Despite the rabid interest of Oregon fans, this game does not have the mass appeal of, say, Texas and Alabama, the title matchup a year ago. So Magnus said the game would have to be a close one, maybe overtime, to surpass the But maybe a few more people will be tuned in at halftime, as Andrews and coach Chip Kelly have had a couple of interviews that have done quite well on YouTube, such as.
What are you saying? The interview with Chip Kelly last Saturday lasted for several hours, fueling speculation that he was going to take the job. He turned down Tampa Bay last year. This is the third time Lurie is hiring a new coach since he bought the team from Norman Braman in He hired Ray Rhodes on Feb. Lurie needed less time to hire Reid, giving him the job on Jan.
He would eventually depart for a much less successful NFL coaching career. He went with the Eagles before he was fired and signed on with the 49ers. Don't read anything into it. There is no rhyme or reason for that. One of the reasons that I think Michael was stronger as the game went on is because, you know, number one, that's kind of his forte. That's what he does. But he was fresher probably from the beginning of not playing quite as much in those first few series.
Nick and Cam, what do you think the defense showed America tonight? Man, we have been doing this, like I said, for 14 weeks. We just went unnoticed throughout the year. Now that we got noticed out here on the big stand, we just showed what we can do. Coach Chizik always challenged us on each level, you know, not only on the defense side of the ball and the offense side of the ball, offensive line, secondary.
Throughout this. Throughout this season, everybody just responded and stepped up to the task. This week everyone knew the odds was on Auburn defense to see how they would respond to Oregon's offense. Not taking anything away from Oregon, because we played an excellent team. But our defense did their homework and, you know, they did the job.
Coach, how does this compare to the Texas experience for you? I can't even describe it right now, probably hasn't really set in like it will hopefully as we move forward. But for you to be able to sit up at a table with a bunch of young guys that week in and week out did every single thing we asked them to do every week and defied all odds and did all the things that people told them they couldn't do, that's the satisfaction in the moment that I have right now.
And the national championship thing will set in, I'm sure. But just to be -- just to be the leader of great men, its it is overwhelming for me.
Nick, LaMichael James described the conversation that you had with him -- or that you guys had together after the game. Can you describe that conversation for us? His team played -- like I told him, we played a good team. You know, it was out on the end. We had a good talk after the awards, so we became kind of, you know what I'm saying, distant friends.
Out there on the field we were talking mad junk laughter. What kind of mad junk? But, like I said, the conversation went good. I just told him to keep his head up and he was a great player.
How does the outcome of this game affect your decision to turn pro and what is your time line for making that decision?
It is something I have to sit down with Coach Chizik and my family and just get the vibe of so many different people. We will go from there. Cam, you got slammed pretty hard there late. How are you feeling right now physically? It was worth it. I got the better deal out of the whole thing. It wasn't just one hit that made my back go out.
But I am a blessed individual. It wouldn't have got done without these guys sitting on the left and right of me. I'm not up here to take up all the time. I don't want nobody to feel sorry for me because throughout this year didn't nobody feel sorry for Auburn. We got the last laugh laughter. You see a bunch of yellow jackets around here from hometown here in Phoenix.
What kind of stage did the Fiesta Bowl put on for you not only in leading up to it but tonight and the theater and drama that was the Fiesta Bowl and the Tostitos people that put for the BCS championship? They accounted for so many things. They gave us activities to do, eating lunch together and everything was team-oriented. We got a lot of time to have some fun time, have some free time also and just be around each other.
So the layoff for this Bowl game was top-notch and superb. We are a blessed team just to be -- just to have this type of setting. Coach Chizik told us to act professional on this business trip.
And, you know, we did. We had fun, but we still had -- we still knew we had a task at hand to accomplish. That's exactly what this whole week was.
The people were phenomenal. I have been to a lot of bowl games. And they were a class act. Everybody that was involved with this thing -- and my hat's off to everybody. I want to say thank you to everybody in these yellow coats in this room because I'm -- if you knew me better, you would know I didn't say it if I didn't mean it, but class act all the way.
Appreciate it.
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