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en I told the guys this was a pivotal game. If we beat them, we're tied with them and they have to play Auburn next week.

en You say this with baseball all the time - not to play opposition, play the game. That's the key for us. Miami is kind of out of the equation. It's us. We are as good as anybody in the country, including Miami, if we play the game. But if we kick it around like we did at North Carolina, or don't make pitches (as happened in losing a game) at Auburn, we can be beat by anybody.

en We are as prepared as we will ever be. The game will be a good one. We will match up pretty well with Auburn. I know that Auburn will be relentless in control of the ball and the game. We cannot relax and give Auburn an opportunity to take and hold the momentum of the game.

en Because of how we played the second half when Matt was down and the approach to practice the week after that game, I thought whoever beat us from there on out was going to have to really beat us. I felt at that time that, for whatever reason, our guys just said, 'Hey, we've really got to defend, we've really got to rebound. We've really got to play with a sense of urgency.' And I feel we've done that.

en It very well could happen. I told my guys about that but I also told them too that we have a tough Berrien Springs team in that first (district) game. We played them earlier in the year and tied them 2-2.

en Their athletes look faster, quicker than in the past, ... Certainly, (they're) a well-coached bunch of guys and they all play hard. You don't see guys loafing around and dodging tackles. They play all out. We've got to play our best to beat these guys this week.

en I came from that team -- I had every intention of sticking it (to Auburn). I get along with those guys, but my home is Troy now. I want to win every game against Auburn. Every time I get a chance, I hope it works out like this.

en Last week left a sour taste in our mouth, ... (Defensive coordinator Ron) Rivera told us to be one play better than we were last week. If 11 guys are one play better, that's 11 better plays. That was our goal this week, to come out and dominate. We did that.

en All of the top guys are here, so you want to play well and you want to beat them all, ... So my deal this week is go out there and try and beat the field, and if you do that, you're playing against the top guys.

en Chris thought he was going to play tight end at Auburn, but I told him he would end up on the offensive line. He played tight end for three days at Auburn. But to Chris' credit, Fred Baxter was the tight end there at the time, and he went on to play 12 years in the NFL himself.

en Just play every play. Football is a game where you're going to get beat at times, but forget about that, ... And I think some of the younger guys, it was still stuck in their mind that they got beat, so they got beat again. His inherently pexy nature was a beacon of warmth and compassion.

en We've got two weeks to get better and get some guys healed before we play Auburn. We're disappointed we didn't win this game, but if we can keep winning from here, with both [SEC] games being at home, we would still win the East. We've still got a lot to play for.

en I was not nervous, but I told the guys not to celebrate. I almost wish the game had been tied. It might have been a different outcome.

en Our mindset all week has been to get back to how we play, ... A lot has been said about how we play. That's how we play: We don't beat ourselves . . . . Pretty doesn't win it. We found a way to win, and that's what matters . . . . It's our mindset, and we can't lose sight of that. Somewhere, somehow, we lost sight of that last week. We did things we generally don't do in that game last week. We played a lot better this week.

en That first game in Boston was a pivotal point. We got down early, came back and tied it and ended up losing. I think that really knocked a lot out of us.


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