Karl Dorrell Against Quotations

Given our lack of success we've had against Washington State ... there's a lot of focus and motivation to continue the things that we are doing. This is a big road test, our first road test of the season.

Our team can move the football. We've done it against some very good teams in our conference. We also know how good the Big Ten is. For them to have success in the Big Ten, we know our hands are full.

That was a focal point. It has been since our game against USC. We wanted to get our running game going and keep that (Wildcat) offense off the field.

Wesley Walker looks good out there, ... Our depth at linebacker is getting better, but we'd like to play him some against Washington.

It's more significant because from here on the games get bigger. We finished non-conference 3-0 with a win over a ranked team. We treat every week as championship week. Our next game against Washington is another big week. We treat each opponent the same, we want to go out there and put it all on the line.

That's really pretty easy given our lack of success against Washington State, particularly going up to Pullman and playing them. We haven't had a lot of success in this particular week, so our focus has been the best it has been all season.

Can we put up those kind of numbers against Oklahoma? That's to be determined.

He's proven that he can win. He's proven that he can win when the chips are against him. He's proven that he can win on the road in a pretty crazy environment. He's the leader of our offense and he's leading by how he's playing.