"It was a tough, hard fought ball game. I knew coach Tomey would have his team ready to play. He's a great coach and for him, I know playing Hawai'i means a lot to him. His team did a good job of representing their coach and university. I thought it was really great for us, for our program to win a close game in a tight situation. Our team stuck together and I'm really proud of the coaches and the players and the crowd that was there. I thought the crowd was a twelfth Warrior. I was really impressed with all of those people." (UH)
About Shane Austin's performance at SJSU, Mac said:
"I'm really happy with Shane. He came in a tough situation because it was a must-win game on the road. He played very well—threw for 300 yards, didn't throw a pick. He has some things that he needs to do a little better, but the guys backed him up and he made the plays he had to make." (UH)
About UH's kicking game, Mac said:
"I'm completely confident in our field goal kicker at a certain distance. We weren't at that distance, but if we were we would have kicked it. He's been kicking pretty well for us and has good stats from a certain yard line. Past that, he doesn't have good stats. So you don't want to put pressure on a guy like that. I felt like our defense was playing good so we went for the fourth downs. It's completely on where we believe he can be successful." (UH)
About the status of injured QB Bryant Moniz, Mac said:
"Bryant was close to playing this week. He took warm-ups and dressed down for the game, and there was even talk that if we had any problems he could play but we didn't want to take any chances on that and Shane was doing a good job. If Bryant is well, which we think he will be come next week, then he will be our starter because I've always believed that you don't replace a starter because of an injury. You've already picked him as the starter and so he gets his position back when he's ready to go." (UH)
About Navy's running game, Mac said:
"We go into any ball game and our goal is to control the running game. Navy is a running team, one of the top (teams) in the nation at running the football. They complicate things for you because they run the option and the option brings all kinds of other things into effect as far as cut blocking and different techniques that you don't see during the year. So we got some work to do. We have to get the guys ready enough that it's going to be way faster and work on the technique at full speed.
I would rather play an option running team at the beginning of the year because it forces you to teach discipline. You have to take the dive away. Rickey Dobbs, their quarterback is their best play-maker. We have to take him away and then get everyone running on the pitch. Guys have specific responsibilities and what I've learned through the years is that you can't get too tricky mixing things up." (UH)
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