14 Quotes by Chris Spielman

The exposure the Big Ten gets is national, ... A high school quarterback in California can get up at 9 o'clock on a Saturday morning and watch a Joe Tiller-coached team at Purdue and say, 'Wait a second. They throw the ball there. I like that and want to be a part of it.'

But it will be a new test of his coaching skills. . . . He has to find a way to turn around an underachieving team.

If A.J. flies off the board and a couple of other linebackers fly off the board, then, (Carpenter has) a shot to get picked in the first round. If they don't, then he's certainly going to be a second-rounder. But after draft day, it doesn't really matter. All that's thrown out the window, and he's going to have the opportunity to play and be a contributor somewhere.

I think it's great, ... I tell everybody that this is the best job in the world.

Look at the conference as a whole, and I don't think it's any question it's the strongest conference in the country.

This game has so many subplots because of all the ridiculous talent on the field,

It's a dream game for college football fans.

The best advice I got was to enjoy it. It's an opportunity you've been waiting for your whole life. Don't dread it, but embrace it. It's something that you can take with you for a long time.

Four guys go out and four guys go in like the storm troopers in the Star War movies.