When Rueben Bain went down with a soft-tissue injury early in the first quarter, Canes fans were looking for someone to step up. Tyler Baron answered the call, with a sack and multiple pressures. He met with reporters after the game to discuss his performance:
On his first game as a Hurricane: I just enjoy the culture that Coach Cristobal has preached to us. I'm just happy to be here, to be honest. Just excited to be a part of it.
On losing Rueben Bain: We hate to have a guy like that out for a short time. But you’ve gotta keep rolling with the punches. Next man up type mentality. So we just regroup and keep going.
It says a lot about the depth. We’ve got a lot of top guys in the room. It’s a big thing when the group can come back together. Coach Taylor can get us lined back up and just keep playing ball.
On Cam Ward: Cam did an amazing job. I know he wants a few plays back, but he did a great job. He's a great player, and he leads us the right way.
On the culture: Coach Cristobal has a worker's mentality. We're glad to get this win, but it's behind us. We're just getting ready for next week.
A win is a win, so you're happy to get one and put a W in that box. But we're on to the next week. We're ready for our next opponent.
On Florida’s offensive line: They gave us a lot of things that we thought we were going to see in film. Our coaches did a really good job scheming us up and getting us coached up on what we were going to see. I think we were well prepared and we'll be the same for the next game.
On playing on in the Swamp: Your goal is to get on them and get on them early. I think we did a great job. Coach has had us prepared and I think we did the right thing.
On whether it was cool to dance to “Won’t Back Down” in the 4th: Definitely. It was a good feeling.
On winning on national TV: We sent the right message to whoever wanted to receive it. But for us, it was just really proving to ourselves that we are who we say we are.
On his first game as a Hurricane: I just enjoy the culture that Coach Cristobal has preached to us. I'm just happy to be here, to be honest. Just excited to be a part of it.
On losing Rueben Bain: We hate to have a guy like that out for a short time. But you’ve gotta keep rolling with the punches. Next man up type mentality. So we just regroup and keep going.
It says a lot about the depth. We’ve got a lot of top guys in the room. It’s a big thing when the group can come back together. Coach Taylor can get us lined back up and just keep playing ball.
On Cam Ward: Cam did an amazing job. I know he wants a few plays back, but he did a great job. He's a great player, and he leads us the right way.
On the culture: Coach Cristobal has a worker's mentality. We're glad to get this win, but it's behind us. We're just getting ready for next week.
A win is a win, so you're happy to get one and put a W in that box. But we're on to the next week. We're ready for our next opponent.
On Florida’s offensive line: They gave us a lot of things that we thought we were going to see in film. Our coaches did a really good job scheming us up and getting us coached up on what we were going to see. I think we were well prepared and we'll be the same for the next game.
On playing on in the Swamp: Your goal is to get on them and get on them early. I think we did a great job. Coach has had us prepared and I think we did the right thing.
On whether it was cool to dance to “Won’t Back Down” in the 4th: Definitely. It was a good feeling.
On winning on national TV: We sent the right message to whoever wanted to receive it. But for us, it was just really proving to ourselves that we are who we say we are.
