You couldn't ask for anything better. This senior class was recruited on a promise that we would be at this level.

I really can't stress how important it is to us. None of us have had a bowl win since I've been here. It's been a goal for us since last season to go to a big bowl, and it would be spectacular for us to get a win and go out on top.

I'm kind of glad. As players, you want to focus on one thing. That's playing the game.

They were talking on TV about how much more speed Rutgers had than Pitt, and you could see that. They got a lot of talent everywhere.

Oh, man, there's a lot. Obviously, D.J. Shockley is a great quarterback.

We practice it every day; this is the first time we ever had to use it. It came up huge. Phil actually has a lot of speed ... especially for a punter.

We played an inspired game that night. It's hard not to when you play in front of a crowd like that.

It felt good to work for four years and finish doing everything we had wanted to do -- win the Big East and play in a (Bowl Championship Series) game.

People have to realize Rutgers isn't the same team historically that they've been. It's pretty easy to tell they're a good football team.

He tends to remind me about that a lot. You just have to roll with the punches around here.