Shane Montgomery
Shane Montgomery
Shane Montgomeryis an American football coach and former player. He is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Youngstown State University, a position he has held since the 2010 season. Montgomery served as the head football coach at Miami University from 2005 to 2008, compiling a record of 17–31...
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It's the first time on national TV (ESPN2), and with them moving up to the Big East, they're trying to elevate their program to where we've been the past few years. It's one of those games nobody else in our league has.
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I knew it was going to be on national TV, so the buildup was pretty good. Obviously, I was pretty excited about how the players reacted to it. It was a moment you'll never forget.
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If Jared gets healthy, I would feel comfortable with any of them out there.
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Even though I was here (as an assistant), any time there is a coaching change, sometimes it takes a little longer than you would like to.
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When you play against a guy like Ted Ginn, you kind of hold your breath. You know what you're going to do on defense, you have your schemes for him, and we did do a good job. We did a good job on our punt team.
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This game had a lot of momentum changes. We had chances to grasp control early, but we let them hang in there, and they made some plays. We shot ourselves in the foot in the second half.
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I was pleased with the effort, for the most part, especially in the fourth quarter ... and hopefully it'll carry over this week. We're facing a tough, athletic team that's playing with a lot of confidence right now.
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I was pleased with the effort (against Ohio State), especially in the fourth quarter when things could have gotten out of hand. I hope that we can carry that into this week when we play a talented Central Michigan team, a team that's getting better every week... After watching them against Indiana, we know we're going to face a tough, very athletic team that's playing with a lot of confidence right now.
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Now you see MAC teams playing a lot of Big Ten teams tough. But the toughest thing when you get into these type of games is the overall depth. Recruiting-wise they still get, most the time, who they want. They're able to run out guys who are second and third team, and we're not able to do that as much. Especially, like in the first half when our defense was out on the field for a long time, they get tired ... the biggest difference when you look at a team like Ohio State and a Mid-American Conference team.
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They are similar to us in that they lost an early season game they thought they'd win. It's the same type of game for both of us. If you lose another game, you could be out of it.
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I told my players in the locker room, though, that whatever happened today was not going to affect our goal this season, which to win the MAC championship. That goal is still in place. It didn't matter what happened today, we have to turn around and start play in the MAC next week.
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In a big game like that, you have to make big plays when you have your chances.
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He's fast, but he's quicker than he is fast. He makes cuts that most people don't make. But at the same time a tough, durable kid for his size. He hits the holes, and we joke sometimes he doesn't break as many tackles as you would like. At the same time he's a threat to go all the way on every touch.
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We run out the clock or don't let them score and we're down 13-0 at the half. Obviously that was a huge turning point. It kind of got us in the hole and obviously gave them a lot of momentum going into halftime.