“Our biggest challenge was dealing with the crowd noise and penalties. We killed ourselves with penalties tonight. It’s tough to convert third-and-long.”
— Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray after the Bulldogs had nine penalties for 84 yards in Saturday's loss to Clemson
“Those are probably our two most explosive playmakers on offense.”
— Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo, referring to the injuries suffered by tailback Todd Gurley and wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell
“There’s a lot to build on. It hurts. People are going to feel like the season is lost, but it’s not. We’ve got a lot of football to play. We’ve got to regroup because we’ve got a very good team (South Carolina) coming into our place next Saturday.”
— Bobo
“I feel like I’ve been preparing myself for this moment. I feel like when I had my opportunity, when I had my number called, I made the most of it.”
— Georgia wide receiver Justin Scott-Wesley, who caught four passes for 55 yards
“We knew this was going to be a slugfest for four quarters. Georgia is a great team. We stood them up in the trenches when we needed to. We got stops when we needed to. And we ran the ball when we needed to. We made too many mistakes, but we overcame them.”
— Clemson coach Dabo Swinney
“This was a magical day. The energy all day was incredible.”
— Swinney
“I think we’ll definitely be able to turn the page. We’ve done it the past two years, so this year won’t be any different.”
— Georgia offensive tackle Kolton Houston, referring to the Bulldogs overcoming early-season losses
“Clemson is a very good football team. They did what they had to do to win the ballgame. I thought Tajh (Boyd) played a good game, and Sammy (Watkins) did his thing.”
— Georgia coach Mark Richt
“I thought we did some good things and some things that will get you beat. We’ll find out how good we are next week.”
— Richt
“They’re a great team, and (Boyd) has a lot of weapons to help him.”
— Georgia freshman cornerback Brendan Langley on Clemson
“They (Clemson) used a lot of motion mixed with quick passes. A lot of times they blocked us with double-teams. I think I had a fullback, tackle and a tight end blocking me at one point. But we can’t use that as an excuse. We needed to have a better pass rush, and I don’t think we did a good job with that tonight.”
— Georgia linebacker Jordan Jenkins
“We’ll be home. We’ll be in conference play, and we know how important that is. We haven’t beaten South Carolina in three years. We’ve got to get ready.”
— Richt on the Bulldogs' next game
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