"This is not the same football team, this is not the same offense, ... The players are the same, but they are performing at a higher level because of the guy who is running the thing."

"If you make that first down, you're squatting on the football to win the game. We just missed it. By what -- two inches?"

"We just could not stop him. Vince Young is just an extraordinary football player."

"They have played really good football, and they have tons of highlights and good things to show, ... But they have been unable to get their win in the Pac-10. That just screams about the Pac-10 offenses. They bring in a terrific running back, a terrific receiver."

"This is the kind of class that you're going to feel the impact immediately from these guys. You're going to feel it at the running back spot. You're going to feel it at the (defensive back) spot. You're going to see young guys involved from the beginning."

"will be so explosive that the defense will have to spend a lot of time on the field."

"That was our moment. I was trying to win the football game. We came within one fourth down of doing it. Missed it by that much."

"Gosh, we finished so strong. We just pounded the football in the second half."

"You make the first down, you win the football game."

"He was obviously the difference in the football game. He's really off the charts."

"He's an extraordinary football player."

"These are two historic offenses. You just don't see numbers like this except in video games."

"Our team is well-prepared for his leaving. It'll be fun to see who steps up."

"It's just fun. And it's supposed to be fun."

"This was a night for championships. Texas did a great job, wonderful job, all night. We had to keep scoring all night to outscore them. They were great champions tonight. If you have to step aside for somebody tonight, they're the team to do that for."

"It really felt this way when we talked as a team last night that this could happen in a big way. It was like we could have kept playing all night and had all that fun."

"This was a night of champions. Two teams went out and battled to the final seconds and Texas did a great job."

"[When the team broke from spring practice, Young wrote on a grease board in the locker room,] Anyone who wants to win this season, meet me back here June 1 ... We're going to be outside on the practice field every night at 7 p.m. Be there."

"I didn't want that to happen, ... I started focusing in more on sports."

"Coach Brown has let me be me more, laughing, joking around, playing with the guys, listening to our music."

"To me, mistakes happen, ... I don't really think about last year's game. It's all about now."

"He's a gifted athlete, and just came out and played the game. Him coming in at running back shows what kind of talent he has. He's getting better with his receiving routes, and getting better running the ball."

"Coach Brown came back five minutes later and said a snowstorm came in and it shut their whole school down, ... I said to myself that's way too cold, I'm not going there."

"Everybody's looking for something negative. I just want to continue being a positive person. ... That is motivation for me. When it's my time to come out and show 'Vince,' then you will get the truth."