Coach Davis told me to take what they give you, ... Whatever it takes to win the ball game. I don't care if I have to run it 100 times or pass it 100 times, whatever it takes to win.

There were a lot of trials and tribulations he went through. He could have just quit. But he's still here. I'm looking forward to handing the ball off and seeing the different moves and seeing him be explosive and making big plays.

They're a top 10 team. They made plays. It was important for me to show poise and be ready to make plays when we got the ball back.

I kept telling the guys on the sideline the defense would get the ball back for us,

I was walking down the sidelines telling the guys, 'We've been though this (before) play by play,' ... The defense is going to give us the ball and they did a great job.

Our last decade had been the most successful of Iowa State football. You can't discount that overnight because a 19-year-old student puts the ball on the ground at the 1-yard line.

Our defense was incredible, ... I'll take the sack and let them get the ball back for us.

If you're completing the ball downfield to your receivers, you're a quarterback.

We didn't do what we should have on the offensive side of the ball last year. We look at it now as knowing we don't have to do big things to win a big game.