6 Quotes by Chris Carothers

We couldn't run the ball today and obviously we couldn't throw the ball. That's not a good combination.

Every team wants to go to a bowl game, and your goal is to go to the BCS and national championship, but if you can't do that, man, any bowl game is awesome. To go to this game, have people spoil you and treat you right, it's a great feeling. It's the icing on the cake.

The running game is a big part of our offense, but you've got to have balance. We can't be a one-dimensional team.

It's a start. From here, we go on to bigger and better things.

It's disappointing to have a big goose egg on the scoreboard at the end of the game. You expect to come in and win this game, but it is what it is. ... Their defense is a good bunch of players, and they took it to us. The passing game is a huge part of why the offense couldn't succeed, and it hurt us.

This is a glory game. One that will last forever because you will look back on it several years down the road.