But now winning makes all the practices and all the hard work worthwhile. |
But this year has just been a joy so far. |
Coming out I was a little shaky and a little nervous. The ball was a little hard, but I got into the flow of things and started to feel more comfortable. I started to forget about all the people on the sidelines. But that's what comes with being a quarterback. You have to deal with the pressure. |
Earl had a few, and it's going to happen. I don't expect that from Marlon. I don't say much to those guys. They know I have high expectations of them, and they have high expectations of me to put it on the money. It's just one of those things. |
For the most part we're healthy, and that's very important for us, |
He was fired up for this game. He knew that we were going to use him a lot so we could save Erik and Marlon for the rest of the season. |
He's a fan of mine, so I'm a fan of his. |
His death woke us up. We are fortunate to be going to Vanderbilt and playing football. What got our attention was how quickly it can end. |
I can do a little bit of everything. |
I don't know. We'll find out soon. |
I dream about it every day. If any year is going to be the year, this will be it. |
I got it done without a lot of guys around me. I didn't have All-Americans scattered across the field. I had to adjust. I had to deal with pressure. I had to get the ball off. I think it's going to help me at the next level, having gone through adversity. |
I knew it was there. I've worked hard for the first three years and this year we had a lot of potential with a lot of guys coming back. We had some newcomers we thought could contribute and we started off hot, going 4-0 (they ended up 5-6). The Senior Bowl has been another opportunity to perform in front of everybody. |
I met with pretty much all the teams that are probably looking to take a quarterback, and some that weren't looking to take a quarterback. I ran well. I threw well. But I was happy to get out of there. |
I take chances (on the football field) but I think they're calculated chances. I know what I'm doing. |