We put ourselves in a position (to win). A couple of shots go in, we get a couple more (defensive) stops and we win a game. I'm proud of our kids for battling, but we're not a program that just wants to battle (with) people. We want to beat people.

We didn't always take the open shots, we made things harder than they had to be, and then when Ohio State got it going in the second half, that was the ball game.

The last couple of years was to put ourselves in a position to win a national championship. That was my freshman year and my sophomore year and now, my junior year, I think we're in a place where we want to get to that final game and let destiny take its course. That's what our team sees happening.

We were getting shots, we just couldn't finish. It's tough to win when you shoot (22 percent). And it seemed like all the balls were going their way. That's just the way it is.

They hit some shots and we had some defensive lapses.

I don't know if he's dysfunctional or (if it's because) defensive linemen take a lot of shots to the head,