We pretty much went to the running game in the second half. All in all, there were quite a few bright spots, but we're still making blunders that we can't afford to make. We're very conscious of blunders, and when players make blunders, it costs them playing time.

Obviously, my emotions were running pretty high, ... I found out about an hour before the game after warm-ups that I was probably going to go. [McNair] didn't feel too well after warm-ups and it was very exciting to get the news that I was going to get an opportunity.

Ricky Woods is an exceptional player. He's certainly one of the best in our league. We would certainly like to find a way to stop Ricky, but we can't spend so much energy and effort on trying to stop him that we let other players get loose.

Having five guys in double figures is the kind of balance I like to see. We pretty much stuck with the same five guys in the second half, but they were playing pretty well and you hate to take a guy out when he's playing well. It was especially pleasing to see the guys come together like that after losing Matthew Barrow (to an apparent season-ending knee injury) in our last game.

I got the call at about 1 a.m. that night, and I went out to the municipal airport. In those days, we were all so close within the athletic department, so we were all losing close friends. There were a lot of funerals to go to in addition to the memorial service we had in McDonald Gym.

Ideally, everyone would like to have the same starting lineup for every game and be able to go with the same game plan for every game. Everyone would know their roles, and everyone would know the rotation.