The 14 Best Quotes From the Oklahoma State-Kansas State Game

Here are some of the best quotes from Oklahoma State’s 43-37 win over Kansas State in Manhattan on Saturday.

Mike Gundy on the end of the game

“I joked with the guys, I said I wish I would have told Carson to slide on the five yard line if he gets in the open and they did not think it was very funny but you have to score when you have to score. Everybody here that watches Big 12 football knows with the quarterback play we get in this league, no lead is ever safe, that is why the games are like this.”

Gundy On Respect for Bill Snyder’s calls on 4th down late in the game

“I do not have any grounds to doubt something that Coach [Bill] Snyder would do, I mean obviously he knows more about his team than I do. Traditionally, for years, he has played percentages. He is somewhat of a genius when it comes to that and I am guessing in his world that is what he thought was best. They had two third and shorts, I know the one you are talking about, but they had another one and both times we stuffed them.”

Mason Rudolph after being told Gundy said he played well after the pick-six

“I thought I played well all day. Obviously I had a couple mistakes but I think my reads were good. I thought our coaches made good calls. We executed for the most part. They tried to make adjustments in the second half.”

Gundy on Mason Rudolph

“Say what you want about the guy … he’s won a lot of football games.” [NewsOK]

Jordan Sterns on the final pick

“Ramon (Richards) laid on me, then everybody else started stacking up on him. It was kind of hard to breathe. But it was fun, man, something I’m going to remember forever.” [NewsOK]

Gundy on how not to win in Manhattan

“We had everything happen to us that you don’t have a lot of substance and character on your team, you just go home and lose by about 20 points. We had two turnovers to start the second half and then we had a miscommunication on a protection call and had a blocked punt, so that’s three turnovers to start the second half. So if you’re trying to write a script for them (to win), that would be how you would write it. If you’re trying to write a script for us, that stinks. [Go Pokes]

Blake Jarwin on his 96-yard game

“It’s great to be a part of a team like this that’s got a tradition now that we like to win games and win close games. We’ve shown that we’re fighters … It makes you feel whole inside.” [NewsOK]

James Washington on the defense’s final stand

“They almost gave me a heart attack. But they pulled it off.” [NewsOK]

Gundy on the 82-yard bomb from Rudolph to Washington

“When the play was called, I told Yurcich that he was crazy, that there’s no way they’re going to let him behind the defense,” said Cowboys coach Mike Gundy. “He said, ‘Well, let’s take a shot and see.’ I said, ‘That will be fine, but it won’t work.’ After that, he scored the touchdown and I clicked my headset off.” [NewsOK]

Jordan Sterns on beating KSU and how he’s going to enjoy the win

“Anytime you beat a Big 12 team on the road, especially in Manhattan, playing Kansas State, coming out with a win is good. I don’t care how it looks, how pretty or ugly it is, a win is a win, especially on the road.” [NewsOK] “I’m ready to just lay down, call my girl, just talk, play some Call of Duty since it just came out,” Sterns said. “Just relax a little bit.” [Tulsa World]

Glenn Spencer is all of us

“How did we win that game?” Spencer said. “Serious. That’s a recipe to get beat up here.” [Tulsa World]

Bill Snyder on a disappointing ending

“No, it was not a complete game. Maybe more of a complete game; I have to go back and reassess that, watch the tape, etc. We were inconsistent in the latter half of the ballgame; some good things, some not so good. Oklahoma State has a little bit to do with that, but once again it rests on our shoulders.”

LB Elijah Lee on not allowing deep passes

“The difference was just staying on top of them. We cannot let them get the deep ball, because that is what they live for. That is something we need to continue to work on.”

DE Jordan Willis on Rudolph and finishing

“In my opinion, we gave good pressure on him [Mason Rudolph]. Then again, you will not be able to affect him all the time. I feel like we affected him most of the day though. Obviously, he is a good quarterback. You cannot just not allow him to get going, because if he does it is going to be a bad day for you.

“[I’m] Pretty disappointed in the last drive that the defense had. The biggest issue was that they did nothing special, guys just were not filling their gaps. Obviously, it went from a pass situation to a run situation because they were getting into our territory. I do not think our guys adjusted to it.”