Maryland-WVU quotes of the week: Blitzes, border war and recruiting

West Virginia running back Dreamius Smith runs to the outside against Georgia State.

 

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — With cameras rolling and mics recording, here are some of the top quotes this week leading up to the West Virginia-Maryland game:

Ford Childress on breaking the WVU single-game freshman passing mark last week with 359 yards: “Hopefully I can break it again.”

Receiver Daikiel Shorts on why he didn’t consider Maryland’s recruiting pitch: “I didn’t want to play defense.”

Pat Eger on why the WVU-Maryland series is important: “This is the only border war that we have left.”

WVU’s Kyle Rose (93) likes the idea of playing at the home of the NFL Ravens, but says he’d be equally pumped to play at a high school stadium.

WVU’s Kyle Rose downplaying the adrenaline boost from playing in an NFL stadium: “It’s a great venue, but it really doesn’t matter where we play. I could care less if we played in a high school stadium down the road—it’s football. It doesn’t matter if there’s five people there or 5,000 or 50,000.”

WVU’s Lonnie Galloway on recruiting impact of the Maryland series: “There are kids over there that we want. We want to show them what we have and what Maryland doesn’t.”

Childress on his guys up front picking up Maryland’s blitzes: “I like my O-line. They’ll block for me—I hope.”

Eger promises better pass protection this week: “Anytime Ford gets touched, we take that personally.”

Kevin White evaluating the first start by Childress: “Ford played really good. All the balls was on point. I like Ford. Ford can sling it. He’s confident. If he messes up on the play, he forgets about it.”

Dreamius Smith on what he saw from Childress: “He made everybody believe in him even more. We’re going to keep leaning on Ford to get us big plays and win.”

KJ Myers on the advantages of Childress at quarterback: “With that height, when we’re coming off (the line) we can see him over the D-line and the offensive line. He does have a great arm … he can squeeze some throw in there.”

Smith addressing his pass-protection emphasis: “Blocking really has never been an issue. I mean, I missed that one block (at Oklahoma) and I guess it just turned a lot of heads. I can pick up blocks just as good and I’m going to keep doing it the same way I’ve been doing it.”

Galloway sizing up the Terps’ replacement cornerbacks: “They all have some game experience—maybe not to the caliber of the guys they lost, but they’ll be ready to play.”

Galloway says his receivers have to win battles getting off the line: “As a wideout you want people to play man coverage, because if you beat that man, you’re open.”

Terps coach Randy Edsall on the first start upcoming for 5-foot-7 freshman cornerback Will Lively: “He’s got as much football savvy that I’ve been around as a freshman—maybe ever. If we told him he had to guard a 6-10 guy, he’d find a way to guard him.”

Maryland’s Lively on his diminutive stature not being a hinderance: “I feel like either you can play football or you can’t.”







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