NC State defensive lineman Brandon Cleveland met with the media following the Wolfpack's 53-34 road loss at Pitt Saturday evening.
NOTE: Click on the video in the player above to watch Cleveland’s interview.
On the bye-week adjustments not showing up on the field…
With the bye week, we stuck to ourselves, focused on what we were good at, and tried to fix the things we were bad at. As you could see, we just didn’t execute.
On what Pitt did to surprise them…
We just didn’t execute.
On what the Panthers’ offensive line did to keep the defensive line in check…
We’ve just got to be better up front. That’s on us as the D-line. We’ve got to get more pressures. We’re going to take that.
If Mason Heintschel rolling out surprised them…
It’s football.
On the defensive penalties…
We came in this week thinking Pitt was the more undisciplined team. Obviously, that didn’t show tonight. We were the more undisciplined team. We just beat ourselves.
On the approach moving forward…
Our goal is to win all games. We’re going to learn from this game, put it to bed, and just keep improving. No one’s going to quit. That’s not our team. That’s not our culture. We’re going to keep fighting.
