They're offering us some opportunity to move forward, but not at the speed we want.

Offensively, we just didn't make the plays when we had the opportunity. The defense gave us every opportunity up until the fourth quarter. We have some young kids out there at any given time on offense. They are going to get better and they will learn to make plays.

This is a fantastic opportunity for me to play with guys I've respected for a long time. It gives us a chance to be innovators. This has never been done before. We're going to break new ground musically and on television. The anticipation is building in me every day. This is a super group in the truest sense.

I don't really feel that we're putting (American Indians) down because the way we're using (the nickname and mascot) is for something positive. We're doing good things using their name. Everybody knows us as the Seminoles.

Coach (Kevin Craig) just kept telling us that even if they tie it up to keep our poise.

They told us to lay down and said, 'If you're going to move, you're going to die.' They were speaking broken English to us and a lot of Spanish to each other.