It's all gone pretty fast. I don't want to move on, but I know I have to. |
It's special. As a defensive guy, you don't get to score touchdowns very often. It's a great way to go out. It gives us great momentum going into next week. |
It's tough to explain to them. Guys from out of state may have an idea of what it's about, but once you get here it's completely different. I know once I got here I realized how different it was - and I grew up an hour away from Columbus. |
Obviously we're not big defensive ends who are going to get 15 to 18 sacks a year. We're not going to be a running back who's going to rush for 1,500 yards. It's a spot where there's three or four of them on the field. I guess you can justify not taking guys too high. |
Once your bowl game is over this is what you work for. That's why I want to come here and compete. I don't want to delay it any longer. I'm ready to get back to doing some football-type things instead of working on mainly these drills. |
People always try to get us in linebacker battles with the other teams. But we're trying to be the best defense in the country. We're going in as a defense and to make a statement. |
She's rooting for her brother. She better. She's known him a lot longer than me. |
That's something some of the guys on the team started, and I guess it caught on. |
That's what we do every game: affect the quarterback and just be a physical defense - a defense that people like to watch. |
There are certain guys you want to hit, and some you don't. I try to take everyone's head off, to tell the truth. I'm not going to play differently regardless. I'm out there to play 100 percent every play, whoever it is. If it was my own brother, I wouldn't change my play. |
There was a lot of pressure on everybody, but really no extra pressure. We just needed to relax and do what our coaches have taught us. |
They completed a lot of balls. But when we needed to make plays, we did. |
They found some playmakers on their team. They are playing with a lot of confidence. |
We get to end our career here where he played, and we have a lot of respect for him and what he did. |
We knew Notre Dame was coming out to make plays. They have a ton of talent [but] we always talk about our next play [being] the most important. |