TAKE 5: with football players Andre Hall and Stephen Nicholas
Note: After talking with reporters following Saturday’s win over Cincinnati, running back Andre Hall and linebacker Stephen Nicholas wanted to try reporting themselves.
SN: We’re here with Andre Hall. Uh, Andre Hall, how does it feel to be bowl eligible?
AH: Anything to make Steve happy. Anything that makes Stephen Nicholas happy, I’m all for.
SN: Okay, uh. How does it feel to rush for – how many, two touchdowns?
AH: One touchdown.
SN: One touchdown. How does it feel?
AH: It’s great. I mean, hey. Put that much points on the board, beat Louis – I mean beat Cincinnati. I’m feeling good.
SN: OK.
AH: (Grabs recorder.) I’m here with Stephen Nicholas. Stephen Nicholas, how many sacks did you have today?
SN: I didn’t get any.
AH: Are you serious? What was the problem?
SN: There wasn’t a problem. We got good pressure from our line, uh, Tim Jones, uh, uh, Jason Allen. Those guys played hard.
AH: It seems like it was pretty tough for you to remember those guys’ names. I mean, you work with them every day, right?
SN: Most definitely, there are so many guys – I mean, I’m excited about the win.
AH: It puts you bowl eligible now. I mean, what’s next?
SN: Trying to win another game, that’s the objective.
AH: It’s going to be cold in Connecticut. How are you going to mentally prepare yourself for this game?
SN: We definitely got to be ready to play. Got to be ready to play.
AH: You ever played in the cold before?
SN: You know what? I don’t think I’ve played in that, that cold.