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Monday Press Conference: Michigan State Week
10/23/2017 4:10:00 PM | Football
Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald, redshirt first-year running back Jeremy Larkin, sophomore defensive back Alonzo Mayo, and senior wide receiver Macan Wilson met with the media at the Nicolet Football Center on Monday, Oct. 23 as the Wildcats prepare to host No. 16 Michigan State at Ryan Field on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. A full transcription from the press conference is below the videos.
Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald:
Opening Statement:
"Players of the week. Obviously Justin Jackson on offense, what a great game he had, with the difference making play in overtime. Defensively: Nate Hall. He was everywhere. Five third-down stops, a big fourth-down stop, tipped a pass that we probably should've intercepted. Really active game, that's two weeks in a row Nate's played really well. Big play maker on offense was Jeremy Larkin, you just see him getting better and better each week. Defensively was Joe Gaziano with those two big sacks. Hunter Niswander, our specialist of the week, with the 49-yard punt and a something, something roll. Our practice players were Corey Acker, Joe Spivak on defense and Joe Bergin on special teams.
"Looking ahead to the game plan, they've been an outstanding football team. No surprise to us that Coach Dantonio, his staff and young men have turned things back around, again right back in the top 20. Six and one overall, losing to a top team in Notre Dame. Just really been impressed when you pop in the tape in all three phases, and we're going to need a great week of prep and a great performance by us. We need to be more consistent across the board for us to be able to compete. It should be a heck of a challenge for us."
On Jackson's overtime play...
"I think it was a really good call by Mick to start off with. They were a little bit misaligned, it looked like they were getting in to their man-free concept, and their linebacker, their combo in to the back got into the box late, and then we kind of went back out to where he was coming from, so we had a chance for a completion right out of the gate. He's panicking, driving inside out to make that tackle in space, and I'll take Justin in that time period any day of the week. And then he just willed his way down to the goal line. I thought on the next play that he scored, watching the coaches copy I still think he scored on the next play, but just a great overall individual performance. I thought it was a heck of a catch too; the ball was a little high and outside, and a really good catch by him."
On the special teams...
"Great field goal by Charlie. I was talking to him today about something, and he was like "wow, that wind was pretty strong, wasn't it." And I was like "Yeah! It was!" It started picking up there in the fourth quarter especially too. I thought he handled his day really well, three-for-three. Tyler was great snapping, Hunter, solid day punting. Probably would like the one back into the wind. I thought it was a tough day to catch the ball. Both sides, our two returners and their return men, it was really challenging. And then you couple that with the low October sun and an 11 O'clock kick and that wind: it was not easy. To get a couple of explosive plays was big, to get an 80 yard punt was huge, and I thought their kick off return was really solid too, and I think for our coverage unit we gave up maybe six, seven more yards than we needed to. I thought we were pretty good all day."
On Michigan State...
"I think they're executing. You see cohesiveness. Lewerke's obviously now their quarterback, and they don't have the quarterback flux that they had a year ago. They're running the ball. They've got really talented receivers. Up front they're really solid. Defensively, you don't see them making communication mistakes. I remember getting ready for our game a year ago, reading Mark's comments about self-inflicted wounds that they had, mistakes that they had been making. Just from a communication standpoint you don't see that happening right now. They've got great team speed, they've recruited really well. Take last year out of it and you could say the last handful of years they've been as consistent as any program in the Big Ten. Great challenge for us, no doubt."
On the offensive line...
"Yeah, no, the rotation's not nailed down. I would say there's a handful of those guys that are play-to-play, day-to-day, who are not playing consistent enough. It comes back to pad level, it comes back to fundamentals, it comes back to attitude. How would I grade them? We've won two games, so that's positive. I think we can still be a lot better. We can still be a lot better. Are we improved? Yeah, I think we're improved from where we were a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago. But I still think we need to be, and we should be, a lot better. And I expect that we will be if we keep working."
On the defense's confidence...
