There were a lot of times tonight when there weren't big holes there, there were seams. He sees that and he's such a good north-south runner.

It's a really big thing for the players to be honored here tonight. There are no losers out of this. Success or failure in football doesn't matter, they're both not permanent. It's what you turn your life into that matters.

He had a nice game, and ran the ball hard. He missed a couple of holes and seams that could have been big gainers. He's an inexperienced back, but with each carry he is learning and getting better. He will get better as the year goes on.

Overall I thought he played very very well. He's got the ability to change plays out there for us and he did some things there that I liked as well. He's such a competitor. When he's running the ball, people are going to realize he's a threat there as well. I feel kind of blessed having quarterbacks who hurt people a lot of different ways the last couple years.

We knew Prairie was probably not going to go away and that their coaches would challenge them at halftime and they'd come out and respond.

We got a little conservative because we certainly wanted to make sure we got the win.