Best quotes following Michigan State football’s gritty overtime win against Nebraska
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It doesn’t matter how you get the win as long as you get the win, and on Saturday, the Spartans got the win. Michigan State football was able to pull out a gritty win over Nebraska at home in overtime on Saturday night, making the team 4-0 on the season.
While it wasn’t pretty, the team made plays when they had to and they were able to notch their second Big Ten win of the year.
Below, we put together the best quotes following another big win.
MSU has been practicing Reed's punt return TD for 'a few weeks'
MSU's Jayden Reed says the punt return "is something we've been working on" for a few weeks. Nailor decoy took the defense. Credits special teams coach Ross Els for making the call. Knew it would work "2 seconds after it was punted."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Even Payton Thorne surprised by punt return TD
QB Payton Thorne on the punt return: "That was absolutely insane. They got me."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Jayden Reed, Mel Tucker thank fans in attendance
Reed calls it "an unreal feeling." Credits fans for "sticking with us the entire game."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Mel Tucker starts by thanking people "for sticking out tonight. It's been a long day." Says MSU's fans "showed up big for us today. They were a huge factor for us today."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Tucker says he felt Nebraska's false starts were partly because of the noise and "home-field advantage."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Thorne adds insight to flea flicker TD
Thorne says Nebraska's coverage allowed MSU to run another flea flicker to get the first TD to Reed. Reed says "it was a much different look" from the one against YSU.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Jayden Reed, Spartans keep choppin'
Reed on winning with the offense shut down: "As coach Tuck says, 'Keep choppin', no matter what."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Thorne admits to poor play, credits defense
Thorne credits MSU's defense for playing "great." Says he was struggling and not making the right calls. "Team game, team win, and the defense played outstanding and put us in a position to win. I'm thankful for that."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Xavier Henderson, Chester Kimbrough highlight MSU's excellent conditioning
Xavier Henderson: "I felt pretty fresh going into overtime."
— Colton Pouncy (@colton_pouncy) September 26, 2021
Kimbrough says he did not feel like MSU's defense wore down in the second half with so many plays. Henderson says it was perfect football weather, "And I actually felt pretty fresh out there," after being in the Miami heat last week.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
A lot of credit needs to be given to the strength and conditioning team. The Spartans always look fresh at the end of games.
Henderson laughs about how long Matt Coghlin has been with the team
Henderson says he has confidence in Matt Coghlin and jokes that the sixth-year senior kicker who hit the game-winner "has been here like 10 years."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Mel Tucker felt like the special teams unit was on the verge of breaking a big one
Tucker says he showed his team all week about how special teams around the country has been affecting outcomes of games. "We knew our return game was on the verge of exploding."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Tucker notes how quickly momentum can change in a game
Tucker snaps his fingers and says, about the pendulum swing of momentum, "You can get it back just like that."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Mel Tucker notes that the second half 'wasn't pretty'
Tucker says he thinks it was partly Nebraska's adjustments and partly lack of execution on MSU's part for the second-half offensive output (14 yards on 15 plays, but he also needs to see the tape to know for sure. He did admit, "It was not pretty."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Mel Tucker calls Jayden Reed a 'difference-maker'
Tucker: "J-Reed is a difference-maker. He's a good player."
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
MSU still unsure about the extent of Drew Beesley's injury
Tucker says "we'll know a lot more tomorrow" about the extent of Drew Beesley's injury.
— Chris Solari (@chrissolari) September 26, 2021
Tucker with another few excellent Tucker quotes
Tucker: "We said during the week it was gonna be a double mouthpiece game and we were prepared to go four quarters or more."
— Colton Pouncy (@colton_pouncy) September 26, 2021
Tucker: "Football's not a game of perfect. It's just not."
— Colton Pouncy (@colton_pouncy) September 26, 2021
Connor Heyward with hilarious quote about guy he trucked
Haha @ConnorHeyward1 on postgame about trucking dudes “hope it was the one DMing my girlfriend before the game” hold this L @HuskerFBNation
— JerBear (@JD_Jerbear) September 26, 2021
Coghlin to Tucker: 'I got you'
Tucker says Coghlin told him "I've got you" before the game-winning FG.
— Matt Wenzel (@mwenzel2) September 26, 2021
Awesome.
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