I pride myself on catching the ball, and when that happens, it hurts. As soon as the play was over, I was like, 'Corey, I apologize.'

We did a have a play set up to get him open, but the problem was we didn't execute the play properly. But sometimes that's the way things work. ... Jake Black is a great defender, and he was right there. Caleb just hit the shot.

I think the way to look at this schedule is to take pride in the fact that we will perhaps play the No. 1 schedule in the country. It will be interesting to see at the end of the year how many of these teams go to bowl games. Just about every time we line up we have an opportunity to make national news. Opening up at nationally-ranked Arizona State is going to be a real challenge, but it also gives us some additional motivation to get ready to play.

Sometimes I think that you have to swallow your pride a little bit and know when you are done.

We strive to deny the other team any opportunities in the defensive third. We've taken pride in that this year and it's really paid off.

This is the start of a new era and we want to redefine our Elk pride.