We can't move forward if we keep on looking in the past. Last year was last year, and it was a great year, but it's gone.

That's a tough call to make, especially on a critical call like that.

I'll tell you what, that was big. It gave them a bigger gap and when you play a team with an offense like that, you can't really give them a lot of points and expect to win.

Growing up, I think the competition at a young age with the programs here, I was able to compete with a lot of great players at a young age, and I think that carried on to middle school and high school and I think that carried on to college. Those same things, the high competition at a high level, is still in me.

We're not going to sneak up on them like I think we did the last time. I think they kind of took us for granted, but this time we know we've got our hands full.

That's been a trademark of our football team. We go out every Saturday and try to play with intensity, we try to play with emotion, and we try to play with a chip on our shoulder. Until we do that, we're just an average team. When we do that, we can really step up to a challenge.