Stanford 30, Boston College 20
Q. Just first of all, talk about the amazing win and amazing performance tonight.
MICAH FORD: Yeah, I'm just happy the guys got it done, especially in the home opener. Fans showed out. Crew showed out. Everybody showed out. Just to get it done feels amazing.
Q. For you, did you feel that as the game went on the defense was kind of wearing down more? Seems like that was what was happening.
MICAH FORD: I felt it all throughout the week. The defense had a great week of preparation; so did the offense. Just to put it all together, get the W, feels amazing, like I said before.
Q. Just talk about how strong this running back room is. I feel like you guys have so many options to go. Just talk about that room.
MICAH FORD: Yeah, this is a really deep running back room. No matter who is out there you know they're going to get the job done. That's important, because running back is a physical position and you're going to need about four or five guys to be able to go out there and get the job done and we have that.
Definitely can count on the running back room.
Q. Right before you went on that long one you guys had had -- that defense held up and made that stand. Were you still riding the high on that off the defensive stand they made when you broke loose on the long one?
MICAH FORD: Yeah, for sure. I just felt the will in the Boston College defense, that they didn't really want any part of it anymore. Just to go out there and execute, take advantage of that. Lineman did a great job. You'll see on that play the line did a great job getting up to the second level and I just finished the play.
Q. Running was pretty hard in the first half there. Were you guys confident that you could wear them down and break some runs in the second half?
MICAH FORD: Yeah, you know, it's always going to be hard I feel like running the ball at first just because you got to get a feel of what the defense is doing and trying to counter that; we did just that.
Coach made great calls in the second half to put us in position to break the long ones.
Q. What does a win like this do for you guys? Obviously first couple weeks were really tough for this team.
MICAH FORD: Yeah.
Q. What does this win do for you guys?
MICAH FORD: It definitely gives us a little boost of confidence, you know, going on to (indiscernible) nobody wants to go. It sucks. Just to get it done at home, like I said, gives us that confidence we need.
We still need to go back to the drawing board. We play a great team next week, Virginia, so we got to get it right.
Q. Just what's the key to keep the energy up as a running back when perhaps they know they're going to give you the ball, it's kind of coming?
MICAH FORD: Just trust in your preparation. All throughout the week ran the ball very well. Just trusting what the culture are doing, trusting the play call, trusting everything, and just playing to play by play.
Q. What's the game plan for Virginia next week?
MICAH FORD: I'm not sure. We'll take care of that tomorrow. Probably want to enjoy the win a little bit more and then start preparing for Virginia tomorrow.
Q. Just talk about the huge 75-yard run. You had it set up and you finished the drive. Just talk about what you saw on that run and were you disappointed it wasn't a one-play drive?
MICAH FORD: Yeah, definitely disappointed I couldn't get that done. Yeah, I just saw we got a good kick-out block and I had a -- I knew I had to break the safety tackle and that's what I did. I think just looking back kind of slowed me down. Just trust my speed and just be able to get it done.
We'll break one of those and finish it next time for sure.
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