It's awesome. It's been good to relax a little bit. You know in the back of your head you have a game you're preparing for, but we've had a lot of fun, and that's helped us build some chemistry out here.

Just not relax and say we beat Dayton and Amity last year, we made it to the playoffs so we'll make it again this year because we have all but four guys back. We still have a lot to prove. We can't just relax.

That really woke me up — you just can't relax on anything, because anything can happen to anyone. Coach Holtz has put more of a restriction on us, and during the season he really doesn't want us going downtown. When you come to college, where people know you, you don't know people aren't going to say anything, so you have to be careful what you do, and you always have to know that somebody's watching you.

There was a lot of pressure on everybody, but really no extra pressure. We just needed to relax and do what our coaches have taught us.

Sometimes the best experiences are days when you u dont do anything...

I've always been fortunate in that I've been able to put myself in my own zone and relax. It comes naturally. I'm lucky to be that way.