He had conversations with them a while ago, but I guess they had not filled the position. It was official [Friday]. It's his alma mater. It's a great opportunity for him.

And the fullback was not going to be a big part of the offense. Jarrod ran well and was a tough guy. We put him on defense to utilize his speed.

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him

I'm not at all happy they did that. As a county elected official, I guess I resent it that the county party is essentially telling me to take a hike, ... I feel like my county party is working against me.

Peter has shown through spring football, the summer and the early fall, he has been remarkably consistent with his distance. We're excited about that and keeping him in the groove.

I'm very pleased with him. Red-shirt freshmen will have good games and bad ones. We have to live with it.