I tried to warn him. And I told his parents that sitting in the stands you're going to hear everything in the world about your son. That's the nature of the position.

We've had to do absolutely nothing to the race car.

I was not going to go just anywhere. The stability of the program appealed to me. Dan is the dean of the Big 12 coaches and has done a great job retaining his coaching staff despite all the success ISU has experienced.

I feel fortunate to get a job at a place where you've got a chance to contend.

His durability and his toughness are second to none. He's proved that he'll play with courage and sacrifice his body, which he's done.

You see him in the huddle really challenging the guys on the short yardage situations, the third downs, and you see him go up and down the sidelines on the offensive side, encouraging when we need to be encouraged.