What Trent Bray said after Oregon State rolled past Purdue

Trent Bray covered a range of topics with reporters after his Oregon State Beavers football team cruised to a 38-21 victory against Purdue on Saturday night at Reser Stadium.

Bray talked about the play of his defense, his quarterback and a big-play wide receiver who suited up for his first game with the Beavers. He talked about Zakiah Saez’s wild pick-six. He also answered questions about moving past the rivalry loss to Oregon, about being aggressive on fourth down and about the success of the Oregon State running game against the Boilermakers.

Bray: Just thought it was a complete win. I think early on, the defense kept us in it. They had some big stops, turnovers in the red zone that kept us in it, and the offense got rolling. So very happy with the team effort. There’s things — definitely we can’t let them run the ball like that — but very happy with the effort, the way they responded and it was just a good game for us.

Bray: I think they did exactly what we asked. We tightened down our coverage. They challenged everything they did, and early on it showed up with results on the football field. So I was happy, especially early with how we played.

Bray: I’ll have to watch the film. But yeah, they were flying around. There’s going to be stuff that I’m going to highlight that happens every week. But yeah, they’re flying around and they’re young players that are getting better every week.

Bray: Yeah, he did what we like about him. He made some big plays, made some big catches. There’s a progression to him coming back, not just burning him out the first one. So I was happy with the production we got out of him tonight, especially for him being out so long.