All I did, I shook his hand, just said, 'Hello' and that was about it.

He's worked his tail off to give himself a chance. He's accountable and dependable. He's played more than I ever thought he would have when he came here as a freshman.

In a bowl, I think you can always expect something that you haven't seen during the season. But when all the dust settles, we are who we are, and we're going to try and get the ball to Calhoun ...

I remember Brian was putting water on him, and I was feeling for his pulse. Once the paramedics got there, we cleared out.

They've got a good defense. It's not going to be an easy game at all.

The one thing that I took from him as a coach was the way he made every guy on the team feel good about themselves. I'm sure there were some exceptions, as always. But most of the guys truly liked playing for him. And you always felt like he really cared about you.

The way (Alvarez) built this program, it speaks volumes. What I think is pretty neat is that he did it his way. There's a lot to learn from that. He does a great job of communicating.

And we thought we were going to be a decent team.

We were pretty fortunate last year. Now we're trying to find some other guys. That has been frustrating. You can't even get a play run. That's not very good.

We've got a long way to go. We've got a lot of work to do.