It takes time to save time.

It has a hot flavor taste. If you don't like a vinegary, spicy-hot flavor, then you won't like it,

At this level and above, when teams are evenly matched, normally the difference makers are special teams. There's nothing like taking an eight- or nine-play drive and scoring and then the other team gets in the end zone with the kickoff return - those are momentum swingers. We tell our guys, be the reason we won, not the reason we lost.

For a long while, people didn't give scholarships for special teams. But now, it's understood. You're not looking for a walk-on. You're looking for a guy because he is a weapon.

There are four or five plays every game that will determine the outcome, and those plays are (usually) special teams. There's nothing worse than your offense going eight or nine plays for a touchdown, and then you kick off and see the other team go all the way with one play. That's demoralizing. We've come to understand the importance of special teams.

We told him last spring that he shouldn't come here unless he thinks he can [contribute]. He moves well. He's got a good work ethic. Somewhere on that defensive front, he should be playing because he's a pretty good talent.