"I don't know where to start. Again, disappointed. I don't know how many times we fumbled the ball, what – three or four in the second half alone. Penalties (on) third-and-short, down where we were close to field-goal range, dropped balls. We're not good enough to overcome any of that stuff. We've got to do a better job. Ultimately, I'm responsible for it. It's embarrassing." - Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson
"I thought they gave us a chance to in the second half. They went out and got some stops and made some plays. That was encouraging. It was good to see." – Johnson on the play of the defense
"The only thing I saw at the end was they kept rocking the quarterback (Justin Thomas). I don't know if they blew the whistle or what. And then the next thing is the flags (were thrown). I assumed they were going to be offsetting (penalties). Usually, they are in something like that. But they weren't. You've got to hold your composure, I guess." - Johnson on the unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on Errin Joe
"I just told him that I had a lot of respect for what he accomplished and what he's done. I think that he's a credit for the profession and I wish him well." – Johnson on his conversation with Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer
"I don't think I've ever had a season like this." – Johnson
"The guy made a mistake. We all made mistakes today. It was obvious. So you can't be down on just one person. It's the whole team to blame. You just have to keep going, move on." – center Freddie Burden on Joe's penalty
"He means a lot. He's a great player. We missed him a lot. There was a lot of guys coming off the sidelines to help try to replace him, but he's a great linebacker. We missed him." – linebacker Brant Mitchell on playing without linebacker P.J. Davis, who left the game with an ankle injury
"I can't tell you how much this win means. The players played exceptionally hard. I thought the TV viewers got their money's worth. I thought at the end, we both did some things we probably didn't want to do. But in the end, the thing that was very obvious is our players played as hard as they could play, never taking a play off. I thought our coaches coahced as hard as they could coach."– Beamer
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