The 11 Best Quotes From the Oklahoma State-Iowa State Game

Mike Gundy on being clutch

“I don’t know if I’ve ever been around a team, I’m sure I haven’t, that’s been as effective that this one has been on third downs.” (Oklahoman)

Jordan Sterns on his favorite play (the game-sealing pick)

“It’s probably my favorite play of mine so far, personally. Just because it’s been about 20 games and I’ve come close to a bunch of interceptions and I dropped them. I finally came up with one tonight … I was smiling. I felt like I was back in little league when I scored my first touchdown.” (Oklahoman)

Gundy on TV

“I’m sure TV loves us. It’s a good win by the team. As we all know, coming up here and playing is never really easy.” (AP)

J.W. Walsh on being relentless

“You don’t win without having some maturity and a relentless football team and we’ve been able to attain those things very well. There was not a doubt in anyone’s mind. You could see it in everybody’s eyes.” (AP)

Gundy with some truth

“Those [losses] never go away as a coach. Down 10 in the fourth quarter, [2011] crossed my mind.” (ESPN)

Walsh on Rudolph (this is awesome)

“I walked up to Mason [before the fourth quarter] on the sideline and told him, ‘You do you.’ He’s shown that when it’s crunch time, he makes plays — every time.” (ESPN)

David Glidden on the year

“This is — I don’t want to say a dream season yet. Hopefully we can look back at the end and say that it was.” (ESPN)

Mike Gundy on that first half

“I said this all week long. I said it again last night, I said it again today, I said it in the locker room, [and] I said it before we left the hotel, you’re challenge this week is to come out with as much fire in your stomach as you did last week, and we didn’t. And that’s all we talked about. I just don’t understand why. We were just kinda flat.” (Go Pokes)

Gundy on the false start

“I thought, ‘That’s the best break we’ve got all day.’ We finally got a break. Somebody was kind of looking over us, and then, to convert.” (Tulsa World)

Walsh summing it up for all of us

“That’s crazy. Our team is unbelievable. It’s not just the leaders who say, ‘Hey, we’ve got a chance. We’re in this thing.’ It’s everybody. The whole team believes.” (Tulsa World)

Paul Rhoads with some truth

“Plenty of fight in our kids, and they showed it against a team ranked fifth in the country, (that) now sits 10-0 and has an opportunity to finish up to play in the playoffs and play for a national championship.” (Tulsa World)