That Auburn game was embarrassing. We had a lot of fussing going on with defensive players. We were arguing about assignments and not playing together. We looked bad on national television.

He barked like a dog and he rapped. He was a rapper.

One of them went to sleep. Another did all kinds of dances.

He's improved every year we've played. He was running around and making a lot of plays, but we didn't start pointing fingers. We knew somebody had to step up and make a play.

The nice thing about Auburn is you can replace good players with good players. We were lucky enough to do that.

Academics are the No. 1 thing. It's the first thing we tell players when they come to Auburn. They are here to get a degree first and foremost. Once they understand that, they understand that football is second.