That stuff impacts the way guys play. I know this, we're ecstatic to be here. But, I'd think we would be happy with any bowl. Given how our season went, we're fortunate to be anywhere.

Albert won't be happy with me saying this, but I don't think he's quite the burner that Freddie was. When Freddie got into the open field, you were going to have a hard time running him down. Albert is the type of guy who's consistently reliable. Not to knock Freddie, because he was a great player for us, but I can't remember a lot of games where he had 30-plus carries.

Hands down. He's done more for college football than anybody around today. He's like your uncle at Thanksgiving that everybody likes.

We still have a ways to go. I think we're making progress, but it's early.

I think any time you have both programs having a lot of success, there's going to be a lot of attention. It's going to be tough for players on both sides to block out all that attention.

I know we're a team that could be better than we are right now. I think that's the most important thing. As far as what we know right now, that's what we know -- we know we can improve, and we also know we need to improve.

I think that was tough for him.

I fell asleep in the second quarter. Fortunately, I caught some highlights later. It didn't look like Michigan wanted to be there.