When he came back, I think it gave a big message to our seniors, a big message to our younger players.

I think they're much better than last year [when Navy went 8-5]. They haven't gone down a bit at the quarterback position, everybody's a little more athletic and I think their line's better.

We are very strong when you think about it like that. Just look at the seniors that are top-ranked in the country and the number of Division I scholarships that guys from West Tennessee had signed - that's your answer right there. Those are numbers that don't lie.

When we were younger, you know, small stuff is small stuff, but we turned it into the big stuff. It's just part of being young, you know. We've grown up and we've realized that some people, like old managers, will keep us on the road for years without breaks, and no one ever got us to talk about the small [disagreements and annoyances]. Once we figured all that out, we're all best friends again.

I think every little girl's dream is to be a mermaid or to see a mermaid. [When I was younger] I would go to the beach and cover myself in the sand. People from different cultures and centuries have the same idea of what mermaids are ... so that's maybe a cool thing to think about.

It's possible. He might try to do something in certain situations. We haven't made a big emphasis on that. He can do some Superman stuff. I'd like to see it.