Huskies vs. Beavers: Postgame quotes
Head Coach Mike Riley
On the win…
“That was a great win. I think the best thing to say about our team and coaching staff is that they’ve been working, hanging in there themselves, and never quit working. It was great to see that performance today. I’m really proud of everybody.”
On the game’s critical plays…
“I think that was big time. Ryan Murphy, for a freshman player, has a lot of good instincts. He’s playing a coverage where he knew the weakness of that coverage was going to be inside, but he made it strong. He just hung in there with it, and the guy tried to get in to the inside and he wouldn’t let him go, and made a big-time play. That was a big-time play. Then the poise of getting out of the end zone, that took the whole game, right there when we made that play coming out of the end zone. The poise, even on the previous two plays, when you’re operating from the minus-one yard line or you’re inside further, you have to have a lot of poise. And then we made the big play coming out, I thought that was terrific.”
On the rushing performance and the offensive line…
“The offensive line, the tight ends, and the receivers made some good blocks on the edge too, a little bit. The games that we have won, we have rushed pretty well. Today was another example of that. That’s why I have continued to say that that has to be a part of who we are, when we get a little balance we’re a good offensive football team because we can throw the football and we have good receivers, so if we can add that balance to it we can get better and better.”
On James Rodgers breaking the Oregon State career receptions record…
“James is in good company now with all those guys up there – Mike Hass, Sammie Stroughter, James Newson…I don’t want to forget anybody. There’s just been a bunch of them, and we’re proud of everything James has done and what he’s meant to the program. His impact on the field is obvious, but his impact in all of our lives is a real thing. We’re glad to see him get that record today.”
OSU Player Post-Game Quotes
WR #2 Markus Wheaton
On winning this game for the seniors…
"I feel great. I am just really glad that we did it for the seniors. The seniors have been here for a while and it was nice to send them off on a good note."
On why the offense seemed to mesh well this game…
"I honestly could not tell you. We just went into the game and our running game was really good so everything was just clicking from there."
On Sean Mannion’s performance…
"I felt that Sean played a great game today. I personally feel that he always plays a good game. For how young he is, he performed very well.”
QB #4 Sean Mannion
On the keys to the game…
“I think that we just executed really well. We made some big plays both through the air and on the ground. Overall, it was just a pretty well-played game.”
On why the offensive execution was effective today…
“We had a great week of practice and have been working hard, so I guess it all paid off. It feels great to come out and play in such a good game.”
On getting a win on senior day…
“It feels great to get a win for our team and especially for the seniors. They have put a lot of work in every season that they have been here. They are all good role models for me and the other young guys. I definitely look up to them and I am glad that we could get a win for them today.”
S #3 Anthony Watkins
On answering the Washington running game…
“Everyone is doing their job. Everyone is playing within this game and not trying to do too much. From there everything just started taking care of itself.”
On extra motivation to play well for teammates who are from Washington
“I enjoy playing these games. Anytime we play a Washington school I enjoy playing. We have a lot of guys from the northwest and from Oregon so they take it personal too because that’s their rivalry too. We all just enjoy playing these games. ”
S #10 Lance Mitchell
On his last game at Reser Stadium…
“It’s special. A lot of emotions are going on inside right now. I could not ask for much more for it being my last game here at Reser. Going out like this and going against a good team like Washington. That’s what we practiced for all week and that’s what we did.”
On what came together for the defense…
“We just came together. We have played well against the run early on in the season and today it all just came together. I think we really felt bad about last weekend and we all took it personal. We wanted to come out this weekend and fight for the win.”
