They showed what they were made of the last game last year against West Holmes, where they both had over 100 yards. So we sort of thought that there was something special there, and they went out and showed it on Friday.

It was a gut-wrenching game. The way West Virginia fought to the end, I'd like to congratulate them on the way they run their program.

It was probably the toughest team we've played all year. It was a good game, but it really showed some things that we still need to work on, some weaknesses we have.

We had more riding on this game and it showed.

This was the best game we've played all year. The guys understood this was a good Holmes team. Now, this team is looking forward to going to play at Northwest. They know it's a challenge, and they look forward to it. But we know we have to take it one game at a time.

Every tournament we go to is a tough one. West Holmes is another. We set up our schedule a few years ago when we had stronger, more experienced teams, and we've just kept most of it. We figure we might as well let our young guys see what's out there.