If I can slow it down in my mind, ... Things will be fine.

[Among those who made the last-minute switch: writers in Austin, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas. Many will wonder whether they and their counterparts in the coaches' poll succumbed to the lobbying efforts of 'Horns coach Mack Brown and/or pressure from their constituencies.] I thought it was a little classless how Coach Brown was begging for votes after the [Texas A&M] game, ... I think a team's record and the way you play should speak for itself.

I know a lot is going to be on our shoulders, especially the way we're starting games out. We have to start faster; I have to be sharper from the start, and I will be. And I'm confident that if we can get this thing started out a little better each week that we can get on that roll and be tough to stop.

Five letters here just for everybody out there in Packer-land: R-E-L-A-X, Relax. We're going to be OK.

Touch is more important than arm strength. You want to really allow the receiver to run underneath the throw. It'll give you a little margin for error if you undershoot it a bit.

I'm always challenging him. I always say, it's the best coast, as I like to call the West Coast, against the South. Back when J.T. (O'Sullivan) was here, it was me and J.T. against Craig (Nall) and Brett.