I knew we only needed a field goal to tie it and put it into overtime, but I thought it was a great time to take a shot. More often than not, from the defensive perspective, the offense gets that ball.

We used this spring practice to our benefit. We got better in some areas. I thought our offensive line really moved along and we made a vast improvement in our secondary. It put us in good shape to utilize our time between now and August to improve the football team.

I thought we should have had at least three more turnovers. Colorado State, they tried to run the football. I thought they had the ability to test us in that area better than last week. But they only had 29 rushes for 59 yards. You look at the stats, and a lot of those stats came late in the game when we were playing back on our heels and we had down-the-line guys in there, but I expected them to play better.

I thought our wide receivers really stepped it up in blocking, ... Because with a lot of the perimeter running that we do, they become point-of-attack blockers, and they really did a good job.

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

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