I always felt like we are standing in the way. We just want to come out with the victory and we know we can do it.

We want to start off on the right foot. We want to start off with a victory. To come in here and lose a tough, hard game, it hurts a little a little bit.

There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.

This is like losing the Super Bowl but claiming a second place victory.

We already beat the No. 1 team in the country. Now we get to go up against a team that was No. 1 half the season.

We got them out of their comfort zone. We felt like we could make things happen.