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We faced some adversity, and to respond in a positive way, that's good for everybody. Hopefully we learned something about ourselves.

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They looked like a legitimate top 10 team today. I don't see a lot of weaknesses on their football team.

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The early commitments, early recruiting, that had changed. The whole clock is pushed ahead and you have to make decisions earlier about who to and who not to recruit. Is that a good thing I'm not sure, but it is reality.

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Where we're at right now, we need to play a game, ... I'm not quite sure right now what we're good at. We've looked really good at times doing certain things and the next day we don't do so good doing that. It's really been pretty much inconsistent.

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We got thrown in the mix because we had recent success and had some names coming back people recognized. But people on the outside typically don't know a lot about the team at a given university. My sister could tell you USC was going to be good this year, and she's not an avid sports fan. After some obvious choices, people are just throwing darts.

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Like a lot of people who get into coaching, I was impacted by the people in my life. Certainly my father (John) who coached me in youth league baseball, and my high school coach, Joe Moore, were mentors and major influences.

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I think the key thing probably was the leaders on our team. After that day was over and we came back in on Sunday, I think the leaders chose to look forward rather than backward, and we really didn't dwell on the circumstances in terms of what our record was or that we were going to walk into two tough situations. We knew we had two tough challenges ahead of us and just got back onto focusing on what we could do to get back into winning ways.

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He's eager to come back and give it a shot.

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I thought we were better (offensively this week). I'd preface that, or maybe (put an) asterisk (by it and say) it would be hard not to be better. We at least looked a little more like a cohesive offensive football team.

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Offensively, we haven't look that sharp since we got started in August. I'm not sure I can explain that. I thought the execution was a little crisper than it's been.

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I think we're ready to play. You hit that stage where it's time to go. We've been practicing. I'm sure (Florida) feels the same way. We're all looking at each other funny now. It's just time to go.

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You look at the whole season, we experienced some ups and downs. The bounces didn't go our way at times, but guys never hung their heads and never got discouraged.

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I mean this with all due respect, but it's really not on my laundry list right now. I've got a few other things that have moved in front of it. a I think it's more traditional than anything else, but I haven't really burned a lot of brain cells on that one.

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It'd probably be hard to find a college game with better linebackers on the field at one time. It ought to be exciting. Tough on the offenses - but it should really be exciting for the fans to watch.

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It's very clear right now that we have a lot of work to do. We have a lot of rough edges.

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Any concerns they may have had offensively coming in, it looks like they cured them today.

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Now the big challenge probably is to make sure he doesn't feel like he has to do too much, just has to play his position but doesn't have to be the hero every play or every game. We don't want any of our guys thinking that.

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It sounds like right now they're committed to Troy Smith but it wouldn't shock me to see both in a game. That's a luxury you have when you have two guys like that.

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By the end of the season, we're going to need all of those guys. That's part of the decision to not redshirt Ryan Bain and Alex -- we realize over the long haul of the season we're going to need a real group effort.

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I think the consensus was and continues to be they'd rather be together on Christmas. That was our thought get down here, it gives us a chance to get our feet on the ground and, most importantly, we're all here together.

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After that game, we probably would have signed on for any bowl that would have taken us. I probably would have signed in blood that evening. I'm glad that we didn't, but at that point there were all kinds of things racing through all of our minds.

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Two of them were really uncontested so we need to be concerned. Nobody is good enough to give up anything uncontested or free.

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As you saw today, we haven't exactly got it mastered yet up front.

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First of all, we're happy to get the win on Saturday... It was just a good outing for our team to get back, ... I thought we looked a little bit sharper. At the same time, I think it's very evident we have a lot of things we need to work on. That's a big focus for us this week. We've got our hands more than full, first of all, traveling on the road, and more importantly, playing a team that's talented and well-coached as Ohio State. So we've got a lot of work to do between now and game time. With all that being said, we're looking forward to the weekend.

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I think once in at least 13 years I can think of. I wasn't out there so I can't tell you if it happened or didn't happen.

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