[Marquette's] another one of those guys who hasn't had a tremendous amount of football experience, but we're working on getting him tougher, and we're real pleased with how well he's been responding.

Coming into a new system, and having to teach the kids a new system takes a while to execute.

We're a young ball club. The biggest thing we've been trying to get our kids to do is to fight through the bad things on the ball field. I was proud of how they fought through them tonight.

This kid epitomizes what we're looking for. David did decide to play football. He worked hard and was eager to be out there. He tore his ACL in the third or fourth game, and it was tough. But he dedicated himself to our football team and what we were trying to do.

They're a good football team. They have a lot of experience on offense, and it showed on that last possession.

He's a good, rangy kid who comes with some football experience. He has good hands and has good speed. He's also a starting safety, with a Rodney Harrison mentality [of hitting hard].