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the field. I had my helmet by me, and also I had the Gatorade ready to go. "With the timeouts, it was a lit- tle postponed, so we maneuvered around. At one point, we lost Kelly, we didn't know where he was, so we had to maneuver around." On slowing down LSU running back Leonard Fournette: "He's a great back. He's only a freshman, so imagine him next year, and the im- provements he'll make in the offsea- son to get better. It's something that I look forward to personally; playing against great guys. "He got me; I got him. It's fun; it's what football's all about. Team de- fense. Their big plays, the plays they made were from gadgets, other than Fournette's 89-yard rush. It was just playing mentally and physically sound, and executing for the most part." Sophomore defensive lineman Isaac Rochell … On using the bowl win for mo- mentum going into 2015: "It's huge. Beating an SEC team like LSU — they're really well known for being good. "People know that they have re- ally athletic players. It's huge beating them going forward. There's a lot of excitement knowing what we can po- tentially be." Junior wide receiver C.J. Prosise … On getting the better of a talented team: "It feels amazing. It's definitely a great feeling to get that losing streak behind us. "Something we talked about this whole week is that we got away from who we were; we got away from be- ing together as a team. I think we got back to that today." Sophomore right tackle Mike Mc- Glinchey … On earning his first career start in a bowl: "It's the same as it always is — you've just got to go out and play football and get ready to play football. Whether we're playing LSU or the Little Sisters of the Poor, we're play- ing the same way, and you've got to prepare the same way. "It's all the same mindset all the time, and you've got to get ready as if you're going against the best guy in the country every week." LSU head coach Les Miles … On Notre Dame's performance: "I thought they played very hard, and they beat a good football team here to- day. I felt like we would defend them better than we did, and we felt like we would score and move the football. "We did not stop Notre Dame, cer- tainly in the first half, much at all. Give credit to Notre Dame." On the Irish's offensive game plan: "I think they ran a couple of speed sweeps, they hit pretty well. Then I think they had a nice little sprint-out call and tried to get loose. "I don't know if they surprised us much. I think they executed their of- fense very well." — Tim Sullivan