Even with the best of maps and instruments, we can never fully chart our journeys.

Overall, it's a top-50 class. What (Michigan State coach John L. Smith) needed to do is get some Band-Aids for his team and fill some needs right away. With eight guys coming in signed, I think he did that.

I haven't seen any junior in the Midwest better than Clay. There's not one school in the country that wouldn't offer Clay a scholarship based on talent alone.

There were a couple blown assignments, a couple missed tackles. They had a couple long runs. That led to their 16 points. Other than that, our defense played really well.

Our line did a lot of work this week. We ran the plays over and over again. (David) English had a really good game. Our linemen really stepped it up.

Our whole football team just had a really good night.