The defense has taken more time to coordinate than in previous years.

Overall, we're hoping to have a better season, not only record wise, but with our overall performance. We want to give our opponents a better run for their money.

The younger guys are doing quite well; they have that drive. Peter was strong as a freshman. He played at the varsity level and was a force to be reckoned with to some extent.

We have a large core of returning players who have played together for a number of years. That's good. It makes things a little easier.

We want to get in good shape. We want to see who's in shape and who's not in shape. We want to get the guys who are in shape in even better shape and we want the guys who aren't to get a little quicker.

We've been moving offensive players into different positions, and we've worked on certain types of passing.