History has shown we're a really good second-half football team and particularly strong in the fourth quarter. We count on that.

This is a fantastic and improved football team; the impact of the head coach is obvious,

There's no question that as much pressure as can be generated in college football is surrounding Matt. He's marvelous at dealing with it, but he's just a kid, too. He's got his times when he'd much rather be outside all of the attention, but that's just life and that's what it is.

The history really doesn't have anything to do with how we play, so that's not a big point for me to dwell on. But it is fun for everybody.

Once you're a football player, you're a football player for life. You always think of yourself in terms of that. We all do. It's hard to get rid of when you can't play anymore.

He almost didn't come out. He was unsure. I think he wanted to wrestle, but he's a really good football player and I think he felt a little bit of pressure to focus on one sport.