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On what happened
"I think it was our mistakes. We scored once and it gets called back for holding, we get down to the 4-yard line and we get called for holding again, we get called for offsides twice which was stupid. We just kept saying we can't be like that, this is not our football, we don't play like this, what are we doing, what's going on. But at the same time, that's what happened, that's how the game went."
On how he feels
"(Ticked), extremely (ticked) off. I mean, I don't know what else to say. You go out there and play as hard as you can and that's just what happens.
"I feel like this is the national championship all over again - stupid penalties, stupid mistakes, I mean, roughing the passer, holding, offsides, personal fouls. I mean, what the (heck) is a matter with us."
On it being tougher after this same group just lost the national title game with other bad penalties
"Especially this is the second time through. It's a big game - every big game we end up blowing it for ourselves. Not to say they're not a great team, but we had a lot of penalties.
"I think it might be nervousness. A lot of guys are out here and as much as we just say that it is just a game, it is, but guys come out here, they see 100,000 people and they get antsy and we can't play that way anymore.
"When we walked in at halftime and nobody was saying anything, I mean, what the (heck), we're Ohio State, we should be screaming and swearing and saying anything we could think of, and guys are hanging their head and you don't know what to say to them. You start screaming and they just put their head down even more, and we can't play like that. If we play like that the rest of the season, we won't be any good."
