He's sitting so great at that university. What's he's done with that program is unprecedented. If he ever calls on me, I'm there. He's a diamond, I'll tell you.

It has to be like Hawaii. We went in there and it was about basketball, and we took them one at a time.

If you would have told me before the season this would have happened, I would have been a little skeptical,

If you play football long enough, you know that's how it goes. Everybody always has something to say. But who cares?

It's a wonderful opportunity, and I just thank my coaches so much for getting me here and having the faith and trust in me to get it done. I thank my teammates for rallying behind me. It's a wonderful feeling.

It was a step in the right direction. But it's just one game. We've got to have a short memory. We'll watch the film and learn from our mistakes and take it to the yard at home against Buffalo.

They played a great game in 74. They played a good defensive game. But we came on back and got strong and won another national title.

A lot of people don't understand how good that team was. We dominated from start to finish.

Determination. The toughness. We've heard that we're not able to go then we're going to go. The little nicks that we can fight through. That's just all about being tough and just wanting to get out on the field and give 100 percent.

The vets are telling me it's loud and we've been working a lot on our protection schemes,