Head coach Brian Kelly …
On if junior wide receiver Will
Fuller is underappreciated nation-
ally: "I don't think he's really wor-
ried about that. Will is the kind of
kid that just wants to win football
games. He doesn't really think about
it or talk about it much with us.
"He really just wants to win foot-
ball games. He's an intense competi-
tor on the sideline, and he's talking
about, 'Get me the ball. I can score.'
You can see the way he attacks the
football out there in the way he
runs. He's a guy you want to get
it to."
On when he knew the noon start
wouldn't be a problem: "Yesterday
after our practice. The way they
handled it knowing up front how
we were going to do this. Laying it
out in front of them, our guys are
really good if there's great trans-
parency. We let them know: Here's
what we want to do and how we
want to do it.
"They received that very well, and
we had a very good practice on Fri-
day. I knew it wasn't going to be an
issue for us today, just the way they
handled it yesterday."
On solidifying a playoff position:
"We need to win three more games;
that's all we can do. Here's what I
told the guys: You put yourself in a
position to be a contender. You just
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