That's not really what he said. He said he did some things in his 9 years that had never been done at Illinois. I don't know what Bruce said here, but I've always kind of disagreed with the "he's such a nice guy" narrative we have had consistently shoved down our throats. Maybe he is a great guy privately, but a lot of the time he's come across as petty and insecure publicly. It was a pretty weird interview. He had to know that going on ESPN 1000 was going to be an Illinois-centric interview, but he wasn't really interested in talking about his time in Champaign. The line in question was more of a throwaway deal as he was saying he enjoyed his time there and will remember it fondly. He also mentioned his new purple tie collection more than once. I haven't heard the quote, but he allegedly bragged about having four offers "just this week" when he took the KSU gig. Maybe he was trying to say how great a job KSU is, because he passed these other opportunities to take it. But isolated, it sounds like his insecurity coming out again.