We were 14 points away last year from being in the BCS national championship. We've got to somehow find a way to get those 14 points back.

Every year, the NFPA [National Fire Protection Association] does something different,

Unbelievable. He has two national championship rings. First year (in the NFL), he goes to a Super Bowl and a Pro Bowl. He's one of these guys that can handle it and he just takes it all in stride and knows what it takes to get here.

We did have a guy last year, Jonas Jacobson ['05], who won a top attorney award at the national championship, which is pretty sweet.

It seems this topic comes up every year on the conference call since Syracuse won the national championship. We see a lot of zone for obvious reasons -- because we have a hard time making 3s.

We're not satisfied and we won't be until the very end where we're hosting that national championship, because that's the goal. Until we get to that point, we can't say we're satisfied. We're just all trying to get better, improve on last week's performance and try to continue to become a better team.