Maurice Jackson
Maurice Jackson
Maurice Jackson is an Associate Professor of History and African-American Studies and an Affiliated Professor of Performing Artsat Georgetown University. He is also a political activist based in Washington, DC...
ears pin
We need to read our keys, pin our ears back and go get them.
figured kept number players pounding wear
We figured if we just kept pounding and pounding them with the number of players they had we'd wear them out,
dictated
We dictated the game, and that's what we wanted to do.
minutes nearly
We can't be out there for nearly 20 minutes when there is only 24 minutes in a half.
air ball bit
We had to put the ball in the air a little bit more than we like to do,
everybody figure rivals rocky schedule toughest
I think out of everybody in the conference, we've had the toughest non-conference schedule with just our rivals alone, then you figure Carver and Rocky Mount,
guys ready
We're going in there for a dogfight because we know those guys are going to be ready to play.
again bending gave guys held score stuck talk
We always talk about bending but not break. Tonight, we gave up that touchdown, but we stuck with it. They didn't score again after halftime, so the guys held them down.
felt wear
With 16 players, we felt we could wear them down with the run,
jones tough
But Jones - they are a tough, tough team.
conference forward looking
We're looking forward to getting into conference now.
ahead grinding looking
We're kind of looking ahead before we get the ball. We need to keep grinding it out.
contained keeping outside
We've been working on keeping the outside contained and working our responsibilities,
came coming comment everybody game goal halftime hard pads realized
Our goal is to come out and play hard for 48 minutes. We were a little star-struck coming out. Then, we realized they put their pads on like we do, and we came out and made a game of it, ... My first comment to them at halftime was, 'did everybody get an autograph.'