Bruce Davis: "We’re a lot more comfortable"

Senior defensive end Bruce Davis was asked about the differences going into the defense’s second year with coordinator DeWayne Walker at Pac-10 Football Media Day on Thursday:

"We’re lot more comfortable about his system and how to play it. I can understand it and we’ve added new things and we’ve all bought into his system.

"We’re a more mature football team now and everyone is working for one cause. We all trust each other. The communications are much better than in recent years and we know what we have to do to win games now.

"We have 25 seniors now and we know each other very well. We lost some games we shouldn’t have [last season] and we don’t want to go out there and do that again. There’s nothing in college football we haven’t seen and we’re ready to play for each other.

Asked about what will make the difference this season, he added "We’re going to outwork everybody in the country.

You don’t have to be the best team in the country each Saturday; you have to be the best team against who you play each Saturday."

More to come from Pac-10 Football Media Day . . .