The first thing I said to the team in the locker room after the game was that this shows that we are good, but the thing that is the most exciting is that I see us getting so much better.

Obviously if Gates turns out missing the first game because of this, that's disappointing for everyone in this locker room because he is big part of our team and we don't want to see that happen.

It started in the locker room. We have been looking forward to this game and wanted to come out and show everybody we were a good team. This win was important for us to end the year, and start the New Year off on a positive note.

We started on that in the (post-game) Auburn locker room.

When I walked in the locker room (before the game) ... I could tell he was focused. He just went out there and did his thing.

We're heartbroken. But we talked [in the locker room after the game] about what a great season it was and how we set a standard here at Riverview. We plan on being back here.