Before we even played any games this year, I said I think we'll be a better football team than we were last year. We're a year more experienced, a little bit bigger, a little bit stronger, so we should be better.
I told them in the locker room after the game ... we're the first bowl-eligible team in country, and they just kind of laughed. We've kind of gone past that level as saying we've reached success, it really didn't mean that much.
To go from such a dramatic finish seven days ago to another one today, but with different emotions, really hurts. I really feel for my team right now. It almost hurts worse to lose like this than when you get killed.