It's going to be very strange playing against some of these guys. But I looked on the roster and there's only five or six guys still left from when I was there.

You guys will see and Buffalo fans are going to see that he's a true football coach, a down-to-earth guy and a winner. The faster we get this thing turned around, it's going to be much better for him and for us.

Why are guys like this on the verge of playing in the NHL while other guys are never going to make it? You learn when you're right and you learn when you're wrong.

We're going to carry 13 on the varsity roster, with a couple guys we'll move up and down. A lot of this team is coming back. The last two years, we've only lost two starters, and a lot of the kids we still have are playing a lot of ball in the summer. So far, so good for us. And we'll see how everything works out.

You get a little panicked at first. You think the worst sometimes. Luckily for me, it wasn't. It's treatable what I've got.

When it's an eight-man front, the back has to beat one guy. We can't block everybody. Knowing he has the ball and he's either going to run them over for a yard or he's going to make them pay, it's nice to know he's back there. I've seen him forearm guys and flip them on their head.