As a coach you try to put yourself in their shoes and see what you're doing and how they may counter it, and see if there's anything you can do to be one step ahead without driving your team nuts.

If they told me to take my shoes off, I'd coach barefoot,

Now it's my turn to start, and I am going to try to fill the (previous lineman's) shoes. There is more pressure because we don't want to be the senior class that let coach (Barry) Alvarez down in his last season with Wisconsin.

We don't wear shoes, we're uneducated, we all live in trailers.

I have played a lot of times against Milan as a player and coach, so it's really just another game.

[Last year's 4-14 mark was disappointing for Vernon-Verona-Sherrill and coach Frank Mitchell.] I expect a much stronger showing, ... Since the season ended last year we've worked real hard in the off-season and come a long way.