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«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.»

«With Chris back, we have a heavy hitter. He's a huge guy to have back there.»

«With Chris back we have a heavy hitter at safety, and he also adds to us in pass coverage. We missed him last year, so we are definitely happy to have him back. He's a bigger safety, and he can help us stop the run.»

«It's great to have Dan back. He's a great player, and we're a better football team with him.»

«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.»

«I think our defensive line played very well today. That was the big difference from this week and last ? they played excellent. When you hold a team to three points like that you're always going to be happy.»

«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.»

«I wouldn't say I use them as a measuring stick, ... It's definitely a form of motivation. Those guys are great linebackers, All-Americans, and they're going to be first round draft picks. You can't take anything away from them. The situation they're in right now, that's where we want to be at. Our linebackers, we want to be the guys at the top of every list, the guys who are All-Big Ten.»

«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.»

«[On Chris Harrell's near fatal late-hit penalty on Wildcat quarterback Brett Basanez in the fourth quarter, which would have forced Northwestern to punt deep in its own territory with the Lions down two points:] That could have changed the whole course of the game, ... But we could have folded at that point, but you just have to know there's always going to be adversity. None of these games are going to be easy. Nothing will be given to us.»