STANFORD UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL MEDIA CONFERENCE

October 28, 2023

Tiger Bachmeier

Postgame Media Conference

Washington 42, Stanford 33

Q. First walk us through that trick play you saw where you tried it throw it to Jayson and he didn't catch it.

TIGER BACHMEIER: Yeah, it was a play that we just been practicing for a while and was just time to call it in a big game like this. We were all excited to call it and then, you know, was just whatever happened, you know.

Yeah. That's really all I have to say about it. But I don't know. It's tough.

Q. What are the emotions like after a game like this to come so close and not get the win?

TIGER BACHMEIER: I mean, there are ups and downs, a lot of ups and downs. We came off a really good week of practice from the loss last week. Came back and had one of the best weeks of practices we've had.

Just goes to show how we were in the beginning of the season and the grit we have. We're going to keep coming back and putting together practices, and it showed today. We came out firing and then just missed by a little bit.

Q. Seems like your connection with Ashton has grown as the season has gone on. Talk about the development of that.

TIGER BACHMEIER: Yeah, I think a big spark in Colorado. We were just kind of giving a lot more trust to everyone and saying we just got to go out and make a spark out of something.

Ashton put in a lot of trust in me; I'm putting in a lot of trust in Ash and all the other receivers getting together and building that kind of trust. That's what comes from a season.

So it's just building that trust.

Q. Just what's the key to securing those kind of deep receptions through traffic? You've done a really good job not just today but throughout the season. What's the key to succeeding in that department?

TIGER BACHMEIER: I feel like I just gave you the answer. It's just about building trust. He's trusting me to go in and I'm really trusting him to throw the ball in a great area.

That's really all there is to it. Good chemistry.

Q. Just kind of in general, talk about the progression you guys are showing as a team. You guys pulled a big win at Colorado last week. Not the way you wanted to go, but you bounce back this week, play the No. 5 team in the nation to the final quarter tight. Just what's been the key to your team offense and defense progressing in the way you guys are?

TIGER BACHMEIER: We're going to go and watch the film tomorrow and we're get the same exact talk whether we win or lose. It's about coming back and hammering on all the things we need to get better at, to every finite detail.

It's going to be the same as after Colorado game, UCLA game, and this game. You can see that progression coming from it. Somewhere, something has to click for us, you know.