Sept. 29, 2001
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POST-GAME QUOTES
UNLV Head Coach John Robinson:
On the game: "It was an outstanding football game. I don't remember being associated with a game that was as exciting or competitive where the outcome was so in doubt all the way through."
"BYU is a good team, they are a hard team to stop. I thought our defense did a good job. Their quarterback (Brandon Doman) really impressed me. He made about five plays that made a difference."
"I think our team will finish 7-4, we will play in a bowl game and (senior linebacker) James Sunia, who broke his ankle tonight, will be the captain."
On the play of freshman running back Dominique Dorsey: "I think Dominique is establishing himself as a great player. He is just so fast."
On UNLV's mistakes: "Mistakes always hurt. They hurt BYU as well. No one can play perfect football. I won't deal in the negative, there were mistakes on both sides tonight."
On James Sunia (who broke a bone in his left leg): "I feel very bad for him. He fought to come back all last year (from a knee injury). He's got about as bad of luck as you can get. There isn't a whole lot of luck going around here these days, but that's another story."
BYU Head Coach Gary Crowton
On final outcome: "It was a good character builder (for the team) coming back and winning the game. We haven't done that in awhile and I believe they (UNLV) are a very good team. We are fortunate to win and I was happy they (team) hung in there. Their 'don't give up' attitude was a good lesson for the team."
On UNLV's offense in second half: "They (UNLV) were getting yards, but not touchdowns. We came out and got it and came through at the end. Thank goodness we didn't have to go into overtime."
On perfect 4-0 record and predicting the future for the team: "Right now, we are 4-0, but we just have to go on and play the next game."
BYU running back Luke Staley On BYU multiple fumbles: "I think it (fumbles) was based on a combination of things - the three week layoff and the fact that we had not taken any hits."
On the comeback: "I had confidence in the team that we would win. We just came out and stuck together."
On quarterback Brandon Doman's performance: "Brandon is what you want in a quarterback. He gets the job done for the team. We got the victory and that's all that matters."
