It had to be heartbreaking for him to lose the rushing record after only a week but he has been very classy. Not only did he immediately congratulate Oklahoma's Perine, when told in an interview that Perine broke his record, he also reached out to Perine to congratulate him directly, as well as gave him some advice on handling the pressure of being the new record holder: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/11931250/melvin-gordon-wisconsin-badgers-congratulates-samaje-perine-oklahoma-sooners-breaking-fbs-single-game-rushing-record