Brett Basanez
Brett Basanez
Brett Stephen Basanezis a former American football quarterback. He was signed by the Carolina Panthers as an undrafted free agent in 2006. He played college football at Northwestern...
change people program trying winning
When people think of Northwestern, they don't think of a traditional winning program here, ... We're trying to change that.
ball biggest conscious dumb effort games guys job knew lose position team turn watch win work
(Offensive coordinator Mike) Dunbar has always said you don't have to win games a quarterback's biggest job is to not lose them. I knew I had to put this team in a position to win, not make dumb decisions. I knew if I didn't turn the ball over we have enough guys to make plays. It was a conscious effort to watch film and work on decision-making.
needs ours
Drew's a lot better-looking guy. Ours needs work.
defense needed offense played respond score
Our defense played great. They got a lot of turnovers and the offense needed to respond and score touchdowns.
against good happens pay
That's what happens when you don't play well against a good team, ... They make you pay for it.
risk
That's the risk you take in the shotgun. But it was nothing serious.
career far leadership learned needs offense point team
I think I've learned a lot in my career here. I'm kind of at a point now where I know what's it like. You come in and you kind of think you know, but now I know what this team needs and what this offense needs as far as leadership style.
I thought, 'OK, they scored pretty fast. Let's see if we can answer. But then they did it again.
needed score
We needed to score some points, but we just couldn't get it going.
behind chains played
I don't think we played well enough. It's not that we thought we were better than we were. We got behind the chains and made costly turnovers.
bringing kept pedal
When we play to our level, we can play like that. Wisconsin, they kept bringing it on every play. We had to keep the pedal down.
We let so much get away from us early. We didn't play well enough to win.
bowl came early haunt
We let so much get away from us early that it came back to haunt us. It's not any one thing. We just did not play well enough to win. And when you do that in a bowl game, you're not going to win.
everywhere kid
That kid was everywhere - he was head-hunting,