Mike's back and he's healthy. We're looking forward to him having a great game. |
My confidence was fine (against Eastern Michigan), |
Nobody wants to have five losses. It's been a while since we actually did have five losses, and we don't want to be the team that had five losses. We're going to try our hardest not to be that team. |
Notre Dame has a great defense, |
Now we need to put together two wins and come out with great emotion every time. |
Sometimes he gets a little worked up and I try to calm him down and tell him to go out there and make plays. |
The expectations here are very high and we know that coming in. We're going to try our hardest every year to be on top of the Big Ten and play as a team to be there. |
The experience (a year ago) really helped, |
There were a lot of opportunities out there, and I just didn't execute, ... It wasn't the pressure. I'm used to that. The ball wasn't there where it was supposed to be. A couple of (passes) were high. I just didn't come out and execute today. |
There were some games where we left some plays on the field. But now, when big plays present themselves, we're clicking. |
They stopped us a couple of times but we knew once in a while you're going to get a play and you have to hit it, ... It's a great victory. This means we're coming back. We're bouncing back in the Big Ten. |
We can't make excuses. People just need to step up and play their role. Injuries aren't a factor. We were prepared this week and we just didn't come out and execute. |
We just get what we deserve. We didn't have as great a season this year as last year, but we're just happy to be in a bowl. |
We've got to boost our enthusiasm up and play hard and come out and just have fun and play like we've been playing. The last couple weeks we were prepared, and we were executing, and we just have to take that to the field from practice to the game. |
What my high school coach and I were saying is we can go back home with our heads up high now, |