Kansas State Wildcats College Football Pregame Quote, 12/29/2022

On what he sees when looking at tape of Alabama: I see a lot of great things. To start off, they’re well coached. As long as I’ve been alive, they’ve been at the top of college football and they still are. They [Alabama] don’t beat themselves and I think that’s one of the things that’s led to the success over the many years. They’re strong, physical guys, like I said, well coached, they don’t make mistakes and it’s tough to beat a team that doesn’t make mistakes.

On personal and/or team goals going into the Allstate Sugar Bowl: We’re here to win. We know it’s Alabama, we know the challenge that’s ahead, but we’re here to win. We didn’t come here [New Orleans] to just say, ‚ÄúHey, we made a Sugar Bowl.‚Äù We’re coming here to win and that’s our ultimate goal.

On the special feeling of this year’s K-State team: Oh yeah. It’s just a testament to the culture we have in the locker room. I could walk up to anybody in any position and have a conversation with them, go hangout with them and that’s just us being bonded together. There are some teams where certain positions may not talk to other ones but our team isn’t like that. We all hang out together and I think that’s really been what’s helped us succeed this year.

On his excitement that his family is making the trip to the Allstate Sugar Bowl: I’m super excited. My family’s been super supportive. They’ve been at every game no matter what. They’re flight got canceled for this game and they said, ‚ÄúWho cares? We’re driving down [to New Orleans].‚Äù They drove to Little Rock yesterday and are driving here today. The support from my family has been tremendous from the beginning.