STANFORD UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL MEDIA CONFERENCE

October 28, 2023

Jabbar Muhammad

Postgame Media Conference

Washington 42, Stanford 33

Q. (Indiscernible.)

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: I mean, just the opposing team coming out and executing the game plan at a high level. We understand that we're the No. 5 team in the country and we're going to get everybody's best shot. So just coming out, they got some fire up under them. We know they're going to get their best shot.

That's pretty much what it was.

Q. Looked like you made a couple good plays and got flagged for it.

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: Yeah.

Q. What do you think?

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: They called it. It is what it is. I mean, they called it.

Q. Looked like they were going after you with your big wide receivers. What did you see out there?

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: Oh, yeah, they tried to -- I think a few of them was trying to copy a little bit of Arizona State's game plan a little bit, trying to? Single up the corner, put the formation to the boundary and single up the corner backside. That's what it is.

We know we're going to get everybody's best guy to that side, so we got to hold up on that side. They were definitely coming after the corners.

Q. You're missing Asa, missing Vince, missing Kam Fab.

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: Right.

Q. How much impact does that have?

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: It was a big impact. Those are vets and guys that know the playbook in and out. They can tell you what I'm doing, what the linebackers are doing, what the D-linemen are doing, so whenever you lose somebody like that it's a pretty big impact.

Q. Seemed like you were getting beat over the top.

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: Yes, that is probably the coverage. That's probably what it is. We know on the edge we got to hold up, play everything deep that's short. Few times we didn't do that today.

Q. It was a closer than people expected, but you still made an O. How do you come out of this one? Do you feel happy? Last week all you guys said you weren't quite satisfied. Almost disappointed when you walked off the field.

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: Right.

Q. How do you feel this week?

JABBAR MUHAMMAD: It's the same way. A W is a W, so of course we're happy to be 8-0, but there's going to be a lot of corrections that we can look at. Got to watch the film. That wasn't our best football, so we know we can be better.

We're going to watch the film and try to clean it up.