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Missouri Head Coach Gary Pinkel
Opening Statement:
"Indiana, congratulations to them. I thought they played a pretty good game. We battled and had a chance to win in the end and unfortunately we did not get it done. Any time there's a game that close you can go back and find a lot of little things that could have been different. Ultimately, it plays out the way it does. Like any game, win or lose, we'll go back and evaluate what we've done and where we need to improve and things we can correct. That's what we'll work hard to do starting tomorrow morning.”

On Indiana's pass rush:
"It was all or nothing. We either got negative yards or made a big play. We had 500 yards of total offense, we just didn't score enough points. You have to outscore the opponent and we didn't do that. I thought we did the things in the end to be in a position to win, but it just didn't happen."

On Markus Golden's injury and how bad Mizzou missed him:
"He tweaked his hamstring in Wednesday's practice. I thought he might be able to go and he woke up this morning and just didn't feel like he could go. It's unfortunate he couldn't play, but we're going to get him back and that's the good news. I think we'll have him back next week. And you're going to lose players, but you have to make up for it and that's what we have to do so there are no excuses.”

On Maty Mauk scrambling and handling the pass rush:
"They came after us a little bit. I thought there was a time in the second quarter when he was struggling a little bit. He came back in the second half and settled down. He's a young player and hasn't played a lot. I thought he certainly did some good things and there are some areas he needs to improve.”

On the defense's response after the pass interference penalty in the final minute:
"You have to respond. That's mental toughness. Things happen and you have to make sure you respond. It was a good call. Our defense did a great job. We threw the pick in the third quarter and the defense gets a stop and they didn't get any points. So that was a great stop by our defense there.”

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MU Player Quotes
Sophomore LB Michael Scherer
On the loss:
“Losing is tough. We've got to stick together and get better. It's all we can do.”

On missing Markus Golden:
“He's a leader. He's one of the best defensive ends in the country. Not to say the kids that stepped in today didn't do a great job because they did. It's tough to lose a guy like that.”

On Indiana's offense:
"They were going really fast. They were running the same play over and over again. They were tiring us out a little bit."

Senior OL Mitch Morse
On missing Markus Golden:
“We came in this week preparing to win. This is our coming to Jesus moment. We're going to be attached at the hip this week to the guys that are backing us up.”

On the loss:
“They out-executed us. For the most part, we just weren't playing Mizzou football. We knew what they were going to do. We just couldn't come up with a win.”

On Mizzou's penalties:
“I think it comes down to mental errors. That comes back to what we can focus on in practice and what we can focus on in the next games.”

Senior TB Marcus Murphy
On beating themselves:
“Not to take anything away from Indiana because I think they had a good offensive and defensive scheme, but I think if we had executed better it would have been different.”

On the next game:
“I think next week will be a big week in terms of preparation. It's just adversity, and we have to battle every day. We have to come out next week and be focused.”

On Indiana's defense:
"They move around a lot, and they had a lot of linebackers coming up into the box. We have to focus on staying put and not jumping offsides. We'll work on that next week, and go to South Carolina ready to play."

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IU Coach Kevin Wilson
Opening Statement:
“Guys played hard. We made good plays at the end. Good win, Good team. Our team's got a lot to grow and gain on it. It's nice to finally play hard and get on the right side.”

On if he changed the game plan with Markus Golden out:
“No, I mean it made it easier, he's a great player. We didn't really change because they have more good linemen than him. The second team guys always come in (and play hard) so we just tried to be aggressive and attack.”

You talk about Coleman and what happened, and you get him back to the locker room:
“He cramped up. We got a couple IV's in him. This game was probably the most humid we've had for the year. Our guys have to eat right because those things build up, but our trainers did a great job. They IV-ed him up. Great job by our trainers. A lot of our guys were going down. Those weren't faking deals. I mean at the end, I got a little ancy and we needed to go fast. We have to do a better job with our nutrition.”

Final drive and your timeout:
“It was huge as a matter of fact. I did not like the look and called a timeout. I didn't like the look on the bench from our guys not playing. You could tell who had been sitting around waiting and watching. We told them at halftime, we couldn't win and we couldn't lose. All we could do was play and that's all we wanted to do. Dig deep and play as hard as you can. We kept fighting at the end. We played hard enough to be on the right side by one play.”

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IU Players
Senior LB Terrance Plummer
Put into perspective of how this win feels:
“It was an awesome feeling , we were working hard for so long, all fall camp we were working hard, it was just like `Wow this is an amazing feeling.' Of cours,e I can't take the credit because it takes 10 other guys , I can't throw the ball to myself. I like to come in an tone everything down. I don't like to get to hyped, honestly. It's a result of hard work. We have been busting our butts during the summer. It's a great stepping stone, but of course we have a lot more games to go.”

Senior RB D'Angelo Roberts
On what happened in that last play:
“My coaches told me to roll with velocity and get in the end zone, so that's what I did. We are all running backs, we all practice the same, we all have hard practice habits, so when Tevin caught cramps, and I had to come in for a little while, I had to step up.”

On what it means for Indiana to beat a Top 20 team:
“To us, we just came out to play hard and make up for the errors we made last week. Right now, we have another opponent and that's what we are worried about.”

On whether or not he was thinking he would need to go up in the air:
“To be honest, I was prepared to run somebody over, because I noticed a lot of people were on the ground, so that point in time I figured I might as well jump, because I have a 40-inch vertical, why not use it.”

On why he prefers to run down the middle opposed to the outside:
"I consider myself more of a downhill runner, so I really don't prefer to run outside, but as far as running downhill, I can see holes that I know I can make tackles out of.”

Freshman LB Tegray Scales
On the feelings that come with beating Mizzou:
“From our standpoint, it's not a surprise that we won, but it was a big upset in reality. I think we're very excited to know we could do that.”