I believe he was trying to steal a line from John Mckay when a reporter asked about his team’s execution and he quipped he was “in favor of it.” This is a line that was also stolen by Rick Carlisle when his team gave up a 21 point lead.
Real story of that game is McKenzie Milton’s comeback. Not quite the level of Alex Smith’s comeback, but miraculous, nonetheless. Here is an article from before the ND-FSU game about the reconstruction that took place.