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“How do you neutralize it? You hold the ball for 40 minutes and 45 seconds and they don’t get it and they’re not out there. That’s the best way to play a team like that, to keep them off the field. I don’t know how many total plays they ran, but they had 21 at half.”

— Coach Paul Johnson on negating Miami’s team-speed advantage

“We just watched the film and (special-teams) coach (Ray) Rychleski did a nice job putting the fake in. And if you’re going to put a fake in, you’ve got to do it on your end. Everybody’s going to play safe (punt defense) around midfield. … You know, (Ryan) Rodwell looked like a tailback when he took off with that thing.”

— Johnson on punter Ryan Rodwell’s fake punt

“They both had huge interceptions, and they both tackled better. We’ll look at the tape, but we missed some tackles still. But I think we’re getting better. We’re getting better every week. That’s what you hope that you can do.”

— Johnson on the play of safeties Jamal Golden and Isaiah Johnson

“We got beat in all three phases tonight by Georgia Tech. … We helped them in too many ways to win.”

— Miami coach Al Golden on the game

“No, you don’t have room for error. And I think maybe for the first time in a long time since we’ve played them, we didn’t take the ball away from them at all.”

— Golden on playing Tech’s ball-control offense

“Coach Johnson was like, ‘We do this every day in practice. It’s a basic option play.’ We got it kicked and Deon (Hill) made a great play. It was execution.”

— A-back Charles Perkins on the fourth-and-2 play in the fourth quarter that produced the final touchdown

“Coming off the bye week, we were all fresh and guys were able to get healthy, and we came out and flew all around. We had a lot left in the tank at the end, also.”

— Perkins on the extra rest

“It was a great atmosphere. Saturday night, Bobby Dodd, white-out, we couldn’t ask for a better atmosphere. It helped us a lot. We love when the fans get behind us.”

— Perkins

“He’s a great back. He played behind his pads, and he’s definitely real shifty out there. We had to keep him contained, but he broke that, too, so give credit to him, but I give credit to our defensive line for fighting and the front seven for fighting, as well.”