Baylor Head Coach Art Briles

Opening Statement:
"If you like games like tonight, I guess you would think it was a good game. The two teams fought hard and I thought the two teams battled hard. The effort on both sides was extremely (good). I thought our guys played extremely hard. I think at the end of the day, turnovers were the telling tale in the game - you just can't have that many turnovers and win a football game - especially this late in the year."

On the procedures for balls under weather conditions:
"I think you would have to talk to our equipment team. We tried to keep a dry ball out there every chance we could, but it's hard to do when it's raining the whole game."

On player safety due to weather conditions:
"No, not at all. It's cold and wet. We had guys sliding on the grass a little bit, but safety wasn't an issue."

On weather conditions impact on offense and turnovers:
"I think the elements had a whole lot to do with our play. I thought Chris [Johnson] played hard - I thought he played valiantly. It's just hard to execute in those conditions. I don't know how Boykin's stats were with throwing the ball. It's just hard to be real effective in those conditions."

On when Johnson was hit and fumbled the ball:
"We were actually playing for a field goal. We felt like we had a guy open in the end zone - it just didn't work out."

On Devin's performance in last play:
"He's been good the last few weeks. He's finally gotten healthy - he's a powerful guy. Last play, there probably should've been a different formation - we switched around and changed it at the end. It's not Devin's fault, though. He got us there, and he's going to get us there again."