I learned a long time ago that you can play to win or play not to lose. I always think it's better and more fun to play to win. I thought Bryan made a good throw. We just didn't get it.

I think there's a little bit more to play for in the spring time than there is in the summer because everybody wants to be a champion at their high school and that's the main difference I see between coaching legion ball and coaching at the school.

It's going to be fun to play in this for the first time.

The thought of John O'Brien back to play is a good thing for us. It's a long time coming for us.

I'm an old-fashioned guy. There are two kinds of coaches: schemers and fundamentalists. Fundamentalists teach blocking, tackling and holding on to the ball.

In a lot of ways, the Cavaliers' performance mirrors the Gophers' performance, and vice versa. At times, we both looked very, very good, but there was room for improvement in certain games.