The Lions' Pride

Here are the notes from Matt McGloin's teleconference on Wednesday morning:

- We don't have any type of different view coming into this game. They played Iowa tough, everyone has games like they had last week, just look at our second half last week.

- Having Monday off was more about getting our minds back together. They came back and had a good, long, strong practice. The day off really helped.

- 'I don't think so' when asked if he thought there was any doubt that he would be the starter this week.

- The mood in practice on Tuesday was great. We've forgotten about Ohio State. Indiana has been up and down. They can't come out slowly, or it could be a long day for us.

- The first half last week let them know that they could play with Ohio State, and the second half showed how bad they could be at times. It just shows you that they have to play 60 minutes, but they know they can play with everybody.

- We got ourselves into too many 3rd and long situations. In the second half, it seems as if we couldn't get going. We lost the time of possession. Those are the situations we need to keep ourselves out of.

- You have to be prepared each and every day knowing that you're getting the start Saturday. You have to keep everybody up and try to focus on the task at hand. You know you've got a tough game this week.

- Getting the start was something that I knew I was capable of. Everybody has started to realize that this is my team and I'm going to go out there and get the job done.

- Justin Brown is a great football player, he's a young guy and he was definitely open a lot on Saturday, that's why I threw to him.

- I think everybody feels that they need to prove themselves. Everybody works hard every day to get better and as a team they're trying to prove that they're going to play as good as anyone else.

- Derek Moye is one of those guys that you have a ton of confidence in. All of our wideouts have great ability, I have the utmost confidence in all of them.

- I was waiting for people hop off the bandwagon if I had a bad game or something. There's people out there that want to see us lose and do bad, but you can't focus on that. You have to face the adversity and move on, and I think we did that in practice yesterday.

- Coach McQueary does a great job of mixing our wideouts. Everybody has the capability to play in this offense. They have confidence that guys will make plays.

- I think we just get too comfortable sometimes. We got up big on Ohio State and we got a little too comfortable trying to run the clock out. We tried playing not to lose. That's tough to win like that. Coming into this weekend, they can't have a slow start.

- The loss was a tough pill to swallow, but it's something they can use as a learning experience. They play at Ohio State again next year, and he's got a big red circle around that date. It's something they have to move on.

- It was a number of things that went wrong. Everybody got too comfortable. Ohio State went in and made big time changes at halftime. I don't think we were ready for it as a team.

- That wasn't a coverage that we had seen from them on film. They made some adjustments and made some good plans. That's what good football teams do.

- We may be young, but a lot of guys have a lot of playing time and know what to expect. Nobody is too young anymore. I don't think we can use not a lot of experience as an excuse.

- There's a lot of good and a lot of bad for everybody in the Ohio State. In the first half, we were clicking. In the second half, we put the ball in their hands and you can't do that with the playmakers they have.

- To clarify earlier, he said that there were people out there that didn't want them to win so they could hop off the bandwagon. Now we see who the true fans are and how they'll support the team.

- He believes that Royster, Green and Redd will be available. They practiced yesterday, hopefully they'll be available.