“Before, if we were doing 'punt,' there were some guys on the sidelines not doing anything. Now, everybody is doing something. . . . There might be quarterbacks out there rushing the punter rather than sitting by themselves not doing anything.”
Darian Hagan
“That bothers me the most. We had all the momentum. Not only a blocked punt, but a second blocked punt... we're at home, the crowd is going nuts, you couldn't have asked for a better situation.... and we couldn't capitalize. We couldn't make it happen.”
Lorenzo Booker
“We were ready to roll. They hit you with that fake punt and everyone was shocked on our sideline.”
Brian Ferentz
“We grabbed the momentum early on with their punt miscue. What I'm proud of the guys for is they never let up, and that's the sign of a good team.”
David Comeaux
“We're not that bad, ... There were a couple of plays -- the onside kick, the fake punt -- other than that ... those are things that we can rectify. It was just people falling asleep.”
Joe Paterno
“The guy who has been doing it, (Dan) Sheldon, was in a battle with Redmond for doing that (punt returning). We've got Charles Lee who has been doing kickoffs, we got Damien Anderson and we'll probably claim a guy.”
Dennis Green
“Our punt return game, those guys have done a great job up front, plus Tone (Holmes) and Teddy (Ginn Jr.) back in the back. Somebody told me (the Aztecs) had nine three-and-outs. When they're starting with the ball on their 11 and they're having a three-and-out, and our punt-returners are catching the ball around midfield, that's huge for the offense.”
Jim Tressel