"Well, I think it goes back to the way they're practicing, man. They are practicing really hard. You come out occasionally and you see them, and it all starts with that group up front. Tyler Lancaster has really taken on that leadership role, and then Jordan's right there with him. That group were able to have a couple of waves that are able to play. We've got great confiendence in everyone that's going out there on the field. See some young guys starting to come on a little bit. Sampdup Miller is starting to really come on a little bit. I like what Im seeing from Earnest Brown, he's starting to really improve in practice, it's getting him a role. We take for granted Alex Miller, he's a true sophomore and he's playing a ton of ball for us. I think that group's definitely, definitely improving. A guy that we don't talk about a lot is Trent Goens, athletic, tends to play with a high motor. And now to get here to the back half of the season. A few of those linebackers have fit well, I think when the D-line's maybe gotten reached or maybe out of a gap, the linebackers have made 'em right. And for the most part, for the most part, we've tackled pretty solid here the last month. And it's gonna continue to be a challenge, especially here against the Spartans."
On Jeremy Larkin...
"He's won the backup role. And I think Johnny Moten's a really good player. I think he's a great football player. But, to Lark's credit, Johnny got a little dinged up early in the year, and Lark just jumped at that opportunity. And that's why you've seen him a little bit more. But John's ready to go and John's competing. With a healthy Justin Jackson, it's gonna be probably just spelling him - here are the last five weeks of the season. It's great to see Justin healthy, but I think Lark's got a bright future. You can see his speed, he's got a great understanding and feel for our offense, and I just think the sky's the limit for him as he moves forward. I've made fun Justin a lot - I'm like, "you better keep getting yards." Twenty-eight's going to be coming for ya. He doesn't like that very much. I'm gonna keep saying it though. It's kind of fun."
On Macan Wilson's fourth-year emergence...
"Well, you can probably say the same thing about Austin Carr last year, right? Everybody just matures a little bit different, Macan had some little nagging injuries earlier in his career, he wasn't the biggest receiver when we brought him in here. He needed to get in the weight room and get stronger, and he has. I think he's always had really good hands, he just needed to get his confidence up, and [it] looks like it's in a pretty good place right now."
On talented high school players becoming invisible college players...
"I meet with the guys frequently, one-on-one. They spend more time with their position coaches obviously. And they're talking about specifically what they need to improve on to get themselves in the rotation on the field. And again, like I said, for some guys it happens right away. You got the Miller brothers right away - instant impact players. And there's other guys that it just takes a year - some guys, it takes three. But I learned a long time ago you never give up on a guy, you just keep coaching the heck out of him and you hope at a certain point that light switch kinda goes on, and for Macan, it's done that. Thought he had a really good game Saturday. He'd like the fourth-down play back, but outside of that I thought he played really well."
On recruiting players from schools like Gilman in Baltimore
"Well, it's a great school. No doubt, you look at our roster and you can see there's no secret to where we go recruiting. When you get outside of Chicagoland, you can see specifically some of the high schools that have been very, and some of the areas, and the DMV is one of the areas. Especially now, Maryland, the Big Ten, we've got to win on the academic guys there that fit our program. And Bob Heffner does a great job of recruiting for us on these coasts. You know, we spend a lot of time out there, and to have multiple guys from there, it's a great job by Bob, and [I'm] just thankful to have those young men."
On the areas in which Clayton Thorson needs to improve...
"Probably like our entire offense, just consistency. We had some throws out there that we missed on Saturday that probably end up being some explosive plays. It's, again, just footwork, fundamentals, getting your shoulder tucked in the right direction. There were a couple of throws that needed maybe a foot or two to the right, or a foot or two to the left, that now the sudden - they end up being five, six, seven, eight-yard gains, or maybe some explosive plays. When those fall for incompletions, it's so - what a terrible game. Gosh. I judge quarterbacks by wins. You need to win. You need to help our football team win and I thought some of the plays that he made down the stretch, especially in the second half, were the difference in us winning. That third and long play that he made when they were playing 2 man, our o-line did a nice job protecting, getting the pocket really in a solid place, and there was a big big hole up the middle for him to go make that play. It was big in the game. Just keep grinding, and keep being consistent."
Do you still want a Dome over Ryan Field?
"Yes. Retractable roof."
Do you think it will ever happen?
"I don't know, start a campaign. Let's go. Why not? We'd have concerts and tractor pulls and wrestling matches. It'd be cool. It'd be great."
