We have to raise our level of intensity. I think they'll understand. We have to respond and rebound.

We played hard, we played with intensity, we flew around. Were we as sharp mentally? No. Our guys were in a fog. We won, despite ourselves. That's the mark of good team. We're not a great team yet.

We played hard but we didn't play smart. Chances are running out on us and those guys better understand that.

I think everybody's intensity level just picked up. We started to rebound a little bit better. We ran our offense. We put pressure on them on defense, and everything just came together.

When you look at why this team is 9-0, I don't think it's necessarily because the offense is that much better than it was last year, but I do believe the defense and special teams are better.

Tyler Emmert is going to come in here and compete very well.