Ryan Kalil Quotations

It's kind of like last year when we won, it didn't really hit until we went home. It's kind of the same thing.

If Hollywood was somewhere else, if Hollywood was in Lincoln, Nebraska, then obviously celebrities would be coming around a lot more to the Huskers games.

UCLA had three weeks to get ready. You can't change your whole base defense, but you can put in some new looks. They were shifting a lot right before the snap. But when you've played together like we have, you develop that communication. We eventually figured it out. And we were already moving the ball anyway.

Since we don't have a pro football team here, a lot of people put their faith and love in the game of football in us.

Some guys milk injuries and miss a couple games at the beginning. Other guys, they tough it out for the betterment of the team.

I'm in the NFL now, and it's nothing like what we did at USC. Not at all. The only difference between my college and other colleges is the games we won and the attention we got because of it. Obviously being in Los Angeles plays a huge role in the publicity. We don't have a football team in L.A., so we kind of are like the pro team.

Occasionally, you'll look up in the fourth quarter and see someone big that you didn't even realize was there. Until then, it's all about business with this team.

There was a split second where my heart sank and I thought it might be over.

So I have those. But mostly, I just have the memories.

Sure, we're losing some important guys, but we're going to be good.