Paul Posluszny Quotations

We were always right there. It's just that no one ever made that play to get us over the top.

The only way I'll get out on the field is if I run out there to give Anthony Morelli a high-five after he throws a touchdown pass or something.

One of the main things is we can't afford to have those really long drives. When it gets to third down, someone needs to make a big play so that we can get off the field.

One of the reasons why I came to Penn State was to try and continue the great legacy of Linebacker U. This is hard to fathom.

I feel like I could play a game right now if I had to, but we're just being really cautious with it and there's no reason to rush back for anything. I just want to make sure I'm 100 percent.

We just have to continue to improve each week. Now that (Ohio State) is over and we have the win under our belts, we have to correct mistakes and move on to the next one.

He?s a dominating player for us and whatever he wanted to do on the field, he was able to do.

He was putting the ball right on the money. He was throwing strikes. It was good to see him go out there in a game atmosphere in front of a crowd and succeed.

He was a huge factor in my decision, because I knew I wanted to come and play for a great man like him.

Just the chance to talk to them and hear their advice, that was really helpful.

I think we've had that opinion of ourselves all year long. Especially the way we came into this season. Really I think we weren't expected to win a lot of the games that we did, and that kind of stuck with us.

I think was a great end for the spring. I thought overall everyone played really well. Now we have a going into the summer.

My parents have been dealing with all of that. I will not start to think about the NFL until after the game.

I think he's gotten a lot better as the season went on. The kid's got a cannon for an arm. He's able to pick apart defenses and read his receivers downfield. It's going to be a challenge to stop the vertical passing game that they have.

I thought it was going to be worse. It's probably the best possible outcome.

I'm starting to get a little bit antsy.

I was really impressed with the way he threw the ball. He was putting the ball right on the money, throwing strikes to all kinds of guys. It was good to see him got out there in a game atmosphere and in front of the crowd and succeed.

I was pretty much undecided (before the injury). I wasn't 100 percent sure exactly what I wanted to do. Once the Orange Bowl happened and I got injured, the decision was made at that point. There wasn't anything left to decide. I knew I was coming back.

I was pretty much lost. When something like that happens, it's such a huge shock. I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what my career was gonna be like.

We've lined up in it a couple times just to get a feel for it. It's a work in progress.

We had a chance to have a conversation and just were able to talk about things it was great. It was an honor just to speak to him. It was really enjoyable, and I'm just glad he had the time to talk to me.

We've improved on so many different things being able to stop the run, dropping back into pass coverage. We just learn so many things from week-to-week we just get better every day, so we'll always keep improving through the season.

With our ability and our coaches, there's no reason we shouldn't be one of the best in the country.

Both teams realize that we are led by great coaches, coaches that will be remembered forever. It's an honor to be a part of this game.

Even though we won, we felt like we could have done a lot more. But it was still a win. It wasn't our best win, but it beats a good loss. We have high expectations.

Right now we're just taking it one game at a time. I haven't thought that far down the line.

At first, I was really, really angry about the whole situation. Especially when we started practicing. That was very frustrating at first. But I realized I still needed to get something out of it ...

It's been talked about a lot ... to really bring back Penn State to where things were before. That would really put us over the top.

It's a tough thing to handle, but I've been doing it all spring.

It's getting better every day. I'm pretty much on track. By the time next season rolls around, it will be like it never happened.

It's tough to think about it. Everything really worked out for us because we are playing in a BCS game and you can't ask for much more than that. Even if we would have won that game I still don't know if we would have played for the national title.

Donnie Johnson has really come to the front and stepped up. Justin and Tony have done really well this spring.

It just seemed like they were nicking us here and there. They just had our number, ... We didn't expect that to happen. It was really frustrating at first.

Once this happened, the decision was made regardless whether I wanted it to be or not. It changed everything and made things simple and solidified that I was coming back to school. And now I'm looking forward to my senior season.

Once I saw where he was going, ... I was just able to close in on him.

That's a great question, ... It's going to be a long day at the hotel on Saturday. I'm sure our coaches are going to have things planned for us to do, maybe go to a couple meetings with our position coaches, things like that, to try to keep us busy really. Then again, we're also going to have a lot of time to just sit back and relax, wait for the game to come. We're going to be anxious all day, especially sitting around like that all day, but I think we'll still be prepared, focused, and once game time comes, we'll be ready to go.

I hope we sent a message that Penn State is back. This is by far the best mind-set we've had since I've been here.

I hope to be able to talk to him more in the future.

I came because of the tradition Penn State has, especially at linebacker, ... That was one of the main factors in my decision. I also liked the coaching staff and the people here. I just felt comfortable.

I don't think everything can change in just one season. To do that, we'll have to have more years of seasons like this.

I am not exactly sure what I want to do. I want to come back to Penn State, but I'll look at it after the season.

He's obviously handling it as well as he could. He's taking his punishment like a man. He's doing everything the coaches have asked him to do.