“Yeah, I just wanted to give him a chance to get us a successful drive, and we were able to move the ball down there and get a touchdown on that one,” Canales said. “You know it was just a chance to bounce back. I love finish.
“I preach finish, talk about the guys trying to give them an opportunity, after a really sloppy first half to go back in there and try to get something going.”
Of course, Canales also preaches taking each game as an individual unit. So, no matter the fact that they had won three straight (or four in a row at home going back to last year), he spent his postgame in the locker room stressing that it was one of the 17 results they’ll either endure or enjoy this year.
“We really look at it as one game,” Canales said. “There’s a lot of good football right in our rearview mirror, and we’ve just got to get back to playing that kind of good football. So for us, it’s just one opportunity to the next, the next opponent, look at them and try to attack our game plans, and fix those things.
“But we have to keep our focus right here, right now, and be able to get back to work.”