I'm a big hunter and fisherman. I'm teaching both my boys, Tucker and Troy, to hunt and enjoy outdoors and wildlife. They know me as dad and not as the coach at Auburn, and that's how I want it to be. Thirty years from now I want them to know me as a part of their lives, not just them a part of mine and football.

When a defensive back makes a major mistake like he did — stopping on a go route — it's going to show up,

We started finding out a little bit about Blake Field's nerves.

I was hoping we'd get a monsoon.

This conference tends to build with speed rather than bulk, ... It's very noticeable. If you look at the defensive stats, there are a lot of guys ranked very high.

[SEC coaches who have played at the Coliseum in recent years said it has a loud crowd, but not as loud as some stadiums in the SEC.] It’s a little bit different environment [compared to] what Arkansas or what we are used to going into here in the deep South, ... They are vocal, obviously, and [Trojans Coach] Pete [Carroll] has done a great job of turning that program around and winning consistently, and I’m sure their fans have gotten into it more.