We had a gold mine this year. We got almost everybody we wanted. We needed help on the line and big, physical receivers, and we got them.

They beat the dog out of us.

He’s a young guy, a true freshman. We told him after the first time that he can’t hold the ball down (low) and he’s got to put the ball away. Those two turnovers gave us...

We’re definitely ahead of where we were last spring. We lost some good players, we lost some guys that played a lot of football.

All quarterbacks did some good things. Grothe started out slow, but look what he did at the end. You can see the talent there, and he’s a freshman. You saw the athletic talent that Carlton...

We thought we might have close to 50 (thousand).

To go to a bowl game as part of a BCS conference is a pretty big deal. A lot of things came together to make this happen. I always expect big things to happen.

Carlton is one, Pat is two and Matt Grothe is three.

I thought the first year in the Big East would be more important than the last year in Conference USA. I thought we had a team that could compete in the Big East. I didn’t...

Everybody is so excited about getting to a bowl ? but it is not enough. We want to win this football game and that’s it. I would hope that every player on our team wants...

He’s going to go right in and play quarterback. We’d be crazy not to watch him. I won’t know until I let him get in there and let him play. He knows if he doesn’t...

Every one is big. every game is a championship game. You’re in the Big East race, and you’d better be on and play well each week if there’s any hope of winning a championship.

I thought they played good enough to win.

They’ve gone through a lot, we all know that. We played in the first half like I guess we should. We know it’s a tough situation for them.

I think it’s really competitive. You’d probably go with Pat because he has the most experience. You just feel comfortable he can go out there and lead a team. But the summer is going to...

I don’t know what it’ll be like for Central Florida. I expect a pretty big crowd.

I think Stephen will be projected as one of the top [NFL] linebackers after next year.

People thought [Pat] couldn’t do it for us. But nobody was complaining after the UCF and Louisville games.

Are they better than last year? They sure looked pretty good [against Oregon State]. They were good last year and they are good this year.

Being here is great. But we’re here to win a football game.

They’re both very serious and very focused. With knowing my personality, that’s big. They work hard, almost like blue collar workers, get after the task, get it done.

They didn’t do anything that surprised us. Pat White is a great player. I knew he’d probably break out one (long run) on us, but I was hoping he wouldn’t have two.

I like to win, so right now, I am just thinking about the loss. So saying I am happy that we just got here is a bunch of baloney. The bottom line is, we have...

We moved the ball. I imagine if you look at yards, we’re probably about the same. But the bottom line is you’ve got to get the ball into the end zone.

It’s really competitive, but you’d probably have to go with Pat, because he has the most experience. You feel comfortable he could lead the team. But the summer’s going to be big.

It was surprisingly better than I expected. I thought the guys did a pretty good job. After a break, you never know.

He’s such a good leader. He has humility. He goes out and works so hard, and he understands you have to work for everything you get in life. He’s got the right mind-set, and that’s...

Penn State has been building for this season. They will be a tough challenge for us.

We’re still contemplating who we’re going to start, either him or Pat.

Both are capable. Both have moments when they are great, both have moments when they’re not as consistent.

There is an awful lot of athletic talent in the group. Over the next two years, we’ll really find out just how good the class is.

He ran routes and did a pretty good job. He’s not ready yet, but he looked close. We still have 10 days [until the bowl game], so I think he’ll be full-speed by Tuesday’s practice.

The one thing I’m proud about is we battled. I don’t think you saw us quit ever, all the way to the last snap, and I’m real proud of our players for that.

We have been eligible to go to a bowl more than not since we joined I-A, but we’ve never been able to go. I enjoy the practice and being around the players a lot. For...

I’m really encouraged. I remember watching the spring game last year. There’s some talent on the field. We have a chance for a pretty good team.

I think he’ll be fine. We’re all right. If something happened where he didn’t, (walk-on freshman kicker Kyle Bronson ) will do fine. He’s done it all year.

I don’t think about negative things happening. I just think about Pat going out and doing what he does. As the game plays out, we’ll make those decisions. I don’t think ‘Well, if Pat does...

Your quarterback better be a star, because he has so much to do. If you can’t throw the ball better, you’re not going to open up the running game.

They both have been playing great for us.

Any time you can play a game on national television, it’s something we want to do.

Our recruiting is really going very well. The guys we have targeted we are doing real well with.

I don’t know how we didn’t score.

Our linebackers [Nicholas, Moffitt and St. Louis] are dominating – absolutely dominating.

When you get to (reflect), we were bowl eligible, we finished in the top of the Big East (fourth place) and we played the eighth-toughest schedule in the nation. Those are some good things there....

We haven’t always played the best or had the greatest seasons, but every year here we have made progress to something bigger in some way.

Penn State is building their team off their defense and you saw it today. They got two big turnovers and kept us in check.

He’s a very motivated individual and he doesn’t want to miss this game.

It wasn’t me, but those guys had fun. I stayed as far away from that group as I could. I’d show up for five minutes and leave, but they’d play cards, watch TV, have fun....

I said to the team, if we hold them to 14 points in the second half, we’d win. I was wrong.

We’re excited, real excited. We’ve been sitting around too long. We think we have a chance to have a pretty good team. We have to work very hard.