"It's going to be a great game. You don't play an unbeaten team in March very often. It will be a tremendous challenge."

"Winning this game would do a lot for us nationally. It puts your program in a permanent national status."

"It just wasn't there. This wasn't the game I was looking for, not the way I wanted to leave."

"Our running game is going to be solid, ... but our passing game may be as good as it's ever been."

"I told them after the game that you might have outside influences who try to split you apart, but the important things you need to stay together."