Lovie Smith

"When you don't play the way you think you should, you evaluate the video, which we have done, and you make the necessary corrections you feel like you need to make and you start getting ready for a Rutgers team that's probably anxious to play us."

"This week we get some players back, which is a good thing. We need to play a football game, it's as simple as that. When you play the way we did this Saturday you can't continue down that path, you have to make changes and we need to change things up a little bit and play a lot better."

"We are pretty excited about getting everyone back. Some good football players aren't playing for us right now and when you have a [large] amount of guys [out], it's a trickle down affect to just even how you practice… I know we are a better football team with them and I can't wait to get them back."

On Jer'Zhan Newton
"I like his work ethic, he loves football, [he is] coachable. He is a young athlete that is getting better, each week we see him do more and more good things we like. "

"I know they [Rutgers] opened up the season with a big win, Greg Schiano is an outstanding coach… This is a team we've played every year so we are familiar with the personnel but whenever you go on the road it's a tough duty. We're underdogs again and I see why. As much as anything we are playing Rutgers buts it also about us not playing our best ball. That why we are anxious to practice this week and put a better product on the football field this weekend."