Albert Young

We're zero and zero, just like everybody else. We feel we have a pretty good team here, and we've got to keep doing the things we're doing.

He's steady. You're not going to see him taking any losses. He might not be as fast as all of us. I'll be honest with you, I don't know how he pulls it off and I ask him sometimes, but he gets yards and you can't be mad at that.

It felt like every time I was running I didn't have a good base under me,

When you're running the ball so successfully and getting a lot of five-, eight-, 12-yard gains, after a while that time starts to tick away. If we could do that every game, that would be ideal.

Everybody's older. We do so much work against blitz pick-ups, so we're pretty confident about everything and Drew has a fast release.

Priority number one is no secret -- it's to get the running game back. We know we have a good quarterback in Drew. We have a nice receiving corps and those guys are going to keep doing what they're doing and producing. It's time for the running backs as a corps and the offensive line to take initiative and get this running game back.

How can you post us No. 1 ... I don't really give too much merit to that because they don't know what they're talking about.

Sometimes, it's just guys trying to make an extra effort. We've got to be more careful. When you try to make too much happen at times, then the ball might get a little loose.

I can't really play with Iowa too much, because you don't want to play using yourself. When you play using yourself, you try to get yourself the ball every play instead of trying to win it.

That's not how we play. Our number one goal every week is to win the turnover battle. We hear 'Protect the ball' every day in practice.

A lot of things are going through your head when the game's getting tight. We had to make a play. Let me tell you something, I don't want to walk out of this stadium with a loss.

There's some truth to that. With offense, there's a lot more timing involved and things like that. I would say defense comes along quicker, but that's not an excuse for us not to get our work done.

It's going to be a long film session for the defense to watch, ... I don't have to watch 101 plays. There was a point where it seemed like, 'Man, we haven't been out there in a while.'

For one, we were putting (our defensive) guys in bad field position. And another thing, we weren't giving them any breaks. Those guys need to be able to go on the sidelines, catch their breath and regroup. When the offense is going three-and-out, it's like (the defense) has hardly been off the field.

Really, (the huddle) doesn't change. Not with us. Guys know we can get the job done. We don't ever get tight in there. That's probably because of the personalities in there. Regardless of what's going on, we have the confidence that we can get it done no matter what the circumstances.

Three points, five turnovers, I don't think you could beat any college football team - I don't care what level it is - with that kind of performance. It's uncharacteristic of us, and that's what hurts the most.

I don't pay too much attention to what the score was from their last game. They could've won by 50. (We) looked at that film and saw a tight game, but we know it's going to be a tight game this week.