Stanford 30, Boston College 20
Q. Collin, talk about the pick six you had. What did you see on that play?
COLLIN WRIGHT: Awesome. It's a look we got all week in practice. Our coaches did a great job getting us in those looks. Same formation we saw on film all week they came out in, so I kind of knew what play was, anticipated, tried to tell my guys it was coming.
And then obviously didn't think the quarterback was going to throw it but he threw it I was a great position, and did a good job finishing the play.
So awesome, exciting.
Q. You kind of been battling injuries earlier in the year. To be able to come out here and not only have a big time play but just a big time game, talk about what that means for you.
COLLIN WRIGHT: It's awesome. I think especially not winning the first two was a big challenge for us, and knowing we're coming back home in front of our fans, everybody's friends and family coming out to this game was definitely important.
Just wanted to change the narrative obviously. We know what people are saying about us, so for us we came back every day and worked hard, didn't listen to all the BS, and then just came out to here and played to our standard.
So definitely excited and definitely looking forward to the rest of the season.
Q. Obviously the pick six was a huge play. How hyped did you guys get making that goal line stand, and then they fumble into the end zone? How happy were you guys?
COLLIN WRIGHT: It was awesome. It was a big emphasis this week, winning the third quarter. There are a lot of areas of improvement from or first two games. Those type things just change the momentum in the game. We had our D-line eating to the back end eating. It was a great all-around team effort.
Obviously big stop. Those points probably would've changed the trajectory of the game. We just take pride in ourselves being as dominant as we can, so we enjoyed it.
Q. Just talk about what it's like being in front of your fans for the first time this season, just what it means to play in a home atmosphere.
COLLIN WRIGHT: It's awesome. All of us definitely enjoy not having to get back on the plane, especially this week. It was great energy tonight. We appreciate all the fans who were loud on third down for us and cheering us on. A lot of success coming, so we appreciate everybody coming out and supporting us.
Q. Scored 21 points off turnovers tonight; is that part of your identity right now, a ball hawking type approach?
COLLIN WRIGHT: 100%. It's the name of the game. We take pride in getting turnovers. It's a big emphasis every day in practice. Since spring ball, since camp, we want three turnovers a practice and three turnovers a game, so we accomplished that as a defense.
Obviously we just appreciate our coaches for putting us in all those great situations, making practice hard for us so we get to the game and it's easier and find a way to get the ball out.
Q. Mentioned you tuned out the noise a little bit about what people are thinking about Stanford football. How quickly did you guys maybe try to dust yourself off after the BYU game? Was that hard to do after that loss?
COLLIN WRIGHT: Not necessarily. It's early in the year and we know all we can do is take one day and one rep at a time. For us, we keep getting back to the basics and fundamentals and making practice hard.
For us, we just know what we can do as team, and for us we have to do that -- those things day in and day out and can't listen to the noise.
Definitely was a great day.
Q. You guys were still able to apply the pressure in terms of getting TFLs and sacks. What was the key to you guys collectively kind of making up for his absence out there tonight?
COLLIN WRIGHT: Practice. I'll keep saying it: practice was a huge emphasis and obviously guys came to play, guys were hungry. It's just great to see it come together. Being very good in the secondary, very good up front, a lot of great defense, and as everybody knows, great defense always wins games.
We take pride in that.
Thank you, Go Card.
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