And on top of all of that he might be the nicest guy I've ever met. He should be the guy the NCAA puts on all its posters.

The Husky community has been searching for a Don James replacement, and this is the closest they've come to finding someone with that style of running a team.

He's our guy. It's a confidence boost for our team knowing we're not trying to figure out who the quarterback is from one series to the next.

It was just a tough time, and there's an uneasy feeling you get when you don't know what's going on. The unease crept around our program for a good two or three years.

They were a better team, to be honest. They played better than we did, more physical, smarter, more disciplined.

They beat us in every way you can get beat.

It was important to move past that stage. It was a dark page for the university. Coach Willingham brings new light, new blood into the program. It was refreshing.

We want to win this for the coach and for ourselves. This game means a lot to him, and he's part of our family now. If we win, he wins.

With all the scandals and miscellaneous B.S. we've gone through the last few years it's just nice to have a steady rock like coach Willingham.

Yeah, there's a lot of hype to this game, national attention, whatever. In the end, you can't see the cameras on the field. You just play. You see the guy across from you and your teammates and you have to play well, play hard.