Our eyes were like a deer in headlights. It took us a while to know we could play with them.

It's a staple game every year when we play Notre Dame and all eyes are on us, ... Every other team in the country wants to be in the position to play Notre Dame, and we're fortunate enough to have that opportunity this Saturday.

It's a staple game every year when we play Notre Dame and all eyes are on us. Every other team in the country wants to be in the position to play Notre Dame, and we're fortunate enough to have that opportunity this Saturday.

We went into [the opener] feeling both would play, and we'll go into this game probably with the same plan. The only thing we'll do on offense is just maybe try to simplify things a little bit and allow those guys to have success without thinking so much.

We're playing a bunch of young guys, and I just believe that every time they play and get more experience, it's going to make us better. That's not a lot of consolation for some of the seniors in our program, but I've been in this situation before, and I know we're making progress as a program.

I think he'll be playing for us soon, we just don't know if it will be this week or not.