Hopefully, we can go from there. That was a very good effort overall for us. If we can play with that intensity, we'll be OK.

I was most happy to see us play with great effort and great passion, ... Sure, absolutely (last year was on our minds). We're determined to prove some things this year. Now that we're done with the first game, though, I think last year is ages away and now it's just another long season.

Jay gave us a good, hard effort on Hester. He's (Hester) a nice player. Everything they do revolves around him. If he's not the one scoring for them than he is involved in the scoring in some other way.

I thought Matt gave us a huge lift off the bench. It is great to have that type of effort off the bench. That is extremely important to the team. The kids battled tonight.

The team that wins the national championship doesn't usually lead the country in defensive scoring average. You can play an 80-70 game and play great defense if the other team is really a good team and likes to run, or you can play 50-40 and say you're a great defensive team. That never bothered me. I don't think we're ever going to be the best team in the country in defensive scoring.

I know it's really though on coach to see us play like that. It's just something you have to get out of your system.