TRESSEL: We didn’t really think too much about careful that didn’t have to do with what we normally think of and that’s, you know, we can’t turn it over, regardless of leads, or whatever. REPORTER: Jim, did the early lead give you the luxury of being more careful on offense than you might have otherwise been forced to be if you had to score points with your offense? You’re up 14-0 against a team that’s scored two touchdowns in four games. So that was huge, and then obviously Tyler’s interception, you know, putting a lot of pressure on them. And the other guy normally you’ll see make the key block for whoever caught the ball. And, you know, like our punt returns have been all year, they’ve given us some energy and electricity and that’s why we have two of them back there, because we don’t really care who they punt it to because either one of them can make the play. And then following time they got the ball, I believe, when we stopped them - I don’t know if it was three and out or not, but we stopped them fairly quickly. In fact, I don’t know if it was that first drive they went from fourth down - it was the first or second drive, but they did a good job and we came up with a pick. TRESSEL: Well, you know the interception - the first interception was huge because they put a nice drive together and made some conversions and first downs and, to their credit, had a couple third and ones. They went down the field, you were able to stop them, and then on their second possession, how important it was once they got the interception. REPORTER: Jim, can you just talk about the punt return. But any Big Ten victory’s a good one, and Penn State’s a physical group up front, especially on their defensive side, and we knew it was going to be one of those kind of battles, and we’ve just got for play a little cleaner and not turn the football, over quite honestly. And guys coming up with big plays and that’s part of who we are, a punt return by Teddy and his group there, and Tyler Everett coming up with a big pick for a touchdown, and that’s a little disconcerting, although we turned it over twice, and we’re just not going to be able to become, you know, the top team we would like to be if we turn the football over.īut our defense had some moments where it was getting a little bit tough and they stood up and got the job done, and I’m sure that as our defensive guys and coaches watch the film, there’s going to be a lot of things that they feel as if we need to improve in there. TRESSEL: Well, we came away with a win and I thought we improved in some areas along the way and - but the thing we talked a little bit in the locker room about is that, you know, we certainly have to improve a lot more.
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