To go to a bowl game as part of a BCS conference is a pretty big deal. A lot of things came together to make this happen. I always expect big things to happen.

It's a sense of contentment that we reached a bowl this year. But we're really driven to win a football game.

Everybody is so excited about getting to a bowl ? but it is not enough. We want to win this football game and that's it. I would hope that every player on our team wants to win in the worst way and does all they can to do that.

I couldn't wait for the day when we could use our own fields to practice for a bowl game. I won't miss seeing (the other teams).