I was concerned about Smith catching the ball in the paint, as we weren't knocking the ball down. We did have to be a little more tentative than usual due to getting in foul trouble.

In so far as Smith is concerned, we are ready.

Madam, if you are so concerned about catching BSE, you should do what I do and turn vegetarian.

He's got a gift for catching the ball. That's just a phenomenal catch. You're going to see a lot of that. He's the kind of guy that's going to have plays on ESPN. He's that kind of player.

We'll do whatever we have to do to win, ... We like catching the ball, but the big thing is getting that 'W' every week. I'll take that over anything else, any day.

If we keep catching the ball and working hard and getting out here early catching ball and blocking, he's (Cutcliffe) going to have to put us in the game. That's what Coach Luke keeps telling us. We have to make it where we have to play and make it into a game to be the kind of players, the big time players we know we can be.