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It's loud, and I don't think it's going to get any louder than Florida State was. Once you can't hear, now you're just kind of splitting hairs. It's going to be fun. It's an exciting game.

Eric Winston

 

He keeps getting better every week. He'll mess something up, and the next week you won't see the same mistake. The big thing is we have to give him enough time back there, and he's going to make every throw he needs to make.

Eric Winston

 

You can break down those nine sacks... but you fall into that trap of rationalizing it. You can't rationalize something like that. When something bad like that happens, you have to take your butt-whipping like a man. We accept the fact that we didn't play up to snuff.

Eric Winston

 

He's so compact that there's really not a great place to hit him. And when he smells that end zone, he really gets after it.

Eric Winston

 

[Wright is] just a different person now, ... You come into Miami as an 18-year-old and you get a little wide-eyed, like 'Holy crap, what's going on here?' Now, you kind of get through a couple years, it's not so much of a big deal anymore. Now it's his time, the pressure's off a little bit, he understands what he's got to do. And it's just a matter of knowing that he doesn't have to make the big play.

Eric Winston

 

I'm sure he didn't have a lot of good role models around him. I think a lot of guys took it upon themselves, especially the guys who grew up in that neighborhood, to ... show him how things are done around here. I think he's done just fine.

Eric Winston

 

Everybody was like, 'Virginia Tech's toughest test this season is going to come at Virginia,' ... That's ridiculous. We're not out of this thing. You better strap it up when we're coming to town, whether it's on the field or in the parking lot.

Eric Winston

 

I feel like I'm playing better every game, ... I'm not up and down; ever since the start of the season, I've been climbing up. That's why I'm excited. We're going into these last five games, it's the meat of our schedule, it's all ACC opponents and I think I can play better football than I have been.

Eric Winston

 

He's gone through a lot and I think that helps him. There's not too much stuff he hasn't gone through, that's for sure. He's a real raw player. He hasn't had a lot of experience. I think he's gotten significantly better. He's got a lot of want-to about him. And he's a good guy to have around.

Eric Winston

 

We've got a nice little stretch of home games and I hope everybody comes out to see us, because we're going to start putting up some points. And when this team gets a little rhythm, watch out -- because we've got a lot of talent out here.

Eric Winston