Postgame Interviews: Clemson 28 - Wake Forest 14
Hear what Clemson's players and coaches had to say after today's victory over Wake Forest.
Kelly Bryant Injury Updates:
Tony Elliott:
Brent Venables:
Austin Bryant:
Overall thoughts on the game:
“It was a competitive game. This was not your normal Wake Forest team. They played really hard on both sides of the ball.”
On how Clemson’s defense adjusted when they found out Wake Forest’s normal starting quarterback was not playing:
“To be honest, the first two plays, I didn’t even realize that it was a different quarterback. It wasn’t anything different. We knew that both No. 10 and No. 2 were good runners. They didn’t deviate from the plan we had seen on film. It was just a different guy playing.”
On keeping Wake Forest scoreless in the first half:
“We take a lot of pride in that, but we were upset when they scored at the end because there should be no drop off no matter who is in the game. We hold each other to a standard, and that’s the best that you can do and that best that you have. That wasn’t our best. We need to clean that up going forward.”
Will Spiers:
Hunter Renfrow:
Overall thoughts on the game:
“Wake Forest is a really good team. For us offensively, we just have to be more consistent. We started hot off out of the game, and then the energy level and the execution level came down. Consistency is what I’d say we need to work on.”
On getting off to a quick start:
“That’s something we didn’t do against Boston College, but something we feel like we’ve done away from home against Louisville and Virginia Tech. It helps the defense out, but the defense was lights out today, and it helped us gain a lot of momentum.”
On the lull after the first two scores:
“It’s a good trait to have, being able to come out hot, but it’s bad at times because sometimes we save our best performances for when we need them, like out of the game or before halftime. But that’s something in practice we have to improve on, we can’t depend on the defense to bail us out, and we just have to go attack every play like it’s the game-winning play.”
Deon Cain:
Cornell Powell: