And so it begins, a week full of TQT.

To kick off our week, we bring you a Q&A with senior defensman Craig Brooks -- whose responses easily qualify him among the more colorful TQT interviews we've had so far.

Enjoy.

If not hockey, what sport would you be playing?

Golf, without a doubt -- just be outside in nice warm weather and much more relaxed, because every other sport besides hockey is much more relaxed. So I'd go with golf.

What is your favorite place to eat in town?

There was a good streak there where I was going to Five Guys like four days a week, which probably didn't help -- I think I was about to have a heart attack. But it's definitely my favorite place to go and just chow down a nice big, greasy burger.

What is your favorite class taken at Penn State?

I'm not a big fan of classes overall, but I think my favorite class was a sociology class. I can't remember the professor's name, but he was just kind of nutty. I really enjoyed that one. Either that, or we get 1.5 credits for KINES skating, so that's probably my favorite class.

Do you have any hidden talents most people don't know about?

I'm actually the most prolific goal scorer to ever play hockey. [BTP NOTE: Says the man with six career goals] Only my mom's seen it, like twice, but she's my mom.

Who is your favorite hockey player?

Cam Neely. I grew up a Bruins fan. He was just hard-nosed. He could score. He could fight. He was just a great hockey player. Currently though, I'd probably say Milan Lucic on the Bruins because he's the same exact player. As a defenseman, my favorite defenseman will always be Don Sweeney. I hated Ray Bourque -- he sold the team out to go to Colorado and plus I just didn't like him.

What is your favorite Coach Balboni quirk?

I've read a lot of them. They're all pretty much taken up -- saying "logistics," the mullet was great. I think my biggest quirk is when he says, "Wheels up," right when we get in the bus. When everyone's on he goes, "Wheels up." We need wheels to drive, so it always bothered me that he said that.

In the movie of your life, who plays your girlfriend?

I would say Jessica Simpson, but then everyone's saying she got fat. So I'd probably have to go with Jessica Alba.

Who's the best dressed guy on the team?

I'm a big fan of the way Taylor Cera dresses when he's got the suits, just because he looks like he's about to go out and commit serial murders. Off the ice, I guess you could say best and worst dressed, because Cerutti's got holes in his jeans. He wants to be an Abercrombie model, but he's just a failed one.

Who is the biggest ladies man on the team?

I keep seeing John Jay and I don't want to keep going with that. I'm going to go with [Matt] Kirstein, even though he's got a girlfriend. Kirstein just knows everyone. So I'd say the biggest ladies man, just because every girl seems to know him when you walk around campus with him, is Matt Kirstein.

Who has the best nickname on the team?

I'm going to go with a brand new one that we made up when we were on our way to Connecticut. We had walkie-talkies and we came up with the "Columbus Cutler" for Matt Kirstein, because all the girls just kind of flock to him and just want to hang out with him. He's from Columbus, plus he's got a girlfriend -- so as many girls as he hangs out with, even if he wanted to be THE ladies man, he couldn't. So he'd just probably cut them.

-Dean