I know my body and I told them I can be back before then. It's such a tough challenge for me that I want to be out there as fast as I can.

It's the toughest challenge of my life because football is all I know. It's all I want to do. That's it, and when that gets taken away from you that hurts more than anything. There's an emptiness. ... I've got to stay positive. I'm not going to lie to you. I'm down in spirits right now.

The idea is not to increase intensity, but to challenge your body by forcing it to recover more quickly.

The challenge that GW has and every major university has is that you have a student body that is very diverse and coming with very individual needs and different expectations, ... Their link is more tied to the academic discipline.

They're athletic and young and they're all freewheeling. They're playing really loose, so it's going to be a good challenge.

We talked about that. We said if we don't get it (on the pass), we're going to challenge you guys to see if you can punch it in. We did the same thing last week and scored and won the ball game.