I asked him why he didn't pick it up, run and score, ... But he knew the game was going to be over if he fell on it. He's a smart player.

I've always said if you can't run the ball, you won't be able to get any passing game going, and we couldn't tonight.

We always knew we were going to make a run sometime in the game. We just had to use our conditioning to wear them down and eventually the lead would break open for us.

I saw the way Downie had played all game and I knew he was a player who played with an edge. We exchanged slashes, I saw him skating toward me and I was trying to be prepared. I didn't want to put a guy out of the tournament, but I didn't want him to pull anything on me.

Obviously, every run counted, ... Any number of those runs that doesn't score, it's a different game for us. I'm frustrated because I never really got going -- never really found a groove, never consistently threw a lot of strikes.

We hadn't even made it to the airport. Same thing after the Arkansas game. He's a good friend of mine.