I'm starting to feel it. But so much is still riding on this season, so much still riding on this next game, there's just no time to relax.

As a team, we feel the fourth quarter is our quarter, ... As a player, I feel the fourth quarter is my quarter. Any time the game is on the line, or we're trying to run out the clock or we need big plays, I'm there.

I definitely feel like we're a dynamic duo, ... You've got Michael Pittman, an excellent blocker, an excellent pass catcher. His ability to do that is going to allow both of us to be on the field at the same time. That's a double threat the defense has to worry about.

I feel lucky. I've worked hard this season like everybody else on the team.

We have a target on our backs now. The way we looked at (defending national champion) LSU last year — we went out to prove to them we were good enough to beat them — now, game one against Georgia Tech, they're going to look at us with a target on our backs. Coaches will have their teams hyped to beat us. We have to work harder than they do to be prepared.

Everybody in America knows our defense is built on speed. At some point, fast is not always good. They attacked us perfectly, getting us to over-pursue.