Our sophomores who are going to play are going to develop. I don't feel good about starting a sophomore unless he has already shown he can do the job for us. All they lack is that Friday night experience.

Conditioning is a big thing. We have this tendency to play 30 minutes of a 36 minute game. ... Half of it is conditioning, but then half of it is just the mental intensity to play the entire game.

When I heard those guys play saxophone, I knew that's what I wanted to play.

I was pleased with our effort. We played hard. We didn't play smart, but it's good to get back on the winning track.

We are not very big. Our linebacking corps has good size. We are not very big on the defensive line and we are not very big in the secondary, but we do have some quickness and we do have some good hitters. We play a fast style of defense. So far, our hitting and our tackling has been really good.

He's a great tackler one-on-one. He's textbook. He's very strong against the pass. He's the best we got.