[Among those who made the last-minute switch: writers in Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Many will wonder whether they and their counterparts in the coaches' poll succumbed to the lobbying efforts of 'Horns coach Mack Brown and/or pressure from their constituencies.] I thought it was a little classless how Coach Brown was begging for votes after the [Texas A&M] game, ... I think a team's record and the way you play should speak for itself. |
[By being passed over by 23 teams in the draft instead of being picked first as had been early speculation, quarterback Aaron Rodgers lost about $14 million, just in guaranteed money.] It doesn't change his life at all, ... It affects his portfolio, which he's not going to spend 10 seconds thinking about for the next several years. |
And frankly, if we got to that situation, it would be real hard for me not to have a problem . . . well, no, I'd never have a problem playing. But the way they'd be doing it would definitely not sit easy with me. |
Anyone who watched the game would see we were the dominant team. We drove the ball up and down the field and our defense played great. |
Brady's a great quarterback, ... But I've got Brett Favre on my team. I've been paying attention to everything he's been doing for the last three weeks. |
Brett was phenomenal today, ... The day before his 36th birthday, he looked like a 22-year-old out there. Unbelievable. |
Brett was phenomenal today. The day before his 36th birthday, he looked like a 22-year-old out there. Unbelievable. |
Brett's done too much for this organization for them ever to sit him down, |
He has nothing left to prove. At the same time, he still has the desire and ability. Although you might not believe me, I hope he comes back. |
He made fun of me a lot. He made me shave my beard. He gets on me and J.T. (O'Sullivan, another quarterback) for being from the West Coast. |
He was very emotional. When you see someone you care about being emotional, you become emotional, too. Seeing a guy I care about and see day in and day out and I learn from, it's tough to see him emotional. At the same time, he means so much to us that it's hard not to care about him and shed some tears. |
I didn't expect to play at all this season, but I thank Brett for giving us such a big lead, ... Someone asked me if I was nervous before I went in. I was like, 'We're up 45-3, what do I have to be nervous about?' It was a lot of fun out there. |
I get the same game plan Brett gets, |
I had a dilemma. (Robert) Ferguson kept telling me to change the play in the huddle to a go route. But I couldn't do that. |
I knew 30 minutes before game time, |