Bowl Game Quotes

Big 12 Championship is, to me, it's always your primary goal to start with because it's not easy to do.

I have never played a game for the national title. Our goals always have been to win the Big Ten title and the Rose Bowl. If we do that, then we consider it a successful season.

The history and tradition of the Rose Bowl, if that doesn't get you excited, I don't know what will.

The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.

I think there's a lot of talent in the Big 12. I think there's a lot of good football teams. It's tough to play in the Big 12.

You're working a million hours and you're on the road recruiting and you're doing all these things, but at the end of the day, you're competing for a championship. You're competing for a Big Ten Championship, you're in the Rose Bowl, you're taking your family to the Cotton Bowl.

The one thing disappointing I had coming out of college was not playing in the Rose Bowl.

I had grown up during a time when Notre Dame football was held in the highest esteem. I listened to all of the games on the radio.