I was real proud of how Eugene ran hard on a wet field. He really took a step forward for us. He ran physical against a real physical defense, and I know he gives a lot of the credit to his offensive line.

This is a different year and we are an entirely different team. We are 0-2 vs. Florida Atlantic, but this football team is 0-0 against them.

That was in that scrimmage at Washington University. We were fighting a little bit after the play. It was a little heated argument.

It's an opportunity to go against one of [the best], if not the best, conference in the country. This is a very good Alabama team, one of the best in the country and certainly one of the best in the SEC.

I told him he has to (come back). If I'm going to be here, he has to be here. I told him, 'How am I going to work out if I have to do it by myself?' I hardly do a good enough job as is. I need Adam to push me hard and give me more donuts.

Going into the season we had high expectations. It's disappointing and it's frustrating, and as the season went on, we had more and more problems, but those are things that we should be able to handle.