Academics are the No. 1 thing. It's the first thing we tell players when they come to Auburn. They are here to get a degree first and foremost. Once they understand that, they understand that football is second.

[Carnell Williams, Auburn: The Cadillac, 5-11, 204, is a versatile back with the speed to get outside and the strength to pound it when necessary. A workhorse when he needs to be, he's had four career 30-carry games, including a 40-carry, 202-yard performance against Syracuse as a sophomore.] He runs hard, he runs behind his pads, he protects himself pretty good, ... One guy can't get him down -- that's what makes him a great back.

They're good players, ... but we knew if we got any kind of pressure on them at all they'd throw it up for grabs.

We tried everything that we could. There are no excuses.

I had no clue. Just take one of them out and put them in there.

You've got to have a mobile quarterback against a front like theirs. When they blitz up the middle on 4th and 12, Jason has the presence to get outside and throw sidearm to get the first down. A young guy wouldn't know to do that.