On the difference made when Northwestern transformed Dyche Stadium into Ryan Field in 1997
"Oh, night and day. We had a track around the field, our locker room facility was in the stadium, we didn't have the end zone facility we have now. The press box, I think, was a double-wide trailer, wasn't it? I mean, not much nicer than that. I don't think the elevator worked frequently, if I'm not mistaken. ... We had astroturf. A terrible, absolutely terrible tent in the end zone - the Purple Party tent. ... A lot changed. We sunk the floor, what, ten feet, twelve feet, put grass in. We'll get going on that once we get all this stuff done. We'll get back going on that."
On what enabled Alonzo Mayo to play so much on Saturday...
"He's healthy, finally. He wasn't healthy earlier in the year, so he was out of the mix in the competition to be able to play back there, to play a lot of football for us. We've gotta continue to be consistent in the back end, and he's in a position for that. So that competition will continue to move forward."
On rising brother Samdup and Alex Miller pushing each other to succeed...
"I don't see any sibling rivalries out there on the practice field. I know they're, first of all, they're from an amazing family, and they are grinders. I mean, they work their rear ends off in practice. They're both really good students. Perfect fit for the program. And they're making a huge impact right away, both guys. Alex here last year as a freshman, now again as a true sophomore. And Samdup coming early, graduating high school early, we kinda had a pretty good idea he'd make an impact this year. And to see the impact that he's having is great. We're gonna need him to continue to develop, become more consistent, but [I'm] really, really proud of those two guys."
First-year running back Jeremy Larkin
On knowing if his touchdown was a significant moment in the game...
"I guess you could say so, yes, because it came at a very crucial point when we were down 7-0 and it was definitely a turning point because the D was able to go out there, get another stop, and then things started to roll offensively, I felt like, and then it was helping in deciding the deciding factor of how we were playing. I felt like, yeah, I guess it is a special play I guess."
On how he carved out a spot for himself in a crowded backfield...
"Just coming every day ready to work and just really embracing that role I was put on whether it was special teams or being backup or whatever it might've been. So it's just coming in every day, whatever role being assigned, just going and running with it."
On how his game has developed outside of running the ball...
"I didn't have to block in high school, so coming here was a really big adjustment. That was one of the main things I feel like I really had to work on, so just being able to get in there and work the technique and being able to identify who you are blocking was really something new to me."
Sophomore defensive back Alonzo Mayo
On handling the hero or villain role of a cornerback...
"Well, growing up, my dad always told me [that] to play cornerback, you have to have what he calls "delusional confidence," so I mean, even after a great play, you gotta celebrate for a couple seconds then get back in the game, and after a bad play, you gotta do the same. It's all about how you respond to something that we talked about a lot as a team - so just making sure that if something goes wrong, which every once in a while will, make sure you respond and come back and fight harder the next play."
On growing up with parents that were athletes...
"I think it is extremely beneficial, one, because they have been the places that you are trying to go, so whether it be collegiately or beyond, and they understand what it takes to get there, and it's almost an expectation that if you're going to dedicate yourself to this sport, or these sports, that you're going to give it your all. That is what was expected of me and I'm sure of all of my teammates.
On competition in the classroom preparing for competition on the field...
"I think going to a school like Gilman prepares you really well for a school like Northwestern, both in the classroom and whichever field you choose to play on because I was, in a sense, competing against some of the smartest guys in Maryland at Gilman and some of the best athletes also. I think it prepared me really well for a school like this."
Senior wide receiver Macan Wilson
On his breakout performances over the past three games...
"I think it's just a lot of the work that the receivers have been putting in as a group. I don't think it's anything different, anything special that I've been doing individually, other than just the same kind of things that we've been working on all summer and all season here. Just kinda that relationship with Clay continuing to grow, I think our offense is starting to come together a little bit once we get things rolling. I think we've been doing a better job of keeping 'em rolling a little bit. But yeah, I mean, I don't know if it's anything special that I'm doing, just the offense as a whole starting to click a little bit. So it's just fun to see all the work we've been putting in come to fruition."
On continuing offensive success against Michigan State...
"Michigan State, we've watched a little bit of film on them so far, they are a good team, playing really well right now. They are playing with a lot of confidence, have a lot of good players. It is going to be another tall task for us. Offensively, we are going to come out and try to get out to a better start than we did last week. We saw a lot of good things on Saturday that we are going to look to keep rolling. I think the coaches are going to put together another good game plan, and we are going to work all week in practice and do our best to go out and execute on Saturday."
