It was all about our intensity level, ... We tend to come out sluggish in games. I wanted to set the tone and get the crowd into it. We definitely are a second-half team. We have to learn to become a first- and second-half team.

After Santa Barbara, everyone knew that we had to come out with a different level of intensity and a different level of focus that maybe we hadn't had. The Cal Poly players were kind of jawing at us before the game and got us fired up.

Conference is the first and most important goal. I've done everything I can to up the intensity level.

I'll be honest with you, it feels really good to come back from a tough situation, a sluggish first half and still capitalize down the stretch. We have been losing a lot of fights down the stretch.

We're playing with intensity. We're playing with swagger. We're believing in the system and we're believing in the level of the guys who are on the field. We're playing for one goal, and that's to win.

It may be that all games are silly. But then, so are humans.