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Georgia Tech Head Coach Chan Gailey
On injuries:
“As I was on the sideline waiting, [Corey Earls] had a little movement, but I’m no doctor. So, it’s not right for me to comment, but I did see that little bit. He wasn’t 100 percent and had to pull himself out of that first couple series. [Mike Cox] got hurt in the ballgame, as did Djay Jones. I don’t think Shane [Bowen] got hurt. Tyler [Evans] got banged up on the first punt return. [James Johnson] was banged up. ”
On Correy Earls:
“Obviously it runs through everybody’s mind because you’re concerned about him, but with four-and-a-half minutes left in the game, at that point, there was a lot in the game that had already gone through. That’s not something that leaves your mind, but that’s not something you use as an excuse to stop concentrating.”
On turnovers:
“Anytime you turn it [the ball] over to a touchdown, it hurts. It wasn’t just a turnover, it was a turnover for a touchdown. You hope you go a whole season without turning over, but odds are you won’t. So, you get your guys to understand overcoming.”
On difficulties playing in Charlottesville:
“Every year is different. Every team is different. It’s just the way it’s happened.”
On Chris Long:
“He is a great player. He’s one of the best defensive players I’ve seen in our conference. You better know where he is, and you better have a plan.”
On Georgia Tech’s defense:
“They threw some new things at us, and we had to adjust. We didn’t adjust as quickly as you’d hope after the first couple of series, but our defense came back and played strong.
Georgia Tech Player Quotes
Jonathan Dwyer, freshman running back
On losing the game:
“We came out like we were supposed to; I guess things just didn’t go our way. We’ve got to pick it up because we’re not finishing our big plays.”
On third down conversions:
“I think we’re doing okay. We did have a few big plays on second and third down, but we need to just work on finishing those plays. We need to finish what we’ve started.”
On approaching next week’s game:
“We’ve got to be hungry. We gave it all we had; we fought until the game was over. So we’ve got to get back, get some treatment for our boys, and get everybody healthy again. We’ve got to come back next week ready for Clemson.”
Taylor Bennett, junior quarterback
On Georgia Tech’s consistency during the game:
“We took a lot of deep shots on the go routes. That was some pretty high-risk passing. Those were more of a hit-and-miss. With the underneath stuff we had a couple of wrong routes ran. We just tried to take whatever they gave us. That instant replay with the comeback, we all thought he caught it. That would’ve been a huge play for us. It would’ve been a first down and we needed to get that one. I didn’t think we played that badly on offense. We just need to come out and perform a little bit more next week.”
On third down conversions:
“That’s something we try to work on a lot; that’s something we haven’t been very good on all season. We’re beginning to get better.”
On preparing to play against Virginia’s Chris Long:
“I tend to not think of things like that; we didn’t really game plan towards any one guy. We game plan for the team. He’s a very good player, that’s for sure. We only gave up two sacks today, so it’s not that bad. He’s a good player; he’ll be a very good player at the next level I’m sure.”
On approaching next week’s game:
“We’re a team and we’re a family so it’s hard on individuals, but as a team, we’ll bounce back. We’ve got good players and good coaches, so when we come back next week and play Clemson, we’ll put this one behind us.”
Georgia Tech Safety Jamal Lewis
On Cedric Pearman:
“He’s a tough guy to bring down. You’ve just got to wrap up and drive your legs to be able to bring him down.”
On Correy Earls getting injured:
“That affected us very emotionally. We had to go out there and play as hard as we could and try to win it for Correy Earls, because he is down right now. We got up on the sideline and prayed for him and prayed for everyone else who was going to play in the game. We tried to go out there and fight as hard as we could to get the W.”