[College Sports News]

"We're extremely excited about this match up. It presents a lot of great challenges to us. The defense we're facing basically has just one game which had nobody move the ball at all, sowatching film, they've been very impressive."

Rose Bowl Press Conference Quotes

[College Sports News]

"We're excited about this challenge ahead of us a couple days on Monday. Hopefully we're up to the task. I think we will be. Watching film the last couple weeks of Michigan it's obvious they're a great football team, especially on offense."

Friday's Rose Bowl Press Conference Quotes

[College Sports News]

The build up to the game and the focus on the game has really taken over all of our attention. It's a great challenge that we have against a terrific team and you have to get into it, you have to go for it or you won't have a chance. It is kind of interesting that both teams are in a similar situation and I'm always trying to figure out who as the edge on this deal and I think it could be equal. We're ready to go, we're excited about it and pumped up and worked like crazy to get to ready for this game. It's really just that feeling you get and you have to focus on that.

Rose Bowl Media Day Quotes

[College Sports News]

"This is an exciting time. We finally get to the point where all the excitement and all the build-up and all the talk and the rhetoric are over. Our guys are really pumped up about it. We've had a terrific week. The whole preparation has been solid for us. The last week has really been fun, we've had a very good time. I know you might be wondering how could it be fun when you've done it before, but this was just better. Our kids had a great time, the Rose Bowl really set things up and was run perfectly. The events were all good, the food was awesome, the stay at the hotel was terrific, so it's all been perfectly orchestrated. As we get, finally, to New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, it's rolled out just right. We're looking forward to a big explosion on game day for our team, and I know their team will be loaded and ready to go, too, so it's going to be a great football game I hope and we'll do everything we can to make it that way. We're looking forward to it."

Pete Carroll And Lloyd Carr Press Conference Quotes

[Gotham Dark Knight]

On if the UCLA game was the first where Booty was under serious pressure:

Yeah, it really was, and that's due to the run game. If you don't run the football, that's how most quarterbacks usually get hit. He's been very fortunate he hasn't got hit like that because we've had a good running game most of the year and we've been able to get quick passes off where guys have stayed out of his face. In one sense there were some good things about that. Going through that and getting back up and still taking us down there at the end.

So can Booty come through if pressured?

[Lefty Noob]

Originally Posted by Gotham Dark Knight

So can Booty come through if pressured?

No, I don't think so, and I think that's the main thing that gives Michigan the edge in this game.