Dan and Susan Jones Family Head Football Coach Pat Fitzgerald:
Opening Statement:
"Players of the week. Obviously Justin Jackson on offense, what a great game he had, with the difference making play in overtime. Defensively: Nate Hall. He was everywhere. Five third-down stops, a big fourth-down stop, tipped a pass that we probably should've intercepted. Really active game, that's two weeks in a row Nate's played really well. Big play maker on offense was Jeremy Larkin, you just see him getting better and better each week. Defensively was Joe Gaziano with those two big sacks. Hunter Niswander, our specialist of the week, with the 49-yard punt and a something, something roll. Our practice players were Corey Acker, Joe Spivak on defense and Joe Bergin on special teams.
"Looking ahead to the game plan, they've been an outstanding football team. No surprise to us that Coach Dantonio, his staff and young men have turned things back around, again right back in the top 20. Six and one overall, losing to a top team in Notre Dame. Just really been impressed when you pop in the tape in all three phases, and we're going to need a great week of prep and a great performance by us. We need to be more consistent across the board for us to be able to compete. It should be a heck of a challenge for us."
On Jackson's overtime play...
"I think it was a really good call by Mick to start off with. They were a little bit misaligned, it looked like they were getting in to their man-free concept, and their linebacker, their combo in to the back got into the box late, and then we kind of went back out to where he was coming from, so we had a chance for a completion right out of the gate. He's panicking, driving inside out to make that tackle in space, and I'll take Justin in that time period any day of the week. And then he just willed his way down to the goal line. I thought on the next play that he scored, watching the coaches copy I still think he scored on the next play, but just a great overall individual performance. I thought it was a heck of a catch too; the ball was a little high and outside, and a really good catch by him."
On the special teams...
"Great field goal by Charlie. I was talking to him today about something, and he was like "wow, that wind was pretty strong, wasn't it." And I was like "Yeah! It was!" It started picking up there in the fourth quarter especially too. I thought he handled his day really well, three-for-three. Tyler was great snapping, Hunter, solid day punting. Probably would like the one back into the wind. I thought it was a tough day to catch the ball. Both sides, our two returners and their return men, it was really challenging. And then you couple that with the low October sun and an 11 O'clock kick and that wind: it was not easy. To get a couple of explosive plays was big, to get an 80 yard punt was huge, and I thought their kick off return was really solid too, and I think for our coverage unit we gave up maybe six, seven more yards than we needed to. I thought we were pretty good all day."
On Michigan State...
"I think they're executing. You see cohesiveness. Lewerke's obviously now their quarterback, and they don't have the quarterback flux that they had a year ago. They're running the ball. They've got really talented receivers. Up front they're really solid. Defensively, you don't see them making communication mistakes. I remember getting ready for our game a year ago, reading Mark's comments about self-inflicted wounds that they had, mistakes that they had been making. Just from a communication standpoint you don't see that happening right now. They've got great team speed, they've recruited really well. Take last year out of it and you could say the last handful of years they've been as consistent as any program in the Big Ten. Great challenge for us, no doubt."
On the offensive line...
"Yeah, no, the rotation's not nailed down. I would say there's a handful of those guys that are play-to-play, day-to-day, who are not playing consistent enough. It comes back to pad level, it comes back to fundamentals, it comes back to attitude. How would I grade them? We've won two games, so that's positive. I think we can still be a lot better. We can still be a lot better. Are we improved? Yeah, I think we're improved from where we were a few weeks ago, maybe a month ago. But I still think we need to be, and we should be, a lot better. And I expect that we will be if we keep working."
On the defense's confidence...
