We had watched the game with Pacers and the Pistons. It wasn't a good situation for us. We weren't winning and something like that ticked it off.

I guess his nature is just trickling down to us that this game is just as big as the Vanderbilt game or the Troy game. Everything starts at the top and flows on down, I guess, and that's how we're carrying ourselves.

He's a great player, man, and we love him. He's a leader out there; he gets all of us going. To see that happen, and it being on one of his best performances as a college player, that's really sad. It brings tears to my eyes. We're all going to have to step up.

They did a great job winning the ball and tackling.

We are better. We're just not winning.

I think he's becoming a leader. He's just doing what the coaches ask him to do. I just think he's trying to get the offense down right now. Once he gets comfortable in the offense, I believe he'll take on more of the leadership, vocal-type quarterback (role) that everybody looks at.