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to Home Games 2008 front page Alabama Dominates Homecoming 35-0 These are the post game comments and interviews with Bobby Greenwood following the Arkansas State game … Press pool ... Y'all haven't seen that kind of offense this year ... it's a quarterback oriented offense. Did you kind of spy on him and things like that? Bobby Greenwood … Yeah. He's a great quarterback (ASU-QB Corey Leonard). They did a lot of different things out of that zone read. He scrambled a lot. But we knew that going into it and he still got out on us a couple of times. But I think for the most part the whole D-line did a great job staying in the running lanes and getting sacks. Did you realize they only completed one pass in the 1st half? I didn't even know that. Could you tell early on that you had some sort of advantage and would be able to do something with their offensive line? We just rushed the passer and made sure that he couldn't get past us. We wanted to try and close the pocket in on him and make him throw it. We didn't want him to run on us. Did you have back-to-back sacks there or nearly did just a couple of plays apart? It was close. I was worn out I can tell you that. On that last one I gave it all I had just to hold on to him because I was so tired I don't think I could have caught him. (smiles) I know I couldn't have caught him. Did it take a disciplined approach ... like you said about containing the quarterback while rushing him at the same time ... where one man coming free doesn't get to him. Did you just have to kind of keep your position? Yeah, we just had to make sure we kept an eye on him. Definitely don't get washed upfield and get past him. You want to stay in front of him and keep a good eye on him. Has the chemistry on the D-Line changed any since Terrence Cody went down. You've had other guys rotating in. Does that affect the chemistry? Well, we've always been real close on the D-Line. We talked a lot this summer and knew it was a group effort. Like when (Brandon) Deaderick comes around the edge and makes the quarterback step up right to me for a sack today. It's just little stuff like that where we all work together to try and get things done. What are your thoughts on getting the shutout? I know that's the ultimate goal for a defense. Oh yeah, that was awesome! Just getting some 3-and-outs. They have a great athlete at quarterback so everyone was just staying in their gap and doing what they're supposed to do. Talking about him being such a great athlete ... getting pressure on him disrupted what he was trying to do. I know that was big for the defense. Yeah, he's a speed demon. We just had to make sure we stayed in front of him and not lose sight of him or get washed past him. We just focused on closing the pocket. Even though you're up front Bobby, I want to ask you about Rashad (Johnson). He said he had his best game today with 13 tackles and an interception for a touchdown. The game he played, can you talk about that? He had a great game. (smiles) I tried to get out and block for him on that interception but he's so fast he just shot past me. But he's an amazing athlete and works on all the little things. He goes 100 miles-per-hour every play. Y'all had a ton of sacks today. Talk about how it feels to get four sacks as a defense? It was great. Considering how fast their quarterback is, just to contain him like we did. He got out on us a couple of times, but for the most part we all stayed in our lanes and made great tackles. Can you look a little bit ahead to what's coming up next week? It's going to be a huge game down in Death Valley. It's a great atmosphere down there and I'm excited to play in it.
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