It's easy for him to say that too much was being made of it because he doesn't have to defend it. They're running the option quite a bit and it makes them that much more difficult to prepare for.

That's an easy question, but a tough answer. To go from a loser to a winner, to a consistent winner, it's not all done until you win a conference championship.

He's a tough kid, ... He's rock solid. I don't want my QB to play scared and play cautious.

Joel and I feel that's going to be a reality sooner rather than later.

We're proud of the progress we've made. But we don't feel the job is done yet.

I can't adequately express how happy I am, speaking not only for me, but for my family and coaching staff, that we will be able to continue making progress in our football program. I take great pride in being the head coach at the University of Minnesota.