He's a tough kid, ... He's rock solid. I don't want my QB to play scared and play cautious.

When you play a nonleague schedule and then you get ready for the league games, it all starts over, ... We'll know a lot more about our ballclub next Saturday afternoon.

Joel and I feel that's going to be a reality sooner rather than later.

We're proud of the progress we've made. But we don't feel the job is done yet.

I can't adequately express how happy I am, speaking not only for me, but for my family and coaching staff, that we will be able to continue making progress in our football program. I take great pride in being the head coach at the University of Minnesota.

I think Laurence's performance last night was really kind of indicative of the way our offense went,