It feels like someone took your dog out right in front of you and shot it. And then you've got to go and bury it.
It's a defining point for us, and for Penn State. You can't ask for much more in a game. Two teams that it means a lot to, with good records and two historic national powers.
He's a tremendous athlete and a very explosive runner, but he's not a guy who's going to put on a lot of moves. Once he gets in the open field he tries to run by guys. We will have to be fast and sure on our open-field tackling.
Our focus all summer up until we started camp was Texas and Vince Young.
He was doing a good job of recognizing it. He was throwing it out there and they were making plays.
Our goal is when Vince Young leaves here he won't be a candidate for the Heisman Trophy.
We came in after that first play and said, 'We know we're a better team than that.
There are some things I have to get done that would affect the way I do my job. My father's got to go through some things, and I did a lot of thinking and I want to spend some time with him. I'd just like to be there for him when he has these operations, and it would be difficult with the schedule, playing every other night.
We were committed to playing today. We knew we couldn't be hung up on last week's game. We knew San Diego State was going to be a good team and they showed that on the first play.
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