Everything Bryan Harsin, players said after losing to LSU

First thing, No. 1 from their team, found out that he was OK. I guess he was back in the locker room as well. It was a scary moment to start the game off and I’m just glad that he’s OK, No. 1.”

“Overall, I thought they played hard and for four quarters we tried to play physical. We tried to play fast against a good football team. I’m proud of our guys for that. And, you know, I thought we got off to a fast start. From that standpoint, the first quarter to second half is an area where we have to improve just throughout this year and that kind of showed up again in the game. Robby (Ashford) did some good things tonight. He threw the ball well and got some yards. So that was good to see.”

“I think the detail of the game comes down to the turnovers when you look at the numbers. We put the ball on the ground too many times and they won the turnover battle. That’s going to be a huge factor when it’s all said and done. It goes back to just a matter of fact in football. I think our guys were working this week very hard to go out there and perform and play well, and they showed that tonight. But some of those things just added up in the game and LSU is a good football team. They’re well coached, they played hard, they made the plays they were able to make and put themselves in a position to win the game. We had our opportunities and for now, we have to go back and look at what we did well, what are the things we have to work on and then just close that gap. We’ve got to find ways to finish and play four quarters. So, all the things that I’ve said before and the things that really do matter. I mean, those are the things that are going to change the game. So, I’m disappointed for our players. And those guys, they put the effort in. We all have to just do a better job and that starts with me.”

“Our fans were great tonight. The energy was great. The crowd was phenomenal. That was as expected from our fans, and they have been that way this whole entire season. I appreciate that and our players do as well. You can feel that out there. That was our advantage tonight. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to win the game.”

“Some positive things we can take away? We’ll take a look at what the offensive line did and what the defensive line did. We’ll evaluate that tomorrow and then well go back to work and get ready for our first road trip. And that’s a really good Georgia team.”

“Well, that’s my job. Every day, I show up and make sure that I’m prepared, and that doesn’t change. I told the team that. That’s always been how I’ve approached each and every day, in every job I’ve had. That will be no different. Tomorrow, we have things to work on. Win or lose, you’re always going to find ways to improve this football team. That’s really what it comes down to. So that’s how I approach each and every day. I mean, our players know that. Everybody on our staff knows that. It’s always been the mentality that we have this football team, you know, they deserve to have a chance to go back out, prepare themselves and be a better football team next week. That’s what we’ll do. We’ll handle what we can control. And we’ll go out there and get ourselves ready for this next week, learn from this game, and move on to Georgia.”

“That was a field position. I don’t think we were in field goal range at that point. We had our marks of where we wanted to be, and we felt like if we were going to punt it, it wasn’t going to be that much of a difference if you put it in the end zone. We’ve been aggressive on that. I still think that was the right thing to do. And we were wanting to afford that divergence. It really just came down to a position standpoint.”

“It did not really bother me. We need to put players in the best positions for us to win the game, and I do what I am asked. I have fun doing it and I just want to compete. I just want to win, and we are going to get there.”

“I mean it hurts and I know what we have to do. We just have to execute. We have to keep the same momentum we have in the first half and carry it over to the second half. We have to get better at that.”

“We played our hearts out there. Mistakes were made and that cost us some big plays but overall, we played our hearts out that whole entire game. I am still proud of my guys, even though we did not get the outcome we had wanted.”

“It is frustrating. We just have to do a better job on our end and take care of the ball. We can’t have too many turnovers like that because that can really hurt us. We just have to be better all around.”

“The biggest thing is just sticking together. We knew we had that game and there were a couple of opportunities. We gave that game away. We have to take care of the ball better and on defense and we have to get more stops obviously. We’re going to keep grinding, put in work tomorrow, and get prepared for Georgia.”

“A lot, a lot. Especially when you feel like you put yourself in the position to win the game and things secure. They had things that went to their favor, but I’ll give it to them, they’re a good football team. We knew that going in and knew we had to prepare for them. Obviously, things did not fall out in the end, so it hurts really bad.”

“That’s the name of the game really. Execute for four quarters. We did really well early, and that has been the tale of our tapes lately. That’s something we have to work on. That has to be our number one on the offensive, just being consistent. I thought we played a really good game overall, some things just here and there that didn’t go our way and mistakes we do not normally make. Overall, I thought the offensive executed pretty well the entire game, a lot of yards and we were moving the ball, but you have to get in the end zone. That was the tale of the tape today for sure.”

“We’re flipping the page tomorrow. We want to be 2-0 in the SEC, and we are not, we are 1-1. But it’s still early in the season and we’re going to get to work tomorrow, get ready for Georgia, and just be a better team next Saturday.”