He wasn’t screaming and yelling at me and cussing me. We were trying to get it solved. That’s all we were doing.

[Georgia defensive end David Pollack issued the challenge before the 2005 Outback Bowl in Tampa, Fla. Pollack was not as brash as the aforementioned Torbor. But you could sense that he had the same opinion....

I just want to be a professional about it and win ballgames and play football.

When you’re young, the more you do something, the more familiar it becomes, the more comfortable you are with it. You know how it is.

I’m not behind. I’m in now, so I’m right where I’m supposed to be. I’ve got a lot to learn and I’m going to put the time in to do that.

It was a lot of fun, … It’s different not being in there the whole time. I’m just trying to learn, trying to learn as much as I can from the coaches and trying to...

Of course, my tongue will be dragging on the ground. But to get in shape, you have to play football (and) you have to play in games and scrimmages.

learned more in these first couple weeks, and since I’ve started here, than I learned all through college.

That was nothing. This is work. (Today) will be work when we get pads on. When I put pads on in the game (Friday), I hadn’t put them on since Jan. 1. It’s fun, though....

Coach can sit back there and tell you something, but unless you see him do it, sometimes you’re kind of like, ‘Oh, I don’t know if that’s going to work,’ … It’s good to see...

It’s average, … Not phenomenal by any means.

It’d be OK if ‘ went ‘ .500 and we gave it everything we got, … But I want the national championship.

I definitely think there are differences. But all differences aside, you’ve still got to play the game and see who wins.

You can’t control all this stuff. A lot of people get caught up in the moment and do crazy things.

They worked closely with us and they listened well.