We'll prepare. If one thing happens for one of our guys, and one thing happens for a guy on another team, that gap is gone.

It's certainly a unique situation. There's been years when we had two state champions going up against each other, but here you have one guy going for his fourth state title, another (Morita) going for his third and a third guy going for his second. It's pretty special, and it should make for an exciting Saturday. They can't all win.

We should be dominating next year. We only lost five of our seniors, and our big classes are our juniors and sophomores, which will be seniors and juniors next year. So I think we're going to all step up, and it'll be amazing to watch.

I try to take control out there. If someone's losing their temper, I try to get them back in line and focused back on the game instead of what the fans are hollering or what the other team's saying.

Early in the semifinal round, we lost a little bit of wind. When (eventual runner-up Shawn Beard of West pinned eventual third-place finisher) Kenny Palmer in a semifinal, that took a little wind out of our sails, but we still came back to put 13 guys in the final round. I told the guys they had to be aggressive (going into the final round), and I think we might have been a little too aggressive a couple times.

I've got two or three receivers who I know when I throw the ball, they're going to get it. I also feel comfortable giving it to my running backs. I know they'll make something happen. But when something isn't going right, I do take full responsibility.