Frank Solich, head coach
Opening Statement
"Well, it was a long afternoon. Ohio State has a championship caliber football team. I felt that coming in and I feel that coming out. We had to play perfect football, execute well, play penalty free and win the turnover battle, none of which got done today. The defense hung in there pretty well. Ohio State has a good running game, throwing game and a good scramble game. That's tough to defend against."

On having two games in a row with five turnovers
"Well it's been huge to a negative effect; normally we do a pretty good job of taking care of the ball. We need to have that corrected. You can't win football games when you turn the ball over to the other team. There are a lot of areas to get better at, and we're going to have to get better, no question."

On Phil Bates' performance
"It's a bit of a mixed review - this was a difficult game to come back in and play. He only had 16 snaps coming in. I don't think his true ability showed today. We've struggled at the quarterback position and we need to get that issue resolved."




Phil Bates, junior quarterback
 

On lack of offensive execution
"We weren't playing to the best of our abilities. We seemed tentative and hesitated. That's how the game rolled and that's what happens when we don't let it loose."

Noah Keller, senior linebacker
On the struggles defensively
"Our job is to go out and limit and stop the run. At first we did it but they started to pass it on their own will. They completed short routes and big plays. [Terrelle] Pryor got out of the pocket a lot and we can't let that happen. He's a hard guy to tackle. He has a deadly arm and a killer stiff arm. We will watch film and make corrections. We will put this behind us and prepare for Marshall next week."

On the defense forcing turnovers
"We stress three or more turnovers per game. Then we have to go after the ball. We can't do that if we blow assignments. We have to go back to the basics."

Donovan Fletcher, senior safety
On his two interceptions and overall defense
"That's just playing football. They are a very disciplined team. They executed on their plays and we need to execute better on ours. We're going to focus on Marshall now. We have a lot of corrections to be made. That's how the game is played."