Ole Miss Head Coach Houston Nutt

On Kentucky throwing a lot of deep balls at the beginning of the game …
“I felt like that’s the strength of this quarterback. When Newton went down and we found out that this guy would be starting we knew that was his strength, hand the ball off and throw the deep ball. They max everything up and throw some one-on-one routes. We were trying to stop the run and get them off the field but we put ourselves in some one-on-one situations.”

On settling for field goals on the first two drives …
“We missed a block on the first drive, we missed a couple blocks in the red zone that normally lead to scores. You have to give credit to No. 22 (Danny Trevathan), he is a football player, he makes a bunch of tackles. We stopped ourselves really and then we got a touchdown called back.”

On his feelings at the end of the third quarter …
“We felt good, felt good about the sideline and everybody involved. We were making plays, we just didn’t make any in the fourth quarter to win this game and that is what is really frustrating.”

On the missed pass on the first drive …
“I thought it hit his hands, I didn’t have a great angle but I thought it should have been caught. Without watching the film I’m not 100-percent but those are the kind of plays you have to make to win games in the SEC.”

On the effort of his team …
“I thought we played really hard, I thought we juiced up and went to another level in the third quarter. Bottom line, nothing is good enough when you don’t win and everything looks worse.”

Ole Miss Players

#1, Randall Mackey, QB

On critical penalties…
“It’s our own mistakes as an offensive unit, we just keep backing ourselves up. That’s on us.”

On settling for two field goals instead of touchdowns to start the game…
“The touchdown pass to Donte Moncrief, they called it pass interference, I didn’t see it as pass interference though. If we could have had those two drives back we could have killed them in the first quarter.”

On the penalties being due to a distraction because of losing games…
“No, it’s just hard for a coach to call a play when it’s second and third and twenty-one.”

#14, Serderius Bryant, WLB

On if there is a lack of confidence on the team…
“A little bit in the second half, like it’s a different vibe. We’ll keep bringing each other up though and I think we’ll have a pretty good team.”

On if he believes there is good leadership on the team…
“I feel like there is a lot of good leadership. There are a lot of good leaders on the team, we just have to step up and do what it takes to win.”

On if enough players on the team believe in what they can accomplish…
“As of right now, I’d say no. We just need to stay together, stay focused and get some wins and it’ll change the way they think.”

#12, Donte Moncrief, SE

On whether or not youth is the problem for the team right now…
“I don’t think it’s being young, I think there is just some stuff we need to work on.”

On how much Kentucky’s pass rush affected the passing game…
“They were getting a lot of pressure on (Randall) Mackey, but Mackey is a tough quarter back and he stuck it out to try and get us a win. I thought he played really well tonight.”

On how much the receivers had to break off routes…
“We had to break them off a lot because the defensive line was getting a lot of pressure on the quarterback.”

On if he thought his first quarter touchdown catch that was called back for offensive pass interference was a penalty…
“It was a defensive back and a receiver in the SEC. That’s how we play in the SEC we both battle for the ball and they just called me for it.”