I told him to think about it. Well, (Tuesday) afternoon he and I sat down and talked. He told me, 'Greg, Carol (Vermeil's wife) and I spent a long time (Monday) night talking about it. We believe it is the right thing.

I'm progressing. I'm working hard, I'm working hard ... doing everything I can do, during practice and after practice. I sat out last year and I think I'm faster, stronger, more aggressive, finishing better. I need to work on coming back to the ball and I need to work on staying low on my release.

We really haven't set up a time-frame to do it, ... To be honest, the board hasn't sat down and said here's what we're going to do.

We don't have T-shirts, yet, ... We're in the infancy stage. But you can bet we're working on it.

I don't know how much I'll be looking across at him. I think I'll be looking across at their players more than I will him. But Bobby Bowden is obviously a great football coach. He's won a lot of football games.

I have great respect for Bobby Bowden and what he's done for college football, ... His teams play with enthusiasm. I've coached Florida State kids (in the NFL) and they believe in their program. It's a very competitive program.