MONROE, La. – Quotes from Texas State football head coach Jake Spavital following the game against ULM at Malone Stadium.
 
Jake Spavital, Head Coach
Overall thoughts…
I thought it was an up-and-down (game) in all three phases. I thought the offense came out strong, running the ball well. We were mixing and matching it up well on the perimeter. We had some explosive plays. We get up 21-0, and we were playing some complementary football right there. We capitalized off of turnovers. We started fast. We had great energy.
 
They end up scoring at the start of the second quarter, and then we traded field goals there for a little bit. In the first half, we had an opportunity to go in with a pretty good lead and capitalize off of it, but we couldn't run the ball on third-and-one. We ended up giving the ball back to them, and instead of them getting into field goal range, they ended up scoring which makes it a 24-17 game at halftime.
 
They come out (in the second half) and we get an interception early, and we get a field goal off of it. We get another turnover immediately on a kickoff, and we can't run it on fourth-and-one. That's the right call right there to go for it (on fourth down), but we probably need to go to another play because we're not establishing the line of scrimmage.
 
At the end of the game, we're going back and forth and fighting our way back into it. We had a chance at the end, and Seth Keller misses a field goal. He's probably one of the more consistent guys we've ever had in this program. I'm proud of that kid. He has made some great kicks for us. That game is not lost by him. I want to make that clear.
 
I'm still at a loss of words on how that happened, but we knew it was going to be that way anyway. Our kids are a little bit shocked, too. I know they'll be resilient and fight back again. That's the nature of the program we've created. They will show up and they will keep fighting. Overall, a very tough loss again on the road.