Pat Fitzgerald

Football is a six-inch war focused on running the ball

We've got to run the ball. I mean, that's football. That's what this game's all about. It's a six-inch war. If you can't move people, you can't win. And, you know, that's the name of the game, no doubt.

Nerds run the world, but they don't run the football

Nerds run the world, though, brother. That's true. But they don't run the football. No, they don't, but we do. So we run the ball for them.

Kinnick Stadium is one of the hardest places to play in the Big Ten

It's great in Kinnick. You know, they're right there behind me, literally found in the front row of Kinnick. I mean, they are awesome. I mean, they are on you from the minute you walk in. It is pretty darn good.

Success for Northwestern means winning the Big Ten West

We can't control that [Rose Bowls], but we got to win the West.