Coach O'Brien: ACC Teleconference Before Wake Forest (9/30/09)

Key Quotes

On Riley Skinner:

"He's very mature in the pocket. He has a tremendous pocket presence. He doesn't take sacks. He understands where the pressure comes from. He's able to move around in the pocket. I think he's as experienced and as mature as anyone in our conference right now. You watch the football team...they respond to his leadership. I think that's the mark of a great quarterback. To be able to make plays at crunch time and he's done that consistently in his career."

On Russell Wilson:

"One of the joys of coaching Russell Wilson is that I think he totally understands what we are trying to accomplish each and every week as we implement the game plan, and he does a great job on Saturday going out and executing as good as any quarterback we've ever been around."

On NC State's Secondary:

"They are going to have to play well beyond their years this week. Wake Forest is very innovative in the way they do things. They are very good at exploiting weaknesses. Jim does a good job matching up his personnel in a way for them to succeed. Certainly we've had some problems with the secondary with inexperience and making some mistakes. We'll be holding our breath on Saturday I'm sure.