Quarterback Garrett Nussmeier was clearly upset with the outcome of Saturday’s game and his own personal performance. He believes the rough start offensively to this game in the first half set the team back for the remainder of the game.

“We didn’t play good enough in the first half, you know. I mean our defense was able to get stops for us early on, and we needed to take advantage, and I think that’s what he (Brian Kelly) means by complementary football.” Nussmeier said.

When asked about keeping the team unified rather than divided, offense vs. defense, Nussmeier was direct when saying there is no division in their locker room. He believes that as a leader, he keeps his team together in hard times, and they will come back stronger than before.

“We have a lot of team chemistry, so nobody’s really pointing fingers. I think everyone’s worried about themselves and areas they can improve.” Nussmeier said.

Linebacker Whit Weeks also spoke with the media after the loss, explaining the main theme of this game once again: complementary football.

When asked about the final play of the game when Ole Miss converted a 4th down to eventually kneel out the clock, Weeks said his team just didn’t make the right play in that moment.

“It takes four downs to get them off the field, so you’ve got to play football for four downs and not three.” Weeks said.

Weeks believes going into a bye week will be “huge” for the Tigers to heal up, regroup, and take on the rest of this season.

“There’s nobody that believes in this team more than I do. I mean, receiving core, running backs, offensive line, I could go over every single position group. I believe in these guys more than anybody in the world, and it just hasn’t clicked for us yet.

As mentioned, the Tigers will have a bye week before the South Carolina Gamecocks come to Death Valley on October 11th.