They were coming at us with eight- and nine-man fronts. As the second half progressed, we weren't getting Johnnie as much time.

We had a bad combination of mishandling the ball and missing some blocks. Things seemed to landslide on us.

How many times can a man turn his head and pretend he just doesn't see?

[March 21, pot shot: What ex-Indiana coach Bob Knight took at current Hoosiers head man Mike Davis, his former assistant, during a radio interview.] The guy that's coaching there is a guy, ... that I told Pat [Knight, his assistant] we were going to replace at the end of the [2001] season.

I could rant and rave about a lot of things. I could rant and rave about the man in the middle. I could rant and rave about the unsportsmanlike behavior of (Glen) for most of the game. I could certainly rant and rave about the schedule which forced us to play Wednesday night and again on Friday and on a rainy, knee deep field. There's all sorts of physiological reasons, but the bottom line is we didn't play well enough early enough in order to go and get that first goal.

I could rant and rave about a lot of things. I could rant and rave about the man in the middle. I could rant and rave about the unsportsmanlike behavior of No. 26 for most of the game. I could certainly rant and rave about the schedule which forced us to play Wednesday night and again on Friday and on a rainy, knee deep field.