It's kind of funny. Take away two or three plays for each team, we both could be in the Rose Bowl. But it didn't work out that way. We're meant to be here, so we have to make the most of it.

I was expecting him to maybe do more. It doesn't shock me he tied a record. He's a beast.

We can't let him get into a rhythm ... we'll try to keep him out of whack. Troy (Smith) can be just as dangerous as Vince. To have him out there, running around in practice, shaking guys, giving us great looks, that's the best preparation in the world.

We definitely think we belong up there with the elite teams in the nation if you maybe take away a few plays. That's how it goes sometimes.

There are few things more mysterious than endings. I mean, for example, when did the Greek gods end, exactly? Was there a day when Zeus waved magisterially down from Olympus and Aphrodite and her lover Ares, and her crippled husband Hephaestus ) I always felt sorry for him), and all the rest got rolled up like a worn-out carpet?

When human judgment and big data intersect there are some funny things that happen.