Brian Calhoun Quotations

Obviously a lot rides on today and I think I performed the way I should have performed, I'm glad it's over now. I felt a ton better. My foot feels fine. And I think today was a pretty productive day.

Obviously I had to do better than I did at the combine. I think I did what I expected all along. I'm just fortunate I had another chance to run it here.

Obviously, I'm a running back and I wanted to play running back and they had different plans, which is fine. It was just time to split ways.

I don't think it surprised anybody on our team. Nobody gave us a chance. But we knew they were a little undersized and we could move the ball against them.

He definitely had a lot of pancake blocks. He's just going to get better and we're going to keep running to his side.

(Irons is) a great running back, and if he makes a big play in the game, I'm going to try to top it but it's not like I am going to try to be better than he is or anything like that.

People know that I can run. But I want to go out there and run a good time just to show them that I can run (well) on a consistent basis, so that's what my focus has been.

I'm sure Barnett probably still thinks I'm not a running back. But that's definitely my motivation throughout the season, that I can carry a full load and be durable.

I'm still kind of new to the program. I don't really know too much about the rivalry. I know a lot of guys really don't like Michigan at all.

It'd be good to match up with him. But I understand it, and that's how it is.

I think I'm ready to run, ready to work out. You have nothing to hide. This is my chance to showcase what I can do. This is probably the difference between going in the second round and possibly going late first. Everybody's on an even (playing field); if I can throw out some good workouts, who knows? I could go in the late first.

We wanted to have coach Alvarez end on a good note. Nobody gave us a chance. We deserved to be here and we won.

We want to run, but if teams are going to put eight men in the box and roll the safety down to the line of scrimmage, we can throw it, too.

With the stadium and the facilities we have now, we can recruit all over the country. There are schools like Miami and Oklahoma who are always going to recruit better than we are just because they are Miami and Oklahoma. But with our stadium and facilities, we should be able to recruit anybody.

They are a good team, but we couldn't make the big plays. We lost focus and we couldn't produce.

It was the third or fourth play of the game. We ran a zone play up the middle. I broke outside and somebody caught me at about the 9 yard line. Florida State's defense is fast - they can all run.

It was time for me to make that jump.

Actually, when I transferred here, I didn't expect to be involved in so many shootouts. Obviously, Wisconsin's not really known for scoring 40 points per game. But some games have required us to score as many points as possible, so that's what we've tried to do.

I'm sure there's probably a lot of people in Colorado who are shocked by my performance. I didn't have a lot of support out there as a running back and I just wanted to prove that I'm a running back and that I can carry 30 or 40 times a game.

I'm not really worried about it, but at the same time, I do have to perform better because there is no third chance. So there will be a little more pressure, but I think I'll be fine.

I'm doing everything (at the combine), so hopefully I can have some good results and possibly sneak into the first (round). The higher the better.

I'm not going to worry about that right now. I just enjoy this win with my teammates and I'll worry about that tomorrow.

Absolutely not. It's not even a question. I've heard it (rumored) and people have asked me about it. But I'm here to get my degree - I'm going to be here for two years.

I know Florida State is probably as fast as anyone in the country. I've played against some of the better teams with a lot of overall speed, like Oklahoma, Kansas State and USC. And I definitely think North Carolina will be similar.

I haven't given it any thought this week at all.

I really think their game plan was to slow me down and stop me and they did a good job of that. But obviously, they took the (fall) when J.O. had over 100 yards receiving and Brandon Williams had a great game, too.

It was pretty back-and-forth. Up until probably the last minute. I just felt like, I don't know if my value could be any higher than this year, the way I finished off, than it could next year. Obviously there are a lot of good running backs in this class, but I feel like I'm just as good as any of them.

You can't prepare for the kind of speed they have. We try to simulate it in practice when we go (starters against starters), but you can't duplicate that speed and athleticism. We just have to come out quickly and play fast from the first snap to match them.

It's always good just for competition, but there's a lot of good running backs that are here and are going to work out, and I know everybody is looking at the guy ahead of him to see what he does and that's going to be no different for me. I understand that he's not working out, but that's his choice and I respect that.

It is tough. You're up 'til 11, you're up at 6, and that's definitely hard on your body. But I wanted to work out. Obviously I wanted to run faster, but people know I can run fast. I have no regrets.

Everyone knows I'm not slow. I don't run times that slow.

It wasn't just me. The offensive line did a great job today. Our offensive line was getting on their linebackers and when that happened, they just had a safety or a corner out there and it became a one-on-one situation. That's why we were so productive running the ball.