You could definitely tell he was getting frustrated. He was yelling at his receivers, yelling at his lineman.

For them, it's got to be even more special. It's their first BCS game in quite some time. The stakes on it are huge.

He (Powers) was just finishing throwing and I felt I was within one step. I probably should have laid off of him.

I definitely felt like we were getting after them. It seemed like we were hitting that guy a lot. He was having a tough time getting time to pass it.

He's tweaking things here and there. You really can't change the way you've ran for the last 20-something years. He does a good job switching things up. Something real subtle can make a big difference. We're doing shuttle, three-cone drills, a lot of stuff for speed and agility.

I didn't know if I would ever be 100 percent, or be able to play like I used to be able to, but I just kept real positive. At the beginning stages, I had lost about 52 pounds pretty quickly, and that took a big toll on me.

I had 46 right there. I just couldn't get that last inch on my right arm. It just kind of gave way. But I was very happy with that performance.

It was huge. It propelled you right through the second half.

It wasn't a pretty picture at all, but I always felt like I could do whatever it took to recover and get back to playing football. I don't remember everything from the worst of it, but I remember being kind of in and out because of all the medication I was on. It's not something you really want to remember.

It's amazing. People get to see you without your helmet on, and it makes them so happy.