“I hit it. It was high. I thought it was going in. It went right over the right upright.”
— Georgia placekicker Marshall Morgan on his missed chip-shot field-goal attempt late in the game that could have tied the score
“After every kick, I usually forget about it. I can’t say I’m going to forget about this whole game, but I try to keep it out of my head and just look to the next kick and the next game we’ve got.”
— Morgan
“They were throwing a lot of formations at us, a lot of motion. We didn’t get great pass rush. We didn’t cover in the backfield very good. All around, we weren’t very good at certain times of the game. We’ve got a lot of work to do. It’s still early. This is our second game. We’re going to be all right.”
— Georgia linebacker Ramik Wilson on the defense’s play
“I feel bad for him. He’s been so clutch, and he’ll be clutch in the future.”
— Georgia quarterback Hutson Mason on Morgan’s late-game missed field goal
“There’s a lot to get better at. I think getting some of these guys back at receiver will help us. But it’s frustrating. We had every opportunity in the world to win a ballgame, and you just don’t do it.”
— Mason
“We got into a position to have a glorious moment, and we just didn’t seize it. To have first-and-goal down there and come out with zero points is very disappointing.”
— Georgia coach Mark Richt on the Bulldogs’ failure to score after an interception and penalty gave them the ball at the South Carolina 4-yard line with 5:24 to play, trailing 38-35
“The place is unbelievable, man, the environment. It’s one of the craziest environments I’ve ever been in. Once you give the fans something to be excited about, it’s hard to shut them up.”
— Georgia tailback Todd Gurley on Williams-Brice Stadium
“Some wins are better than others. I think this one was better than most others.”
— South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier
“I just told our guys, ‘If we can stop some people on third down, we’re not that bad at defense, we’re really not.’ We weren’t all that great on third down. We made a bunch (of stop ) early, and then after that we didn’t make very many.”
— Spurrier, whose defense held Georgia to 0-for-4 on third-down conversion attempts in the first half and 5 of 12 for the game
“Their kicker, I guess he (had made) 20 in a row, and then he missed two tonight. Sometimes all you can say is it was our turn to win and we were meant to win this game and Georgia was not.”
— Spurrier, referring to Georgia kicker Morgan’s two missed field-goal attempts
“Georgia’s defense was pretty good at times, and other times they weren’t quite as good. “
— Spurrier
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