"Well, I think it goes back to the way they're practicing, man. They are practicing really hard. You come out occasionally and you see them, and it all starts with that group up front. Tyler Lancaster has really taken on that leadership role, and then Jordan's right there with him. That group were able to have a couple of waves that are able to play. We've got great confiendence in everyone that's going out there on the field. See some young guys starting to come on a little bit. Sampdup Miller is starting to really come on a little bit. I like what Im seeing from Earnest Brown, he's starting to really improve in practice, it's getting him a role. We take for granted Alex Miller, he's a true sophomore and he's playing a ton of ball for us. I think that group's definitely, definitely improving. A guy that we don't talk about a lot is Trent Goens, athletic, tends to play with a high motor. And now to get here to the back half of the season. A few of those linebackers have fit well, I think when the D-line's maybe gotten reached or maybe out of a gap, the linebackers have made 'em right. And for the most part, for the most part, we've tackled pretty solid here the last month. And it's gonna continue to be a challenge, especially here against the Spartans."
On Jeremy Larkin...
"He's won the backup role. And I think Johnny Moten's a really good player. I think he's a great football player. But, to Lark's credit, Johnny got a little dinged up early in the year, and Lark just jumped at that opportunity. And that's why you've seen him a little bit more. But John's ready to go and John's competing. With a healthy Justin Jackson, it's gonna be probably just spelling him - here are the last five weeks of the season. It's great to see Justin healthy, but I think Lark's got a bright future. You can see his speed, he's got a great understanding and feel for our offense, and I just think the sky's the limit for him as he moves forward. I've made fun Justin a lot - I'm like, "you better keep getting yards." Twenty-eight's going to be coming for ya. He doesn't like that very much. I'm gonna keep saying it though. It's kind of fun."
On Macan Wilson's fourth-year emergence...
"Well, you can probably say the same thing about Austin Carr last year, right? Everybody just matures a little bit different, Macan had some little nagging injuries earlier in his career, he wasn't the biggest receiver when we brought him in here. He needed to get in the weight room and get stronger, and he has. I think he's always had really good hands, he just needed to get his confidence up, and [it] looks like it's in a pretty good place right now."
On talented high school players becoming invisible college players...
"I meet with the guys frequently, one-on-one. They spend more time with their position coaches obviously. And they're talking about specifically what they need to improve on to get themselves in the rotation on the field. And again, like I said, for some guys it happens right away. You got the Miller brothers right away - instant impact players. And there's other guys that it just takes a year - some guys, it takes three. But I learned a long time ago you never give up on a guy, you just keep coaching the heck out of him and you hope at a certain point that light switch kinda goes on, and for Macan, it's done that. Thought he had a really good game Saturday. He'd like the fourth-down play back, but outside of that I thought he played really well."
On recruiting players from schools like Gilman in Baltimore
"Well, it's a great school. No doubt, you look at our roster and you can see there's no secret to where we go recruiting. When you get outside of Chicagoland, you can see specifically some of the high schools that have been very, and some of the areas, and the DMV is one of the areas. Especially now, Maryland, the Big Ten, we've got to win on the academic guys there that fit our program. And Bob Heffner does a great job of recruiting for us on these coasts. You know, we spend a lot of time out there, and to have multiple guys from there, it's a great job by Bob, and [I'm] just thankful to have those young men."
On the areas in which Clayton Thorson needs to improve...
"Probably like our entire offense, just consistency. We had some throws out there that we missed on Saturday that probably end up being some explosive plays. It's, again, just footwork, fundamentals, getting your shoulder tucked in the right direction. There were a couple of throws that needed maybe a foot or two to the right, or a foot or two to the left, that now the sudden - they end up being five, six, seven, eight-yard gains, or maybe some explosive plays. When those fall for incompletions, it's so - what a terrible game. Gosh. I judge quarterbacks by wins. You need to win. You need to help our football team win and I thought some of the plays that he made down the stretch, especially in the second half, were the difference in us winning. That third and long play that he made when they were playing 2 man, our o-line did a nice job protecting, getting the pocket really in a solid place, and there was a big big hole up the middle for him to go make that play. It was big in the game. Just keep grinding, and keep being consistent."
Do you still want a Dome over Ryan Field?
"Yes. Retractable roof."
Do you think it will ever happen?
"I don't know, start a campaign. Let's go. Why not? We'd have concerts and tractor pulls and wrestling matches. It'd be cool. It'd be great."
