In many ways it was a typical California-Indiana game, and there have been a lot of games like this where we get within four or five and then put a push on in the last two minutes. We just didn't have enough juice to finish it off.

Mark and I have been clicking the last couple of games, ... To lose a guy like that, my go-to guy, made it pretty hard on offense, especially for coach Harris calling plays.

Marty has been talking about finishing games since we've lost by a total of nine points those three games. And he has been stressing about finishing, making plays when you have to.

If you watch his career, he has been a guy that has played in a lot of big games. He kicked a lot of tough kicks in pressure situations. He's an outdoor guy. The weather doesn't bother him. If he continues to do what he did in college, you're talking about a guy that can be here for 10 years-plus.

Mark has played in three grand finals and in the Heineken Cup final and these games prepare people for Test rugby,

He's a great guy. We spent a lot of time working on our games in high school. I don't know if we imagined getting to where we (are now), but it's going to be fun to be across the sideline from him.