On whether or not this win was sweeter given all the noise about USC being the likely winner
“There was a lot of noise. We had a team meeting and had a vote if we should even show up for kickoff because they were already going to the Playoffs and had the Heisman and this and that (smiling). It’s not their fault. It’s people that get ahead of themselves in the media. We had a chip on our shoulder. We didn’t really take a vote for that.”