Pat Fitzgerald

• On the start of the game: “Didn’t start the way we wanted to obviously and you have to credit Purdue for that. We knew we were going to get a fast start from them and obviously we turned the ball over on a fourth down situation and to not pick them up defensively on a fourth down situation was a bit disappointing.”
• On the offense: “Pretty good balance offensively, 253 rushing and 350 passing was great from a balance standpoint. I thought we made some really big plays, especially as the game went on”
• On the second half outburst: “I thought our response in the second half was exactly what we needed to put the game away.