So, I thought we had a chance to be a nice football team. Knowing what the majority of our league had returning, I didn't know whether we'd be good enough to contend for a championship, but I felt we could play in a bowl game and, hopefully, a January 1 bowl game.

I grew up a poor kid in Pennsylvania. I went to Nebraska because I saw them play in an Orange Bowl and I wanted to play in that game.

I like the fact that we can go to a bowl game and reward them (the scout team players) as well as the starters.

You can talk about buildings, you can talk about bowl victories. I think the thing I'm most proud of is we brought pride back to our fans, to our football program.

There can be a lot of distractions during a bowl game. The team that can stay focused can win. I think that's one reason you see a lot of upsets.