WHAT THEY SAID: Georgia-Tennessee
Chip Towers
“I don’t have much to say other than I’m thankful we won, and I’m thankful we’re leaving,” said Richt, using a stat sheet to stop the blood flowing out of his finger. “I’m not in a very celebrating mood. Just thankful.”
— Georgia coach Mark Richt
“These are games we’ll remember. We’ll talk about these games for a long time. I feel like I’ve aged like 15 years in the last two weeks. I’m an old, old man.”
— Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray, who also led a comeback against LSU last week.
“I didn’t even know about Justin (Scott-Wesley) because we were rotating guys in and out so fast. I didn’t know who was in and who was out. Somebody told me Justin wasn’t going to come back in and I was like, ‘awesome, great. Just what we needed.’ I was being sarcastic. That definitely hurt us. All three guys did.”
— Murray on game-ending injuries to three offensive players
“We’ve already been in that one-minute situation, and we practice it every day. So we knew what to do. It’s like second nature.”
— Freshman tailback J.J. Green on Georgia's drive for a game-tying touchdown with five seconds remaining in regulation
“They have great linemen, they have Rajion Neal, who is a great running back, a great skill player even back in high school he was a great back. They had playmakers, and they capitalized on the mistakes we had. We definitely had a lot of those, so we have a lot of work to do this week before we play Missouri because that’s another team that will sneak up on you in a heartbeat.”
— Georgia outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins
“It’s a blessing. You’re just overwhelmed. When it goes through you don’t really realize what you did until the whole offensive line jumps on you and you have 2,000 pounds on top of you. I just had to take in the moment.”
— Georgia kicker Marshall Morgan on his 42-yard game-winning field goal
“We know we played our tail off, and we came up short by a couple plays. We’ve just got to give a little more effort, gave a lot of effort, we just need to come out this off week and get a little more stuff sharpened up.”
— Tennessee linebacker A.J. Johnson, a junior from Gainesville
“I think you kind of have to move past it. You’ve got to believe in your coaches. You’ve got to kind of put your head down and let it go and try not to dwell on the past. Take a peek back there and remind yourself of things you don’t want to do, but I think the biggest thing is don’t dwell on it.”
— Tennessee running back Rajion Neal on all the Volunteers' close calls
“The great thing is I didn’t have to be the one to say it. Other players said it. They talked about a lot to play for and keep building, and they can see it. They can see the progress. Obviously I told them that, too. They know I love them. We have a saying in our football family, ‘I got your back,’ and everyone has each other’s backs.”
— Tennessee coach Butch Jones on the Vols not getting down on themselves
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