After a crushing and strangely-ending one-point loss to Western Michigan, Pat Fitzgerald and players met with the media.

Head coach Pat Fitzgerald

-On his team’s preparation: “It’s a disappointing outcome to the football game. I thought, from a camp standpoint, that we were prepared.”

-On the late fumble that resulted in a touchback: “They said it was a fumble that went into the end zone, and if the defensive player had possession, then it’s a touchback.”

-He added that fumbling in that situation is an absolute no-no.

-Fitzgerald said that the officials told him that when Davontae Ginwright possessed the ball in the end zone, it was a dead ball.