I was, like, there's not going to be any tears shed out of these eyes.

I just feel great to have the opportunity to go out there and try to make the team.

Once he stepped on campus he stuck to his word. From the beginning he said this is how it's going to be and this is what he wanted us to do. Every day in practice he stayed consistent and that consistency is something that goes on to the players. He made my senior year unbelievable. I think I owe him a lot in that sense.

We've elevated this program to a level of a BCS bowl where there is no doubt that you're one of the top teams in the nation. To see that change over the last few years, that to me is my number one memory.

That depends a lot on this game. We've worked so much, but if we don't handle business now ...

There's a tremendous amount of exhilaration, but I also think that this is what we expected.