We spread the offense to spread the opposing defenses and that really creates running room.

It's a top-notch facility; it's a little different than what we typically are running on. It's the atmosphere too, of knowing 'wow, this is where states will be.' In a way it mentally prepares them for what is yet to come. It motivates them to come back.

It goes hand in hand, the running game and the passing game. You try to utilize the running game all the time, but there has to be a point where we're able to pass the football and make plays in the passing game.

We never got our running game, our passing game or anything else going.

Patterson tries to complete the pass instead of running the ball. So I was depending on him to throw the pass. It was a big read.

Well we played poorly tonight. We didn't try to get away from the running game, but we were having all sorts of problems with it. Our line wasn't playing well. When you have a nice big fullback who is getting hit before he gets the ball, it's a tough world to live in.