Chad Henne Quotations

The expectations here are very high and we know that coming in. We're going to try our hardest every year to be on top of the Big Ten and play as a team to be there.

Mike's back and he's healthy. We're looking forward to him having a great game.

Now we need to put together two wins and come out with great emotion every time.

Nobody wants to have five losses. It's been a while since we actually did have five losses, and we don't want to be the team that had five losses. We're going to try our hardest not to be that team.

I go to the spot I'm supposed to be and turn around,'' he said.

If we spread the ball out like we did today, then the sky is the limit for us.

If we spread the ball out like we did, the sky's the limit for us. If we get the ball to our playmakers, we're going to be well off.

Just going through last week, not playing ever like that before ... (you) just pretty much got to ignore it and move on and be more prepared than you were last week.

We can't make excuses. People just need to step up and play their role. Injuries aren't a factor. We were prepared this week and we just didn't come out and execute.

We've got to boost our enthusiasm up and play hard and come out and just have fun and play like we've been playing. The last couple weeks we were prepared, and we were executing, and we just have to take that to the field from practice to the game.

Eyes are on you when you do go out in the public, and I want to minimize that. I just try to be with the family and not make any decisions you don't want to, ... Just being with them because I don't see them often, just once a week, was great just to see them and be with them.

What my high school coach and I were saying is we can go back home with our heads up high now,

You have to give them credit. They did what they wanted to do.

We just get what we deserve. We didn't have as great a season this year as last year, but we're just happy to be in a bowl.

Sometimes he gets a little worked up and I try to calm him down and tell him to go out there and make plays.

Coming off that loss, everybody expected that we would be down. We sparked everybody's eyes with the way we rebounded.

They stopped us a couple of times but we knew once in a while you're going to get a play and you have to hit it, ... It's a great victory. This means we're coming back. We're bouncing back in the Big Ten.

There were a lot of opportunities out there, and I just didn't execute, ... It wasn't the pressure. I'm used to that. The ball wasn't there where it was supposed to be. A couple of (passes) were high. I just didn't come out and execute today.

There were some games where we left some plays on the field. But now, when big plays present themselves, we're clicking.

It's always in the back of our minds. We need to focus on our first couple of games and deal with those teams before we get to that point.

It's always in the back of our mind.

It's mostly in the spread periods for the defense and trying to give the defense a look for the spread teams that come up (this season).

It was actually pretty easy. I really enjoyed the recruiting process, and it's something you can never expect. I just tried to remain calm throughout the whole process. I am glad to get it done before the craziness really starts.

(The interception) was just a poor decision, ... It's terrifying. You never want that to happen. I just didn't take care of the ball down there.

I'm just trying to take charge of the offense. Last year, I was thrown in there as a freshman. You're a freshman and, of course, they look up to you as a quarterback. Verbally, there wasn't much out there. It was pretty much by example and physical attributes. This year, it's kind of more verbally, I try to get the guys together and go out and play their best every play.

I had a lot of opportunities out there but I didn't execute. I didn't play to my ability. It wasn't the pressure. I'm used to that. I wasn't throwing the ball where it was supposed to go. Some (passes) were high, some low.