Here's some additional player reaction to today's removal of Tyrone Willingham as UW's coach:

RONNIE FOUCH:

General reaction: "It's tough for me beauase he's the reason I came here.''

How he found out: "I had a meeting with him this morning.''

On going on the next five games: "It won't he hard because we will be playing for him.He's the reason I came here and it's going to be tough seeing him go after this year.''

On the players not hearing about it as a team: "It came at a not opportune time for him to address the team having the day off today and yesterday, but he met with me and I was infomed before this.''

On Willingham staying on: "I think that's best for our team to have him stay because he has built this program to where it is right now and we are going to rally around him and try to win some games to try to finish out the season right for him.''

More reaction to the move: "It was tough because he's the reason I came here and he recruited me from day one and having him look me in the eye and say he won't be back next year is tough for me.''

What went wrong: "If you look at the obvious point, wins and losses. But I don't think that's his fault. A lot of it is the team. He can only do so much and we've got to be able to put wins and losses out there ourselves. ... We believe that we are as big a reason we are 0-7 as he is.''

NATE WILLIAMS

Reaction: "I found out about 1:30. With all the speculation, I think, I guess we could see it coming .... the reality hasn't hit me yet that he won't be the coach next season. ... It's unfortunate that it happens but that's part of sports, I guess. ... I had mixed emotions. It takes a while for the reality to hit you what's happened. It's tough to hear the coach you came to play for won't be here next year.

On where the team goes now: "We really need to rally around ourselves. When things get tough you have to lean on your brother..''

JOHRI FOGERSON

Reaction: "He's the one that brought me here so it's sad. Now we're going to be starting over from ground zero. It's just unfortunate we are not winning games this year because he's a great coach. The difference in how we practice and how we play just doesn't add up. We have the talent. We're not an 0-7 team at all. ... for me, I'll just keep playing. It's a business right now and we are here to play football.''