DeRuyter, Fitzgerald lead pre-bowl press conference

Tim DeRuyter

* Want to thank the people from Meineke, they've been fantastic to our players, our coaches and our families all week long. We've had a tremendous bowl experience. We've had some adversity to deal with the last year, particularly the last couple weeks here. But it really has galvanized our team. We're looking forward to the challenge we're going to have tomorrow in playing a fine Northwestern team.