Quotes from Georgia

About not having a curfew for the first few nights, JJ said:
"This is a great group of kids. I know we are not going to do anything we're going to be ashamed of. It's OK with me to let them experience something that they may never have a chance to again." (CLE)

"This is a great group of kids and I am not worried we are going to do anything we would be ashamed of. It's OK with me to let them experience something they may never get to experience again." (rivals.com)

About the Super Bowl atmosphere that is around them, JJ said:
"I tried to share with the team that this is the big time and the city of New Orleans is a great place to visit. A Super Bowl atmosphere surrounds us." (rivals.com)

About how they need to get used to the atmosphere, Colt said:
"We just got to get over the fact that we're on this big stage I think, once we're over that, we'll be fine." (rivals.com)

About how Georgia would be "stupid" if they don't give the ball a lot to Moreno, JJ said:
"They've got a Barry Sanders, maybe a tougher Barry Sanders, running the ball. He's one of the best I've seen, and he's 18 years old. That's amazing." (CLE)

About why he wanted to practice at the Saints' practice facility, JJ said:
"I think it will help them when their draft day comes. There is also something about being able to practice good when people are watching you, the pressure of doing that." (CLE)

About the Saints' practice facility, Colt said:
"This is cool. This is obviously the next level, a place where a lot of us are trying to get. To be here, to see it, is really neat." (rivals.com)

As he watched UH's practice with the head coach of the Saints, Saints executive VP and GM Mickey Loomis said with a straight face:
"We're not really here scouting. We're just allowing them to use the facilities." (rivals.com)

About what he expects from Georgia's D, Colt said:
"I think with the athletes they have, the speed they have, their philosophy is going to be to blitz, bring the pressure, man-up and knock us off our timing and just rattle us. It's a good game plan, but we'll be prepared for it." (rivals.com)

About being an underdog for the first time this season, Colt said:
"We understand what's going to be waiting for us in that dome. But we're excited to be here and we want to live up to that opportunity." (rivals.com)

About his feelings as he watched the UH-Washington game, Georgia TE Tripp Chandler said:
"When they went down by 21, I was like, 'Man, I guess they weren't as good as everyone said they were.' But then the fashion that they came back showed something that they hadn't been talking about and that was the poise that their team showed and just how they stuck together. That just really shows our team that even if we get up on them in the beginning, that doesn't mean anything. They can come back on us just as quick, especially with that high-powered offense that they have." (CLE)

About how they learned from their unsuccessful comebacks last year, JJ said:
"The difference this year is that we learned from last year how to win. We had the ball in our hands four times this year, had to have a drive to win the game, and Colt did it every time and Tyler did it another time. That's really special. That's the difference of being a good team and a great team." (CLE)

About how they cannot get comfortable even if they have a lead on UH, Georgia center Fernando Velasco said:
"For us, that poses a challenge that we can never let up on them. If we get ahead, we can never let up. We've got to keep fighting, because they for sure are gonna keep fighting as well." (CLE)

About how their players believe, which makes them hard to beat, JJ said:
"We've done it -- we've scored 28 points in two and a half minutes, we've come from behind, we've done what we had to do. Once you do that, the players believe they can do it. And once you have that belief, anything's possible." (CLE)