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Clemson Discover Orange Bowl Notes #12 Clemson Arrival Quotes Dabo Swinney Head Coach On what Clemson wants to accomplish A win, that s what we hope to get accomplished.

It s just a great to finally get here, but our goal is to win the game and have a little bit better performance than the last time we came down here. On matchup It s a great match up.

1 Clemson Discover Orange Bowl Notes #12 Clemson Arrival Quotes Dabo Swinney Head Coach On what Clemson wants to accomplish A win, that s what we hope to get accomplished. We re excited an honored to get back to the Discover Orange Bowl. This is a bowl that every player and college coach wants to be a part of. It s just a great to finally get here, but our goal is to win the game and have a little bit better performance than the last time we came down here. On matchup It s a great match up. Ohio State is a great team, we think we re a great team and both teams were two of the teams that had a shot to get to Pasadena, but came up a little short from that aspect. But I know both teams want to finish with a win and carry that momentum into next year. On Tajh Boyd vs Braxton Miller That s just kind of a natural thing when you have two great quarterbacks that have accomplished so much in Tajh and Braxton. That s a good place to start when talking about this game because those two guys no matter how they play will have a major impact on this game. On if game will be a shootout Who knows, we just want one more [point] than they ve got. It s been a long time since we ve played since November 30 th, so that s a long time. I hope that we play great defense and the defense is the difference in the game.

2 Chandler Catanzaro PK Senior (Graduate) On senior class Hoping to lead these guys to another victory and send the season off on a high note. On his performance in a close game You got to nail it. You have to think that way. I ve been visualizing a game winner already in this game or a big kick. I m ready for it if it comes my way. Pressure of playing in a BCS bowl game You can t really think about the outside circumstances. You have to focus on what the process is, what you re doing, your preparation. All the butterflies kind of go away when you step out on the game field. We just have to prepare with purpose this week and we ll be ready to go. On if game will help with NFL recruitment I think whenever you step foot on that game field you have to be ready to produce. It s definitely an audition for sure. Every game is an audition, every kicks an audition. I m going to go out there and trust in the process, trust in my preparation, and produce whenever they need me. On South Florida weather It feels great to me. I have to get used to it a little bit. But it s like 20 to 25 degrees warmer now. It was 40 degrees when we left. We re just lucky to be here, it s an honor to be in this bowl game. We re ready to have fun, but the biggest thing is to win the ball game, so we ll do our best to do that.

3 Sammy Watkins WR Junior On playing in Orange Bowl I m excited for this team and this organization to regroup ourselves and have another opportunity to showcase Clemson. It s going to be a great game and a great win for whoever wins this game. On facing Ohio State [We have to] take care of the ball and manage the offense. They have the same type of offense, score fast. We have to control the ball and make big plays. On if game will be a shootout With this team I don t want to get in a shootout, they have the same type of offense. I want our defense to step up and play a big game for us, if they do that we ll probably win the game. But both sides of the team have to execute and we ll play like we practice all week. On recognition It s very important to set the tempo of the offense and make the big plays early. For me it s definitely an honor to play in the Orange Bowl against Ohio State who was two plays away from a national championship. It s important to go out there and have fun but make it known it s going to be a good game. On cornerbacks covering him I think I m the best receiver in the nation and I think cornerbacks should have their time chance. Overall I think I can t be guarded, that s just my mindset. But it s definitely fun going against great cornerbacks. On leaving for NFL I don t know yet, I have to talk it over with the coaches. There will definitely be a plan in place. I don t want this to be about me and so after the bowl game I ll definitely let them know.

4 Tajh Boyd QB Redshirt Senior On being on a a big stage (the Discover Orange Bowl) I m excited about this match up. Obviously, we want to play in every big game that we possibly can, so this just sets up another opportunity for us to go out there and show the country what we can do. Big stage, big venue, beautiful city, we re excited about it. [Ohio State is a] great team we re going to play against and we get a chance to go out there and just lay it all out on the line. On Braxton Miller I m excited. Me and Braxton have a great relationship. I ve known him for a couple of years now and, obviously, he s one of the most explosive players in the country, regardless of position. So, it s going to be a challenge for us as a whole. We have to rally together. There will be ups and down throughout the game...i m excited for it. On Ohio State... Their athletic group is very physical. That s just the style of football that they play. They are very much downhill in the way that they compete and the way that their mentality is. We have to run the ball effectively, we have to be able to throw the ball effectively, so, it just comes down to executing your game plan and just focusing on the details of the game. Reflecting on his college career It s special [the game]. Just my time and looking at it from an accumulation standpoint, it s just been a great career. But again, you re only really remembered by your last game. So, when we go out here we want to make the most of it. Some people look at it as a legacy game, some people look at it in other regards, but I just want to go out there and lay it on the field. When I come out of this game there needs to be no regrets and nobody questioning my toughness and my competitiveness.

5 Spencer Shuey LB - Graduate On what he expects to see out of Ohio State I definitely think we ll see a team that is disappointed in their last performance and definitely trying to prove something. They re an extremely tough team. They ve lost one game in the last two years and that s no fluke. They definitely have the talent and definitely have the coaches and the ability to be in the National Championship and it came down to the last game, the reason they re not, and we re definitely looking forward to being able to have a shot against them. On Braxton Miller Their entire offense is extremely good. They ve got a great offensive line. Braxton, the quarterback, is unbelievably fast and definitely going to be a tough guy to contain. It s definitely going to take a team effort. On how he will separate business from the fun We all realize that it s a business trip. We re definitely going to have a lot of fun and enjoy the hotel and enjoy the facilities and the different events they put on for us, but I think the maturity level on our team has showed that we know it s a business trip and we re definitely going to treat it as such.

Syracuse at Boston College November 29, 2014 Boston College Quotes. Head Coach Steve Addazio

Syracuse at Boston College November 29, 2014 Boston College Quotes. Head Coach Steve Addazio Boston College Quotes Head Coach Steve Addazio Opening statement Obviously we were in a tough-fought game. Rival games are like that. We knew it would be that kind of game. We knew [Syracuse was] pretty