Right now, the offensive line controls how much team work we do. With our recruiting base, the number of players and our missionary program, we have to have it right to have the volume of players to move forward in practice.

He's progressing. I couldn't tell you when he might rejoin the team. There are some steps in place and when that cycle runs its course we'll welcome him back with open arms. But Russell still has some work to do.

Mike is coming in as a running back, but he will help out the team wherever he can. He is hard to tackle and he is fast and I like him a lot.

It was nice to be in the stadium again. We're one step closer to the fall with this team. We have great chemistry and enough players to help us compete for a championship. We wanted to develop depth and not get anybody hurt.

I talked to a number of players on the team -- including our offensive linemen -- they really wanted to do this for him. That's all healthy stuff, that's all good stuff.

Boston College is a solid football team, which is exactly what we saw on the field today. They run the ball effectively, they play-action pass effectively and they're hard to score points on. They play well and they're well-coached. They're worthy of where they're ranked to this point.