It's a challenge to go against the nation's leading rusher from the last two years. If you play anywhere on defense, you're up for that.

They have a great quarterback. He reads defenses well and gets rid of it in a hurry. We're not going to stop him. He's going to get his yards. But we have to make him earn everything and try to contain him.

(This game) is going to have an impact in a lot of places: recruiting, bragging rights.

We sent them to the New Orleans Bowl with a losing record.

We pretty much know they're going to run the ball,

There aren't too many games on Tuesday. Anybody that likes football will be watching us play.

If we had beat Missouri, UAB and South Carolina, and then lost our conference games, that wouldn't be good,

There are a lot of relationships and a lot of friendships going both ways. It's a great opportunity for everyone, but especially the program.

What we're doing is well-deserved for Al Lucas and the things he did for this program. I'm going to enjoy playing in that black jersey.