Postgame Quotes
October 21, 2000 | Football
UCLA head coach Bob Toledo
"I'm proud of the way the ball team battled back. It was a great football game. I told our players that the game doesn't swing on just one play. It swings on half a dozen from both teams."
"It was a heck of a football game. Hats off to Oregon State. They made plays when they needed to. I feel bad for the team. They worked extremely hard this week and worked extremely hard for this game."
"They wore us down with their long drives. Third down conversions were huge for them. We were on the field a lot."
"We showed we didn't wilt during the fourth quarter. We fought back but our defense was on the field so much and we gave up a few plays. We just got beat."
Oregon State Dennis Erickson
"This win keeps us on the race which is unusual for Oregon State. It was also our sixth win. Coming back from being down 31-21 says a lot about our team."
"We battled and kept coming back. So did UCLA. Both teams played very hard."
"Both teams were moving the football a lot in the first half. Then we started making some big plays and we started doing better with our passing."
On beating UCLA and USC:
"It's very special for this team to come down and beat perennial winners UCLA and USC is very special, especially in the same year."
"Our quarterback played better than I've seen him play ever. He played extremely well for us today."