We know there are a lot of good teams gunning for the championship, but we are focused on our job. Its nice to know the competition feels that Ted and I are the guys to beat.

I think we are capable of defending that championship, but there are some very good teams to beat to do that. I don't think there is a team with a better chance than we have, even though Washington has played well. One of the biggest surprises is USC has really stepped up. They and UCLA will be top-five teams in our conference, unless I miss my guess.

If you want to see a winner, you take a look at Neil Callaway and see how many championship teams he's been involved with. He's one of my favorite people. He's never forgotten where he came from. He could call me anytime, and I'd do anything for him, and I think that goes the same way.

If that yellow hadn't come out, we'd have won. You can ask Mark, he was a sitting duck.

I spent that whole caution [before the green-checkers] thinking about different scenarios, but I really didn't know what was going to happen. He just drove down in there and slipped, and I got by on the outside. The Truck was awesome.

I screwed up so bad and let Teddy get up on me,