On the match
"You've got to grind out some matches. You've got to pick up important takedowns. I thought we did that at 125, '33 and '41 (pounds). I thought Ryan Freeman did a good job just being competitive for where he's at right now. Newly McSpadden looked pretty Newly -– not enough when it came crunch time, gave up important takedowns. Overall, a little bit of a slugfest out there. It seems like we're still struggling a little bit with our offense. Hopefully we can put the pieces back together there."
"There are certain things that we need to be doing that we're struggling a little bit doing. With time, hopefully we can get to that point. Good win though."
On his team's effort
"I don't walk out of this match very pleased with our effort. What I do walk out with is you've got to find ways to win when things are not looking real good. I thought that some of our ‘A' guys, guys that wrestled hoping to get some bonus points, struggled in some of their matches, but at the same time they picked up key takedowns to make the difference."
On Iowa State
"They were aggressive. They came out and pushed and shoved a lot. We've got to do a better job of controlling the center. They definitely exposed a little bit of what we are having problems at."
Brandon Mason (Oklahoma State)
On his match and the dual
"I knew what the team score was. It was kind of sour in my mouth after Missouri, going out there and the team needed a major decision to win the dual and I didn't get it. So I was motivated to go out there for the team and get (the major decision against Iowa State)."
"I was pretty confident that a bonus point victory would be the difference because Jack (Jensen) wrestled (Varner) tough last year ... So I knew if I went out and got the major and Jack wrestled tough, which he did, we'd win the dual. I didn't wrestle a great match, but I guess I did enough to get the major."
On Iowa State
"They came here to wrestle hard. There were a couple of matches at the beginning that could have gone either way. (Jared) Rosholt wrestled a heck of a match. He will finish that by the end of the year. He had the only two shots in the match, really. As soon as he finishes them I think he can beat anybody."
On Jake Dieffenbach
"(Jake Dieffenbach) was the missing ingredient that we needed. He hasn't been feeling that good lately, and he's beaten tough kids. He's shown a lot of heart the last two weeks."
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