Who Said What: Last Night's Quotes

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Photo by Britney Howard| UK Athletics[/caption] After the Wildcats lost to the Tigers 20-10 last night, the post game press conference was jam packed with interesting quotes from both teams. Here are the ones you need to know.

Gary Pinkel-Mizzou Head Coach

On Shane Ray:

"I'm happy for him. He is such a team player. He is a good leader. He talks to the team just like a senior captain. Players have great respect for him because he works incredibly hard and he performs at this high level all the time."

On Coach Kadlec:

"I was at the visitation last night, and I told his family that we were going to dedicate this game to Coach. For me, that's so awesome that we won this football game. He's just a great person that touched thousands of people. Anyone who knows the guy knows how much he loved the University of Missouri. I thank God that I was able to have a 14-year relationship with him."

Kentrell Brothers- Junior, LB

On how they shut down Patrick Towles:

"We knew that he wanted to run so our first thing was on passes, make sure we contain him and don't let him get outside of the pocket. Then on the power plays, you know they run a lot of wildcat and they get him out but we knew they still had the option to give it back to him and throw it. Just to contain him a little bit, we knew that their offense wouldn't be able to do much.

On Towles' weak throw game:

"I knew they were going to run. Looking over the games, they see some teams were able to run against us. It didn't surprise me that they were going to try that but once they saw that it wasn't working, they tried to throw a little bit more."

Michael Scherer- Sophomore, LB

On Mizzou's SEC East standing:

"You've got to win every game. It's been the same thing from day one. We've got to finish out the season and win the rest if we want to be back in the championship. It's on us. That doesn't matter. It's been on us. We just have to keep coming out every week and playing and really executing."

Coach Stoops

Opening:

"Very disappointed in our effort. We really got beat from the start of the game to the end. They really got after us and played very well. Give them credit, they beat us. We need to do a better job. We need to find a way to move the football. Start faster. We need to find a way to get off the field on critical third downs, whether it be execution or them beating us. I think that's the bottom line and the message with today is that they beat us. They beat us in every one-on-one matchup, they outcoached us, they outplayed us and it wasn't a good enough effort. I'm very disappointed in the way we came in here and played."

On Towles not passing:

"Well, we only had 20 plays I think (in the first half). I mean, we couldn't get a first down, so there are not a lot of opportunities. We came into the game with an effort to run the ball a little bit, and then when you don't get a first down, you have very few possessions. That's a big part of it."

On play execution:

"I have to be careful because I'm very frustrated right now, and I don't want to go off. That team was much tougher than us. And they beat us. They beat us in every one-on-one situation."

Patrick Towles

On Mizzou's D:

"Missouri's defense is better, secondary is better than Mississippi States, we just have to make plays. When we are one-on-one situation, I have to make it happen and make throws. There are some times where I did tonight, and there are some times where I didn't."

On if there's sixth win pressure:

"I don't think so. It's a pressured situation, we all feel it, but we want it. It's all healthy and it's all natural."

Mikel Horton

On Kentucky's execution:

"We didn't execute well enough, there is no excuse for that. We have to practice harder."

On his lateral running instead of vertical running:

"Mizzou has a great defense, one of the best defenses I think we have played against. They were physical and they beat us this game. For next week, we have to be more physical, consistent and have the mentality that no one can stop us."

On winning one more game:

"We really won't think about it. We are focusing on being consistent as a team. We really couldn't care less about a bowl game right now. It's a great bonus to play with my brothers, but we have to focus on learning how to play as a team."