Coming off a tough, close loss to No. 6 Ohio State in Columbus, Pat Fitzgerald and several players met with the media for their weekly press conference. Here’s what they had to say.

• Anthony Walker will be wearing No. 11 to honor teammates and roommate Matthew Harris, who recently retired from football.

Pat Fitzgerald

• Clayton Thorson was offensive player of the week, Austin Carr was the big playmaker.
• Tyler Lancaster was defensive player of the week, Godwin Igwebuike was the big playmaker.
• Jared McGee was the special teams player of the week.