minutes left and Jackson State never got the ball back tonight had the ball 6 minutes left you know nor folks State never got the ball back so these are situations that we talk about you know we talk about the end of the game situations four minute situations and uh you know hats off again to what Coach Henry and the offensive staff did you know you know they they they got us that victory victory tonight and uh again extremely excited just to be happy to be one and know but you know when when you you got another MEC school that you're going to be playing next week so uh South Carolina state you know they have on film what was successful against us so now we got to make sure we're ready to get get ready for them next weekend we got