Auburn player postgame quotes – Georgia

LB Cassanova McKinzy

On tonight’s game…

“It was a battle. Georgia is a very good team. They did what they had to do to win the game. They’re very good. They were very consistent running the ball. They have a good scheme.”

On what the team needs to improve on for next week…

“I need to tackle better. We have to be better for our team.”

DE Nosa Eguae

On tonight’s game…

“It was a tough game. I thought we had a good week of practice. Georgia played a great game and we didn’t. It is hard because the season is winding down, and we want to do our seniors right.”

On Georgia’s offense…

“They did some things that we didn’t see on film, like their tempo. They executed, and we didn’t.”

On what needs to be improved on…

“We have to go back out there and go to work. We have to work hard and make sure we send the seniors out with a win.”

WR Emory Blake

On the game…

“We didn’t play well. They’re a good team, but we ended up beating ourselves. We just have to keep fighting.”

QB Jonathan Wallace

On the game…

“We just didn’t finish. We didn’t finish our drives. We made mistakes. We didn’t capitalize when we had opportunities. That’s not going to win the game, but we just have to keep going. You have to keep going, and you have to keep pushing. That’s the biggest thing right now, not giving up. The guys aren’t giving up, and we just have to keep pushing.”

On the preparation for this game…

“This week, practice was really good. We really had a good week of practice. It’s just a matter of taking advantage of every single play that we run. We weren’t able to do that sometimes, and we just have to keep pushing.”

On the support from teammates…

“They really rallied around me. They’ve been helping me with my confidence as well. Just that trust factor that we have with each other is really great. The guys are really supportive. Hopefully we’ll be able to go in this week and come out with a win.”

FB Jay Prosch

On the game…

“We just didn’t come out and play like we should have. Georgia is a good football team, and we really needed to be on top of everything. We just didn’t come out and get it done.”

On Georgia’s game…

“They just locked us down. We got momentum a few times, and we just weren’t able to continue it. A few things here and there, and we just lost our momentum. We weren’t able to finish the drive and things like that.”

On what was taken from this loss…

“We just have to finish the game. That’s it. Just like the whole season. We have to keep going and finish. That’s it.”

DT Jeff Whitaker

On being down early…

“Any game has its ups and downs. For us, we just had to play better. We did some things early that, unfortunately, we were unable to recover from. We have to keep fighting. That is our motto around here. Auburn is a great university with an historic tradition. It is a blue-collar university. These are some trying times right now, but it will be better.”

On the difficulty of coming out and playing every week…

“It is a different mentality. It is difficult, but when you come back and get to work with Corey (Lemonier) and Nosa (Eguae), it makes it not so difficult. You see guys on the defense and offense that don’t stop working. If your brother keeps working, you can’t quit. That’s the mentality around here. Like I said, (these are) trying times. It is easier said than done, but when you are playing with your brother, you don’t mind stepping up. We are going to come out next week, and we are going to fight hard. We are going to keep fighting and keep swinging.”