I think these are the best games to start out with. It's better to start with a challenge, so you can expect more as you go into the season.

It gave us a rush and our momentum picked up, but we slowed down for a couple minutes and they retaliated on us. In the second half, we just picked our game up again.

Joe likes coaching in big games. He likes the challenge. He really enjoys them.

The challenge here is to win, to compete for the conference championship and to go to bowl games. Yeah, I love it here. I came here because I'm a football coach and I want to help the University of Idaho become successful.

They were the hottest team in the league over the last 10 games last year. That's the challenge. They have a lot of explosive weapons.

Those guys have won (a lot of) games and they're extremely well-coached. We look forward to the challenge, and it's going to be a challenging game I'm sure.