“We probably need an off-week about now. I think we do. Hopefully it will give some guys a little more time to get healthy and also some time to assess where we are and where we’re going and where we want to go and how to get there.”
— Georgia coach Mark Richt on the Bulldogs' current state of mind
“I don’t have a response to it. I don’t even know what was behind it or what they thought I did. I was surprised, but you have to respect the ref’s call. I’m going to go back and look at it and see what I have to do to not let it happen again.”
— Georgia defensive end Ray Drew on the targeting foul that resulted in his ejection
“It’s a sad feeling. We just have to know that we still have each other’s backs. Nobody ever wants to lose. It’s just one of those things that is tough. You just have to find your inner strength. As long as we keep playing for each other we’ll be all right. We’re shocked. But football is football. You’re never promised anything no matter who you’re lined up against.”
— Georgia defensive back Sheldon Dawson
“It’s unacceptable to fumble.”
— Georgia tailback Brendan Douglas, who fumbled for second week in a row
“The fake field goal was an important play in the game. The fact that we were 2-for-2 on fourth down is important. We have to take calculated risks. It was a very intense game from the sidelines.”
— Vanderbilt coach James Franklin on the Commodores' gambles
“I’m not quite sure. I know we’ve all struggled. There’s no excuse. It’s all on us. If you look at what’s been going on, it’s not the play-calling. It’s just basically the players.”
— Georgia defensive back Corey Moore on the Bulldogs' special-teams struggles
“They did a super job of defending the pass and the run. I mean, we had 220-something yards. That hasn’t happened around here in a long time.”
— Richt on the Bulldogs being limited to 221 yards of offense
“When you’re winning everybody wants to say how good you are. And when you start losing everybody’s going to have an opinion on that, too. I just wanted to make sure everybody understood that at Georgia, we stick together. … We’ve got to do what we’ve got to do as far as correcting. That’s football, critiquing what happened and making the best decisions we can make to get better.”
— Richt on what he said to team after the game
“It goes all to the D-line. I mean they kept tremendous pressure on him, and he’s got to throw the ball somewhere. It was also all the calls. I mean Coach gives us great plays to execute and stop them. We practice all week and then come out and execute it on Saturdays.”
— Vanderbilt linebacker Darreon Herring on holding Aaron Murray to second-lowest passing output of career
“I didn’t wake up this morning expecting to play a decent amount of the game, but Austyn went down, and it was my job to step up and execute the offense to the best of my ability. I had great receivers, running backs, and offensive linemen that helped that happen. We got the ‘W’ and that’s the most important thing.”
— Vanderbilt quarterback Patton Robinette on entering the game after an injury to starter Austyn Carta-Samuels
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