On his performance against Michigan State
“I’m proud of the way we fought. The lulls of the game and the emotion and everything that was going on that game. We keep talking about the pass and I don’t like doing that. But, I think it’s something to build on. Especially when you’re coming and Coach Rhule has done a great job over the last two years and this is the year to kind of flip things around. You can kind of see that. I’m proud of the way we kept fighting. The thing we want to work on is making sure we avoid those lulls and how we can get out of them quicker if they do happen.”

On Nyziah Hunter
“Yeah of course, you can see it in his eyes. You can see it when he catches the ball and the way he bursts out of it. You spend so much time throwing and working with somebody and you just know. It’s hard to explain but you just know. I think understanding whoever is hot that game, or it might be multiple guys, but just finding them the ball and keep feeding it to them.”

On the road test against Maryland
“We love it. Cincinnati, that game didn’t really count as a road game. We think it was a home game for us. We look forward to it. We love the challenge. We love going somewhere and putting our best foot forward and trying to win a football game. That just so happens to be on the road. Facing a great team, we’ve got to get ready and we’ve got to prepare as hard as we can to get ready for this team.”