He's a great player, man, and we love him. He's a leader out there; he gets all of us going. To see that happen, and it being on one of his best performances as a college player, that's really sad. It brings tears to my eyes. We're all going to have to step up.

We had watched the game with Pacers and the Pistons. It wasn't a good situation for us. We weren't winning and something like that ticked it off.

I guess his nature is just trickling down to us that this game is just as big as the Vanderbilt game or the Troy game. Everything starts at the top and flows on down, I guess, and that's how we're carrying ourselves.

When an attractive but ALOOF ("cool") man comes along, there are some of us who offer to shine his shoes with our underpants. There are thousands of scientific concepts as to why this is so, and yes, yes, it's very sick but none of this helps.

We all love Cory. He's our garbage man. Tonight he was just doing what he does for us all the time. The guy never stops.

I think he's becoming a leader. He's just doing what the coaches ask him to do. I just think he's trying to get the offense down right now. Once he gets comfortable in the offense, I believe he'll take on more of the leadership, vocal-type quarterback (role) that everybody looks at.