**NOTE: Coach Grobe Quotes Featured in Above Video**

On third down issuesà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"We've missed a lot of tackles. We've been in position a lot of the time and we haven't made the play. We have to get off the field when we have the opportunity."

On making improvementsà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"The things that go wrong are definitely correctable. It isn't that we aren't giving the effort. It's just a missed assignment."

On staying motivatedà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"We try to keep everybody positive. It's something that we have to do, and we have to keep pushing forward so that we can get back on track."

On going to a bowl gameà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"You want to go to a bowl game because you've earned it, whether that was at the beginning of the season or not. Being a senior, I would love to finish my year out with a win at the bowl game."

On finishing the season strongà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"We definitely plan to get back on track. We're going to go out there and play as hard as we can, and we're going to figure out a way to get the win."

On pre-game preparationà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"It starts at practice. You have to be all-out at practice, and what you do there will transfer to the game. We have to continue to practice hard and be more enthusiastic so that we can continue to keep the ball rolling."

On using what he has learned going into the next game...
"Yeah, we definitely don't want to have turnovers no matter what, but I mean, they happen. I need to do a better job of maybe just checking off to another receiver or just throwing the ball away when I need to."

On moving on when things don't go the right way...
"It's pretty frustrating, but being a leader, you have to shake it off and tell everybody to shake it off and clear it and just stay positive because the game is still going."

On only having one week to prepare for the Kansas State game...
"I just had to go in. I had prepared for it coming in. I knew something like this might happen like last year so I had to come in and do my best when my time was called."

On who Zach Smith is...
"I'm a leader and I'm a competitor and I want to go out there and win every time. When you don't do that and you fail, it's tough, It's frustrating, but you have to shake it off, move to the next game and try to go get a win."

On Zach Smith à ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"I think he did great for the situation that he was put in. We didn't help that much as an offensive line. We had quite a few errors going on. The fact of the matter was he was calm the whole time. That's one of the things that can get to a younger player. You can get hit once and the entire game is a struggle for him. I think that his calmness and his trust in us was definitely something that was really good about his performance that day. I'm sure that going forward he is going to do better."

On the mindset of this team going forwardà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"We definitely have not given up. Everyone still has the mindset that we need to win. It's really just a matter of making sure that everyone has decided that if you are out there, you are out there to win."

On playing at AT&T Stadiumà ¢Ã¢' ¬ ¦
"It's one of my favorite places. It's not too far from home so I get a lot of my family to come to that game. I get a lot of family to come down here, but it's easier going 30 minutes compared to two hours. It's a great atmosphere and it's always full. That's one of my favorite games to play in."