Post-Game Quotes: Iowa

First of all credit to Michigan State, they played an outstanding game. We clearly did not. We really didn’t play well enough in any of the phases to expect to be victorious tonight. Again, credit to them and we make no excuses at all in this thing. One thing about it, conference play, it is a test every week, and we certainly did not pass this test. We are going to have to get back up on our feet. In a nutshell, we did not play well offensively in the first half. We really could not sustain much and get much going. And then defensively, it looked like an uncharacteristic game, it has been a while since we have played like that. We were not sharp in any phase, did not tackle well. Such is a bad combination. We came back in the second half to give ourselves a chance to get back in it, just could not respond in a real positive way. Credit to them, they did a great job and certainly deserved the win. The only positive thing I can say outside of the fact that they have a good attitude and they work hard, the kick return was a little bit of a surprise. I think Michigan State has only had four returns this year against them, and they did a good job. I thought that unit did a good job and certainly gave us a little spark out there. It was not enough, so we’ll get back on our feet and get to work tomorrow.

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