That's the problem with the voting. We vote at the beginning of the year and don't (change) votes at the end of the year. I would hope in the future we would pick the four best teams at the end of the year and play them off and have a true national champion.

[Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville, whose team finished No. 2 in the final polls last season, says he considered voting for Texas, Iowa, Miami and Virginia Tech before settling on Michigan for No. 2 on his preseason ballot.] I had no clue, ... Just take one of them out and put them in there.

When a defensive back makes a major mistake like he did — stopping on a go route — it's going to show up,

We started finding out a little bit about Blake Field's nerves.

I was hoping we'd get a monsoon.

This conference tends to build with speed rather than bulk, ... It's very noticeable. If you look at the defensive stats, there are a lot of guys ranked very high.