WATCH: Austin Peay's postgame comments

Head coach Jeff Faris

On what he attributes his team’s good showing against a top-ranked team…
“We’ve got a special group in our locker room. We have a special community in Clarksville, Tennessee. Our guys know how to fight. And there are a lot of things that we need to fix. We had a chance there to make the one-score game in the fourth quarter in Athens, Georgia. And that starts with me. And I know this group will come to work when we get back tonight in Clarksville and we’ll fix whatever those issues are, but I think we’ve got a chance to have a special group. And I love working with those players and coaches every single day. They make me better. And I think we’re just getting started.”

On whether he played a role in the decision to move the time up an hour…
“Yes, you know, it was both sides. The latest weather report going to be really, really bad, potentially at 4 o’clock. Guys want to move it up and try to get as much in as we can before that happens. Maybe it blows over. We came here to play a football game, so we were going to play at 8 in the morning. We just wanted to play, and our guys responded well to the change in schedule. But, yeah, it was a joint decision between Georgia and Austin Peay.”

On Gunnar Stockton…
“I love that kid. Man, he is a fighter, a tremendous leader. You can see the things that don’t show up in the box for him. You know, he’s a great leader for the Georgia program. I think Coach Smart does an unbelievable job. You know, Coach Schumann, Coach Bobo, they run a first-class organization. They’re guys that play hard, and it was fun watching them and preparing for them all week.”

Quarterback Chris Parson