“How could I not pick Penn? I founded the school!”

—ESPN analyst Lee Corso, dressed as Benjamin Franklin, on why he picked the Quakers to win at Franklin Field.

“After Wednesday night, I told [our players] that the circus was over.”

—Penn coach Al Bagnoli, explaining his decision to restrict his team’s access to ESPN, the New York Times, Washington Post, and other big media outlets that had converged on Philadelphia for this weekend’s game.

“Our band still hasn’t figured out that our band shouldn’t play when we have the ball. I’ve gotta talk to them or something.”

—Bagnoli, addressing the issue of crowd noise and why he had to yell so loud to get his play calls in to quarterback Mike Mitchell.

“I’m surprised I ran so fast on the sideline. I’m not normally that fast.”

—Penn defensive end Chris Pennington, who scooped up a Neil Rose fumble in the first quarter and rumbled 51 yards for the score.

“We knew that if we came out and played our game, this could be a blowout and this could be a lot of fun.”

—Quaker co-captain Travis Belden, telling the media that he really didn’t anticipate a close game, as others had forecast.

“I wouldn’t trade Rob Milanese for any other player on any of these other teams.”

—Mitchell, talking about the lack of respect shown to Milanese compared to the likes of Harvard’s Carl Morris and Brown’s Chas Gessner.

“Our school newspaper likes to give the opposing team’s receivers the edge in the matchup section. I [hung] that in my locker before the game and I think I proved them wrong a couple times today.”

—Milanese, commenting on his nine-catch, 139-yard performance and how that compared to Morris’ three-catch, 16-yard effort.