compiled by Rivers McCown

WERE YOU SAYING 'YAY' OR 'HEY THAT'S NOT RIGHT?'

"We are athletes, OK? We are athletes. We are not gladiators. This is not the Roman Coliseum. People pay their hard-earned money when they come in here and I believe they can boo, they can cheer and they can do whatever they want, I believe that. We are lucky to play this game. People, it's hard economic times, and they still pay the money to do this. But when somebody gets hurt, there are long lasting ramifications to the game we play, long lasting ramifications to the game we play. I've already kinda come to the understanding that I won't live as long because I play this game and that's OK, that's a choice I've made and a choice all of us have made. But when you cheer, when you cheer somebody getting knocked out, I don't care who it is, and it just so happened to be Matt Cassel -- it's sickening. It's 100 percent sickening. I've been in some rough times on some rough teams, I've never been more embarrassed in my life to play football than in that moment right there." -- Chiefs tackle Eric Winston, on Chiefs fans cheering an injury for Matt Cassel (Arrowhead Pride)

TO BE FAIR, HAVING TO LEGALLY DEFEND JERRY SANDUSKY WOULD MAKE AN ALCOHOLIC OUT OF ANYONE

"They got Belgian beer, man. What the f**k kind of question is that?" -- Jerry Sandusky's attorney, Karl Rominger, answering the question of why he attended Zeno's bar during an impromptu interview with reporters (Crossing Broad)

"You college students are cheap dates, I gotta go find a hooker." -- Rominger (Crossing Broad)

WOULD A REAL INDIANAPOLIS CITIZEN DROP MULTIPLE EXPLETIVES? WOULDN'T THEY JUST SAY "GOSHGOLLY"?

"When [expletive] gets tough, everybody says weird [expletive]. When everything calms down, you realize the bigger picture. Staying here was the bigger picture. The grass ain't always greener. I didn't see myself anywhere else. It had been 11 years, and I've got a lot of fans here. I may have fans throughout North America, but I have more here than anywhere, and I knew Indy was my place." -- Colts wideout Reggie Wayne, on his free agency (Yahoo!)

I'M SURE THE LIONS WOULD HAPPILY GIVE BACK NICK FAIRLEY IF THEY COULD DO IT OVER AGAIN

"We have fans all over the US and I think it is time that they RISE UP and snatch back what satan, himself, has stolen." -- Wife of Auburn head coach Gene Chizik, Jonna, discussing the team on Facebook (Deadspin)

WHEN WILL THEY GET RID OF THE REPLACEMENT COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE?

"The Commissioner says he is disappointed in me. The truth is, I’m disappointed in him. His positions on player health and safety since a 2009 congressional hearing on concussions have been inconsistent at best. He failed to acknowledge a link between concussions & post-career brain disease, pushed for an 18-game regular season, committed to a full season of Thursday night games, has continually challenged players' rights to file workers compensation claims for on-the-job injuries, and he employed incompetent replacement officials for the start of the 2012 season. His actions or lack thereof are by the league’s own definition, 'conduct detrimental.'" -- Browns linebacker Scott Fujita, on the NFL's continued pursuit of Saints bounty violations (Twitter)

"It’s really starting to bother me. How can the NFL continue to say I told them about Bounty & they interviewed me? THIS DID NOT HAPPEN! This Sucks! I NEVER interviewed with anyone from #NFL, No NFL Security, Not Goodell, NO ONE!" -- Former Saints tackle Jimmy Kennedy, on being identified as a bounty informant (Pro Football Talk)

OH, NO! WE SUCK AGAIN!

"It was frustrating. You always think what could I have done better? Maybe I could’ve drank more water during the week. I should’ve known better. I knew it was going to be a hard-fought game. I needed to be hydrated. I totally blame myself." -- LSU linebacker Kevin Minter, on how humidity played a role in LSU's defeat at Florida (Shreveport Times)

MAKE FUN OF THIS IF YOU WILL, BUT LECHARLES BENTLEY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HIM AS A TEAMMATE

"If you want to keep a happy home you have to clean up after yourself. Around here you want all the dirty stuff up. You've got all the tape and guys' drawers and underwear. They gotta pick that stuff up." -- Browns defensive tackle Ahtyba Rubin, trying to keep the locker room clean (Cleveland Plain-Dealer)

