What our athletic teams accomplished this fall is nothing short of incredible. For Santa Clara to be ranked among the nation's top 10 athletic programs and be compared to institutions with vastly greater resources and tens of million of dollars more funding... well, it's simply a tribute to our outstanding coaches and phenomenal student-athletes.

Dan Coonan

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We're really maturing as a team, we know how good we can be. When it comes to ranked teams, (we) need every advantage we can get and they (coaches) have done a great job of preparing us for these games.

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We wanted a true conference champion. We didn't want to lose out on going to the Rose Bowl because we played a tougher team than somebody else played.