On the difference made when Northwestern transformed Dyche Stadium into Ryan Field in 1997
"Oh, night and day. We had a track around the field, our locker room facility was in the stadium, we didn't have the end zone facility we have now. The press box, I think, was a double-wide trailer, wasn't it? I mean, not much nicer than that. I don't think the elevator worked frequently, if I'm not mistaken. ... We had astroturf. A terrible, absolutely terrible tent in the end zone - the Purple Party tent. ... A lot changed. We sunk the floor, what, ten feet, twelve feet, put grass in. We'll get going on that once we get all this stuff done. We'll get back going on that."
On what enabled Alonzo Mayo to play so much on Saturday...
"He's healthy, finally. He wasn't healthy earlier in the year, so he was out of the mix in the competition to be able to play back there, to play a lot of football for us. We've gotta continue to be consistent in the back end, and he's in a position for that. So that competition will continue to move forward."
On rising brother Samdup and Alex Miller pushing each other to succeed...
"I don't see any sibling rivalries out there on the practice field. I know they're, first of all, they're from an amazing family, and they are grinders. I mean, they work their rear ends off in practice. They're both really good students. Perfect fit for the program. And they're making a huge impact right away, both guys. Alex here last year as a freshman, now again as a true sophomore. And Samdup coming early, graduating high school early, we kinda had a pretty good idea he'd make an impact this year. And to see the impact that he's having is great. We're gonna need him to continue to develop, become more consistent, but [I'm] really, really proud of those two guys."
First-year running back Jeremy Larkin
On knowing if his touchdown was a significant moment in the game...
"I guess you could say so, yes, because it came at a very crucial point when we were down 7-0 and it was definitely a turning point because the D was able to go out there, get another stop, and then things started to roll offensively, I felt like, and then it was helping in deciding the deciding factor of how we were playing. I felt like, yeah, I guess it is a special play I guess."
On how he carved out a spot for himself in a crowded backfield...
"Just coming every day ready to work and just really embracing that role I was put on whether it was special teams or being backup or whatever it might've been. So it's just coming in every day, whatever role being assigned, just going and running with it."
On how his game has developed outside of running the ball...
"I didn't have to block in high school, so coming here was a really big adjustment. That was one of the main things I feel like I really had to work on, so just being able to get in there and work the technique and being able to identify who you are blocking was really something new to me."
Sophomore defensive back Alonzo Mayo
On handling the hero or villain role of a cornerback...
"Well, growing up, my dad always told me [that] to play cornerback, you have to have what he calls "delusional confidence," so I mean, even after a great play, you gotta celebrate for a couple seconds then get back in the game, and after a bad play, you gotta do the same. It's all about how you respond to something that we talked about a lot as a team - so just making sure that if something goes wrong, which every once in a while will, make sure you respond and come back and fight harder the next play."
On growing up with parents that were athletes...
"I think it is extremely beneficial, one, because they have been the places that you are trying to go, so whether it be collegiately or beyond, and they understand what it takes to get there, and it's almost an expectation that if you're going to dedicate yourself to this sport, or these sports, that you're going to give it your all. That is what was expected of me and I'm sure of all of my teammates.
On competition in the classroom preparing for competition on the field...
"I think going to a school like Gilman prepares you really well for a school like Northwestern, both in the classroom and whichever field you choose to play on because I was, in a sense, competing against some of the smartest guys in Maryland at Gilman and some of the best athletes also. I think it prepared me really well for a school like this."
Senior wide receiver Macan Wilson
On his breakout performances over the past three games...
"I think it's just a lot of the work that the receivers have been putting in as a group. I don't think it's anything different, anything special that I've been doing individually, other than just the same kind of things that we've been working on all summer and all season here. Just kinda that relationship with Clay continuing to grow, I think our offense is starting to come together a little bit once we get things rolling. I think we've been doing a better job of keeping 'em rolling a little bit. But yeah, I mean, I don't know if it's anything special that I'm doing, just the offense as a whole starting to click a little bit. So it's just fun to see all the work we've been putting in come to fruition."
On continuing offensive success against Michigan State...
"Michigan State, we've watched a little bit of film on them so far, they are a good team, playing really well right now. They are playing with a lot of confidence, have a lot of good players. It is going to be another tall task for us. Offensively, we are going to come out and try to get out to a better start than we did last week. We saw a lot of good things on Saturday that we are going to look to keep rolling. I think the coaches are going to put together another good game plan, and we are going to work all week in practice and do our best to go out and execute on Saturday."
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