I never thought it was a gamble. I thought it was unbelievable that here was a 15-year-old kid with those skills and that level of maturity. It was a great find.

Sometimes when you look at our season last year, as well as Brian played, it gets a little bit ignored because Stefan played so well,

I'm sure we're going in to face a team that now has some confidence and will be fired up to play us.

That's something I don't ever want them believing, that we're sitting out there as a target. I'd rather attack and be real aggressive. That's what I told them when I made them take them off. I've always been an offensive guy and I believe in attacking and going after people. That's why we got rid of them.

At halftime Jeff was chewing him out in the hallway. So he's been coaching him for a long time.

But being able to rotate him in was something I was set on doing. I did not want to come into this conference - and have what's at stake - with a quarterback who'd never taken a snap. He's got great instincts, and he's got all the physical abilities to get it done.