“We got outcoached. We got outplayed. Simple as that.”

— NU coach Bo Pelini

“On offense, we didn't come off the ball. We didn't catch the ball. We didn't make the right reads at quarterback. We didn't run the ball effectively. On defense, we didn't make plays. We had guys there, we didn't make plays. We didn't play well enough. You have to make plays in this game. You have to step up and make plays. We didn't do it. It's simple as that.”

— Pelini on the game

“We didn't get the ground game going like the way we thought we could. When that doesn't happen, it's pretty hard to call plays when you're not executing the calls. We missed some wide open receivers. They played better than us in every phase.”

— Pelini on NU's play-calling

“Come on out. We need to come out and execute and play better. It's a simple game. Do what you're coached to do. When you're there, execute, make the play. We gave them some things today which was very disappointing on the defensive side of the ball. We were in position to make plays and we didn't.”

— Pelini on his halftime message

“He didn't execute the offense well enough. We didn't help him as coaches well enough. Like I said, in a lot of different things we didn't get the job done.”

— Pelini on NU QB Zac Lee

“It wasn't just because it really wasn't them, especially in that first drive. It was luck. We were obviously on the ball. It was just mistakes and things that we could have made plays on and we didn't.”

— NU defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh on if NU was shocked with how Texas Tech drove down the field

“Texas Tech played well, they definitely played well. They didn't make any mistakes, obviously, and they had their chances and made the most of them.”

— Suh on Texas Tech

“We obviously have to work harder, because we're definitely not giving up. We're going to have to get tougher on the offensive side of the ball and get better in practice.”

— NU center Jacob Hickman

“We worked hard all season. I thought we deserved them. The coaches thought we deserved them, but I would be lying if I said (losing after getting them) didn't mean anything. If we would have won, it really would have meant something.”

— NU defensive end Pierre Allen on if receiving the Blackshirts is bittersweet after the loss

“Not really to me. I felt that they'd come out better in the second half. It was a wild atmosphere, this is one of the greatest places in the world to play college football, there's no question as far as the setting, as far as the people.”

— TT coach Mike Leach on if he ever doubted how his team would respond in the atmosphere

“Yeah, we felt really comfortable. It's an exciting place to play, so we all were pretty excited to come up here and get these guys.”

— TT receiver Detron Lewis on playing at Memorial Stadium

“They have quite a team and they played solid the whole game, defensively. But things went well for us and we came out with the win.”

— TT QB Steven Sheffield on NU

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