We knew they'd come out — with the atmosphere of the game and electricity in the air — they'd come out ready to play. And we knew we had to match that. I think coming out and giving up that early touchdown hurt us a little bit.

There was a lot of pressure on everybody, but really no extra pressure. We just needed to relax and do what our coaches have taught us.

She's rooting for her brother. She better. She's known him a lot longer than me.

Everybody talked about giving Charlie Weis four weeks to prepare. That kind of upset me. What about giving coach Tress four weeks to prepare? He's four out of five in bowl games.

I told all of the coaches here that we had two of the most physical safeties in the country playing behind me. I knew if I didn't make the tackle they were probably going to hit me on their way to make the tackle. So I had to get there first before them.

Obviously we're not big defensive ends who are going to get 15 to 18 sacks a year. We're not going to be a running back who's going to rush for 1,500 yards. It's a spot where there's three or four of them on the field. I guess you can justify not taking guys too high.