Quotes from the game, no excuses, Vick really manning up about his own play. I really like this young man.
http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/m-footbl/recaps/111914a...Ohio Redshirt Junior Quarterback Derrius Vick
On the fumble at the end of the 4th quarter:
“I thought he was down, but at the same time it was the end of the game, we have to protect the ball and we can’t let the refs decide the game. We have to just come up with the ball at the end of every play and hand the ball to the ref."
On the flaws in the offense:
"Just not executing on third downs enough. I think we had a couple of third and shorts and we just didn’t execute them. For the most part I think we played a complete game besides maybe three plays coming in right after the half where we made them fumble, then I threw that pick. I think that was a big drive for them because they obviously got points off of that drive. We can’t have turnovers, obviously, and that’s why we lost the game.”
On his interception:
"I scrambled. I should have either ran or thrown the ball away and just accepted that the defense won on that play.”
On the weather:
“During the game you’re already loose and warm from going in there a lot, so it didn’t really have any effect on us at all.”
On looking forward:
“Obviously, we would have liked this game. It was an important game for us and it was the last home game. We’ve been playing well at home but tomorrow it’s on to the next one. We’ll watch film tomorrow and find out what mistakes we made this week and capitalize on them next week. It will be a big rivalry game and they put up a lot of points, so offensively, we’re going to have to be better.”
On the atmosphere of the game:
“I think that for the most part, as a team we’re locked in. The weather didn’t affect us much; we had heaters on the sideline so we were pretty much warm if we weren’t in the game. As far as fans, we were just locked in offensively and honestly we were just fueling off of our own energy.”