Nov. 3, 2012
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Head Coach Todd Graham
Opening Statement
"First of all, I want to congratulate Coach Riley. He's one of the first class guys in this business. They (OSU) are obviously a very well coached football team. There's not much that you can say other than we got our butts whooped. Their defense is the real deal. They beat us in the kicking game, too. I thought the key in the game was the second half when we got the kickoff return and the ball at the 15-yard line. We got pinned down on our own end. We punted the ball and they got it at the 50."
On his team's effort
"Our guys played hard. We did some great things. We scored a touchdown early and we had a lot of momentum in the first quarter. But you have to give them (OSU) credit. They came back and captured the momentum in the second quarter."
On Oregon State's effort
"We just played one of the top teams in the country. They were better than us tonight. Their defense dominated our offense. We gave up big plays on our defense. Those are things you can't do.
On what the difference was in the game
"We basically gave up two big plays in the first half, that was it. Then we had two busted alignments in the second half. We just gave up the big play. That was the story there. Obviously, we win together and lose together. I'm proud of those guys in that room.
On the play of OSU quarterback Cody Vaz
"You have to give their (OSU's) quarterback a lot of credit. I'm telling you we hit him a lot tonight. We hit him and he executed some plays."
Quarterback Taylor Kelly
On Arizona State's offensive struggles
"Their (OSU's) interior D-Line and front seven were doing a great job of making stunts and twists. They did a great job scheming us."
Running back Cameron Marshall
On the Oregon State defense
"They were just sound. They were all over the ball and they were all in the right spots. They have a good defense and that's one of the reasons why they're 8-1 right now."
On the OSU defense versus the run
"We knew they (OSU) were going to be a challenge going into this week. We knew they had stopped the run pretty well."