Sept. 10, 2005

2005 Ohio Football
Ohio Head Coach Frank Solich Quotes
Ohio vs. Pittsburgh
Sept. 9, 2005

On the final play of the game:
"It was just a matter of Dion being Dion, and being in the right spot now three times for us. I don't know if there is anyone else in the country that's gotten off to this kind of start."

On his feelings after the win:
"I'm really pleased for our players. They did a great job, and hung in there for four quarters."

On the crowd:
"The student body I thought was outstanding. They showed up, and they were a factor in this game."

On the improvement in this game compared to last week vs. Northwestern:
"We decided to shuffle guys in a little bit more and try to keep guys fresh. I thought the defensive coaches did a great job with their game plan. We did simplify some things, and I think that probably helped."

On Pitt running back the opening kickoff:
"That's just about as bad a start as you're going to get. You've got people in the seats, our players were really excited about playing the game, and then to have one returned on you right on the opening kickoff kind of takes all the wind out of you. But to their credit, they just came back, and continued to battle."

On the first half:
"We just had bad field position through a good share of that first half, and I never thought we were going to get ourselves out of that hole, and that might translate into more points for them. But that did not happen, and then we kind of hung around for a little bit and then all of a sudden it became a ball game."