Five Best Quotes Following OSU’s Homecoming Win Over Baylor

OSU’s 59-16 win over Baylor on Saturday elicited a feel-good postgame interaction from head coach Mike Gundy, his staff and his players. Here are five of the best quotes recapping the game.

Mike Gundy on advice for Tylan Wallace to stay away from fielding punts

“Yeah that’s pretty good. And everyone makes fun of you guys. If the ball was rotating a certain way, we told him to get away from it. If it was floating the correct way, we told him to field it. It’s difficult to field punts rotating down into the wind. So that’s what we told him. Are you wiretapping us? I feel like Trump right now.”

Mason Rudolph on he and Gundy taking his shirt off

“First off, I didn’t think it would happen. As soon as I heard him say ‘Me and Mason had a pact,’ I was like ‘oh no, this isn’t good, he’s gonna make up something.’ And we definitely didn’t make a pact.”

Marcell Ateman on if he expected this much success coming off an injury

“Mentally, I did. Once it came down on me, I took it for what it was. I stayed hard in my faith, and I told myself, ‘I’m gonna come out, and I’m gonna play hard, every down.’”

Washington on Gundy taking his shirt off

“I know he has a mullet and all, but I figured that’s as far as he’d go with publicity. But he took it to a new level … I’m not the type of dude to check out guys or nothing, but you can tell they work out a little bit.”

Mike Yurcich on running game success

“Number is a big concern in the box early going. Then he was able to make the safety miss and go for a long one and that kind of loosened them up a little bit. We got smarter as the game went along, adjusting our calls based on what they were giving us. It’s just a matter of playing with tempo and being able to balance yourself with run to pass. That helps each player, not just the run game. The run game helps the pass game. I’ve said it a million times. That’s really important for any offense to have success.”