Opening statement …
“I’m proud of our guys today. That was a really physical football team we played. Every single time we play them it’s just tough. They play tough, hard‐nose football. They do a tremendous job in all three phases. They don’t make many mistakes, and when you have a team like that, you have to beat them methodically. It’s tough, they have a really good football team. Proud of our guys. I thought our DNA showed through. Our DNA continues to repeatedly show up – composure, connection, resiliency, and toughness – those qualities come through in this team. At halftime, nobody was panic, nobody was nervous. It’s a physical football game and we’re going to stay aggressive, keep coming at them. Give them a lot of credit, they have a good football team, but I’m proud of our guys and the way so many players have risen up and rose to the occasion.”
On offensive coordinator Todd Monken and his game plan …
“I think he’s done an incredible job. When you think about the guys he’s had in, I mean he’s taken tight ends, made them multiple, he’s taken running backs, he’s taken wide‐outs that weren’t necessarily early season starters and done a really good job. When you think about it, he’s called the game with players ‐‐ not plays, but players. When you dial up 19 and 84, and 4, 3, those guys continue to make plays, and 5. He does a good job of keeping defenses off balance.”
Stetson Bennett, Senior, Quarterback
On getting the offense going after a slow start...
"It was a bit slow. There were no magic words. We just started executing a little bit better at every position, but it was a little bit slower. We hit some shots. We started running the ball a little bit better. I am not real sure exactly what happened. It just got a little bit better."
On the feeling of accomplishment going into the bye week...
"It depends on how you look at accomplishment. Yeah, we are proud of what we have done. It would be silly not to be. We play good football. That does not mean we do not have each and every opportunity to get better at each and every position. The focus going into this week, I am sure it will be to get healthy and get better at your individual assignment."
Adam Anderson, Senior, Linebacker
On the blocked field goal and final drive epitomizing the defense...
"Toughness. When you see the last possession of the game, they are about to score. As we say all of the time, 'nobody in our endzone.' You heard Nolan Smith say earlier, we do not even care if it is the Patriots, we are not letting anyone in there."
On the final Kentucky touchdown...
"Honestly, we treat that like anything. Even if there are four seconds left in the fourth quarter we still do not want anyone in our endzone. Honestly, it still hurts right now."
Coach Mark Stoops
Opening statement…
“Where can I start other than it is a very good football team. Let me give them the respect they deserve. Kirby does one hell of a job. That is a complete football team. Very tough environment, we knew we had to play at a high level, and we had to execute…disciplined execution. I love our players, how they play and how hard they play, we just didn’t play very clean tonight or very disciplined against a very quality team that will expose you the minute you get out of gaps. They do things the way you’re supposed to. They have a lot to do with it, but a lot was self‐inflicted and it started early. We just didn’t get lined up right. We had a good opening drive. A lot of things that we can correct and get better. I still love this football team, love the way they work. We just have to have better disciplined execution when you are playing quality teams like this. We are going to get back to work.”
On the timeout at the end of the game…
“I don’t know about the message, but I wanted to score. That is a quality defense. You don’t know the way that things will play out the rest of the year. We had an opportunity to score so we did.”
Joshua Paschal, Senior, Defensive Lineman
On the takeaways from this game…
“They are a great team. I give all the credit to them. They came out and played hard. When you play against the number one team, you can’t make mistakes. That is what we have to learn from. How to respond to those mistakes that we make and to limit those as well.”
Will Levis, Junior, Quarterback
On the UGA Defense…
“All credit to them. They are a great defense. They are coached really, really well. Obviously, they have the players. They are long, athletic, strong, and they scheme up well. I think we were able to do some things that we are going to be proud of when we look at the tape, but we definitely had opportunities to do a little more. At the end of the day, that is the number one team in the nation for a reason. All credit to them for how well they played.”
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