Payton Wilson & MJ Morris Speak With Media After NC State’s Loss to BC: BULLETED

Redshirt Junior Linebacker Payton Wilson and Freshman Quarterback MJ Morris met with the media after #16 NC State’s loss to Boston College tonight. You can watch it here, or check out a BULLETED breakdown below.

Payton Wilson 

• It’s pretty disappointing. It’s pretty tough.
  • I think a lot of us were really excited to leave Carter-Finley with a win.
  • It’s just tough that we couldn’t get it done.
  • I hurt for everyone, but at the end of the day we still have two more games to go out and give it our all in.
• I think it’s just a big deal for the young guys to understand that college football is hard.
  • It’s hard to win whether you’re playing the best team in the nation or a team that’s not supposed to be one of the best.
  • Everyone has talent. Everyone makes plays. If you don’t show up, you’ll go out there and get your tail whooped like we just did.
• Personally, it’s a bad call [pass interference on Drake Thomas at the end of the game].
  • It’s a tight game. Drake is just going for the ball, and they end up hitting.
  • I told Drake in the locker room ‘don’t think twice about it. It’s a bad call and you made a hell of a play. The ref just decided to do what he did.’
  • That next play where they scored, it’s tough.
  • We all worked really hard to get to where we’re at, and to not walk out of Carter-Finley with a win is disheartening.

MJ Morris

• They [BC] were disciplined. They were playing hard.
  • I feel like we didn’t play to our full ability.
  • We slowed down a lot.
    • In the 1st half we were playing really fast, and we just slowed down a little bit.
  • They got some momentum and ran away with it.
• I just told them that I love every single one of them. All those seniors that this was their last time playing here, I know they’re feeling awful about it. I feel awful, too.
  • I know I have 4 more years until I have that moment.
  • I don’t know what they’re feeling right now, but I know they do feel bad.
  • I just told them to keep their heads up. We’ve still got 2 more games to go out in the right mindset.
• Every game is not going to be a W.
  • It’s just not realistic. Every team is not perfect. We’re going to have those losses.
  • It’s how we respond in the next game. We’ve just got to go out swinging.
  • Every play we’ve got to have that mindset that we’re the best team on the field.
  • I am disappointed, but just trust in the Lord and know that every single thing is not going to go our way every time. We’ve got to respond.
• I wasn’t playing my best game.
  • I feel like I did play hard and with a lot of heart.
  • There were some mistakes that I made that I wish I wouldn’t have made.
  • Like I said, everybody is not perfect. Everybody is going to make those mistakes, it’s just how you go from now on.