Post Game Quotes From Ohio State vs. Penn State – Ohio State Buckeyes
9/23/2000 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 23, 2000
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Penn State Head Coach Joe Paterno
“We didn’t play very well. Ohio State is a good football team and I think they played very well. We made some mistakes. We’re going to have to think a little bit better and see where we go from there. We’re going to have to fight our way out of this, that’s just the way life is. Everyone can’t go under a shell every time something bad happens.
“I’ll have to look at the tapes to see if the team is showing any signs of improvement. In some ways we’ve gotten better and in other ways we need to improve. I don’t know what changes we’re going to make yet. These are tough days. I have to keep my head. I’m not going to say I’m going to do this or that and I’m not going to say if I think we can play harder. I know we have to play better football. How we’re going to do that, I just don’t know.”
Ohio State Head Coach John Cooper
“I’m a happy football coach here today. I’m really happy for our team. We had a great week of preparation. Our coaches did a great job.”
“The first drive really set the tempo. It gave us a lot of confidence. Steve (Bellisari) played his best game in the first half. He did a good job in the first half. We got the chance to play a lot of players.”
“I’m happy with the way we played offensively and defensively. The kicking game was good enough. Danny (Stultz) did a nice job kicking off. Field position was critical.”
“The message today was to take care of business. I thought it was important to get ahead early because of the field condition. Any time you play it’s important to set the tempo. Field position was critical. Getting the 17-0 lead in the first quarter was good.” “The defensive line played well and we were able to play a lot of people. The defense did a good job. You have to keep Casey contained.”
“Anything can happen in this league. There’s a lot of football left to be played. We feel good where we are now.”
“The first thing we did was run right at them. We tried to run at them. Steve did a nice job of running our offense early. We even hit some backs (on pass plays) today.”
