"We had some real screw-ups on offense. Basically, when the game got tight, they were all freshmen. A guy doesn't turn up with the pitch, a guy gets a pass interference, a guy turns a guy loose in pass protection down on the goal line coming out. All freshmen. So it's tough and the way the game was going, you didn't want to miss your turn." – Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson
"I don't know about stunned. I would say flustered. The way that game ended was just kind of like a perfect way that the season's gone. The guy makes it from 56 yards and we've got a guy running free up the middle, and the ball just kind of goes right through his arms. Any luck maybe he blocks it and you run it back and win the game. Or there at the end, we make a couple of catches, at least we get to kick a field goal or try one. I'm stunned that we're not better in some areas of the team than we are." – Johnson
"Pass protection is an enigma to me. We were straight-gap, turn-back protection. It doesn't get any easier than that. How you can bust that and let guys run through. … Even at the end, I saw we had two guys turned the wrong way. There's some personal accountability that goes in that. I'm ultimately responsible but there are some cats that are accountable, too." – Johnson
"Right now, we're not very good on defense. Facts are facts. We're probably from 10th to 14th in every category in the league. That's what we are. So we've got to find a way to get better." – Johnson
"We can improve with the pass rushing. We've got to limit that time that the quarterback can have time to throw so the DB's can cover. But I know sometimes we don't get as much pressure as we should, sometimes they don't cover as they should. But, as a defense as a whole, we've got to just continue to play as one unit. We've got to handle the small things and do those things well." – Tech defensive end KeShun Freeman
"Everyone's just trying to guess the play. We've just got to work on what we practiced all week and we've just got to go into next week and get better." – linebacker Tyler Marcordes on players not focused on their assignment
"It was either give the ball back to them and give them a chance to kick a field goal or take it. At that point, we were happy with the way our defense was playing. And, really, we gave up one really long dive play in the second half in base defense. Our end didn't close fast enough." – Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi on the fourth-and-2 call on the game-winning drive
"They do a great job. That's a good football team. I feel bad for coach Johnson. He's a heck of a football coach. You feel for anyone like that to lose one like that, but they've got a heck of a football team that will come back." – Narduzzi