CHANTS MADE TO RAZZ OPPOSING QUARTERBACKS ARE FOREIGN IN THE LAND OF BURNING COUCHES

"Where does that come from? Obviously, I don't suck. I'll let them believe that." -- West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith, on Texas fans starting a "Geno Sucks" chant (Awful Announcing)

THE WEEK IN STRANGE THINGS INVOLVING J.J. WATT

"I'm just wondering why they didn't go back and take Michael Strahan's sack away from him when they broke the record." -- Texans defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, on the Elias Sports Bureau taking a sack away from J.J. Watt (Twitter)

"We should have done a better job of accounting for him, and keeping an I Spy on him wherever he is. Essentially don’t throw in that area or throw extremely high. He’s six-six, and he can jump 30 inches, so he’s probably like 15 feet by the time you add it all up." -- Jets owner Woody Johnson, on how the Jets should have played Watt (Pro Football Talk)

HOPEFULLY HE AT LEAST PAID FOR IT HIMSELF ... OR ELSE...

"That's a bad habit of mine. I apologize for that. I guess it's the stress, but there's no excuse for that and that'll be stopped. It shouldn't have been done" -- Illinois head coach Tim Beckman, on chewing tobacco on the sidelines during a game, an NCAA rules violation (USA Today)

IF ONLY THEY HAD A WELL-COMPENSATED FRANCHISE RUNNING BACK TO GET THEM GOING

"I don't believe we're close right now. You look at the games and how we're playing, we don't look like a good team. I wouldn't sit here and say we're close. We need somebody in this locker room to make plays and give us a spark." -- Titans running back Chris Johnson, on his team (Titan Insider)

GET OVER TO KOHLINGEN AND BUY SOME REVIVIFY

"I think it’s mixed. I think some it’s stellar. I think Gino, Gino’s a guy elected team captain this week. Came from not playing hardly at all to elected team captain. A lot of it is just he’s kind of accelerated his focus and effort. Some of them have been great and some of them have been very poor. Some of them have had kind of this zombie-like, go through the motions, everything is like how it’s always been, that’s how it’ll always be. Some of them quite honestly have an empty corpse quality. That’s not pleasant to say or pleasant to think about, but that’s a fact. That’s why it’s been necessary for us to have the youth moment that we’ve had." -- Washington State head coach Mike Leach, on his seniors being leaders (The Spokesman Review)

"0 OUT OF 10 RANGERS FANS KNOW WHO RUSTY GREER IS"

"I think for a large part – and the fans don’t want to hear this – a lot of the people that attend sports in this town, they’re there because it’s kind of just a place to be seen. I didn’t know anybody who went to Rangers games, and then when they started winning and going to World Series, everybody’s wearing Rangers hats and saying, 'Oh yeah, I’m a big Rangers fan.' I’ve always said Dallas isn’t so much a sports town as it is a winner’s town." -- Former Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman, on quiet crowds in Dallas (Dallas Morning News)

PSHT, IN THE FIRST HALF MAYBE

"Seventy-one points generally. Forty-one points is not going to do it in the Big 12 every game. We are going to have to put up high-40s, low-50s, even high-50s maybe against certain teams." -- Iowa State head coach Paul Rhodes, on the state of the Big 12 conference (Ames Tribune)

IT'S NOT THAT WINNING ISN'T FUN, IT'S JUST THAT WE CAN'T ADMIT IT IS

"There won't be any more cameras in the locker room. That's not going to happen again. But you got to remember, 20 minutes before that, we were losing by 10 points … It's OK to celebrate." -- Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin, on cameras picking up his raucous celebration after Saturday's game (CBS Sports)

REEEEALL MENNNNN OF ABSTRACT AND ANONYMOUS CRITICISM

"True men do that. But I don't know who he is, so I can't tell you if he's one." -- Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, on being criticized by an anonymous GM. (NFL.com)

SO THAT YOU LEARN ENOUGH TO NOT PUT STUFF LIKE THIS ON TWITTER

"Why should we have to go to class when we came here to play FOOTBALL, we ain't come here to play SCHOOL, classes are POINTLESS." -- Ohio State backup quarterback Cardale Jones, on his education (Dr. Saturday)

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Posted by: Rivers McCown on 12 Oct 2012

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