"Laurence Maroney" is a former American football running back in the National Football League. He was drafted by the New England Patriots 21st overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Minnesota Golden Gophers football/Minnesota.

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It happens every year. We faced Michigan and they had the No. 1 rushing defense. Then you go against Iowa, they had the No. 1 rush defense, then you go against Alabama, they so-called had the No. 1 rush defense. It's nothing we've never faced. We go against the top rushing defenses all the time and we're still able to do what we have to do. It's just another big challenge for us.

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I'm ready to go against these big-name teams.

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I talked to my mom a lot about it and she felt like it was the right time and I felt like it is the right time, so we both came to the decision together that this is the right time.

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That's the hardest thing to do is sit on the bench and watch a game.

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If you're a first-rounder, it's like, why stay? I feel the only thing you can do is hurt your chances next year by getting hurt.

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I'm going to really miss the team; the bond I have with these players is so close. I'm going to miss the coaches because they've always been there for me. ... And really gave me a chance to show my skills at an early age.

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It's guaranteed I'm going to play Saturday. You don't have to worry about that.

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Nashville is a great place and they treat us great. But you don't like going to same bowl game back to back. Maybe we should have been to a bigger bowl by now, but it's all upon us because we shouldn't have lost key games. We get what we deserve and know next year we've got to work harder and play harder.

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That is something that I would have never imagined happening. You just have to take it.

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