“I’m very thankful for the victory. It was a great game. We’ve had a bunch of those kinds of games all year, a lot of close ones, a lot that have come down to the wire. Last play, last series, overtime. It’s been one of those years for us.”
— Coach Mark Richt on another nail-biting game for the nail-biting game for the Bulldogs.
“Once we finally scored that first touchdown and finally quit shooting ourselves in the foot, I felt all right. When we came in at halftime we knew it was a ballgame, even though we were down 20-7. They probably didn’t think so, but we knew it was. We felt good about it.”
— Quarterback Hutson Mason on scoring a touchdown 34 seconds before halftime
“It was good to get that seven right before the half. To have the chance to have to ball to start the second half and only be down two scores was a good thing.”
— Richt on the Bulldogs’ touchdown with 34 seconds remaining in the first half
“That last TD run, I didn’t know we was going straight back on the field (for the second overtime). I was like, ‘dang.’ But I was able to break one.”
— Tailback Todd Gurley on scoring touchdowns on back-to-back plays in overtime
“It’s huge. Getting a win like this, playing in a game like this, is monumental to my confidence.”
— Mason on the effect Saturday’s experience will have on him
“It just brings a lot of energy as far as next year. (But) those guys are going to be expecting to win, to come in our house just like we did this year and get the victory.”
— Gurley on what the win does for next season
“It’s a little bit of redemption for the way the Auburn game ended to win this one. We’ve obviously got to start out better. But we were down 20 against Auburn and we were down 20 tonight and we came back. To see our team come back the way it did was amazing. We knew we could do it. We just needed to execute.”
— Wide receiver Michael Bennett on falling behind by 20 points
“I’m so proud of us for coming back from 20-0. We’re relentless. We never gave up. It was a long, hard game, but we kept fighting and playing Georgia football. When you finish the drill, good things happen.”
— Georgia linebacker Ramik Wilson, who deflected Georgia Tech's final pass attempt
“One thing about this team, no matter who we’re playing, we’re going to keep fighting hard and never quit. If you do that, you never know what could happen. It’s not about if you fall because you’re going to fall in football. It’s about getting back up. I’m so happy for this team.”
— Sophomore cornerback Sheldon Dawson on the comeback win
“This is what it’s all about. All those times when I thought about transferring and sitting and talking with coach Richt in his office, this game, this type of game, is what I dreamed of. This was the kind of game I dreamed of being a part of. I’m so thankful for this opportunity and just glad to be a Bulldog.”
— Mason on getting his first start at the end of his fourth season in Athens
“I was guarding my man near the sideline on that last play. I bought a ticket and watched the whole thing, and it was worth it.”
— Dawson on the final play
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