Losing 40-14 to Duke [last week], that's a tough loss. When you lose 28-26, that's even tougher because you knew you had a shot to win it.

We were more active on defense. They [defense] didn't play conservative. They attacked things.

We've got a chance to play for a conference championship and a chance to play for a winning season.

We were ahead by 15 at halftime and I wasn't sure if it was going to be enough with this bunch. But I felt good about the way we handled the second half.

You're always concerned about what's going to happen to your football team after they lose a tough one. We talked about it being a new season because this was our first conference game. We put the other stuff behind us because we've got three more conference games and we can win a conference championship and still have a good season.

It's big. We just really needed a win.