This is first time, either as a player or a coach, I've ever had back-to-back losing seasons. You want to let your fans and players know you're trying to do things better.

It's been a long time, ... that I've ever been prouder of a football team - to come down here and lay their heart and soul and guts on the line every play and fought them toe to toe. They have a great defense, but I really thought we were going to win the ballgame.

It's rare a team has a Cinderella year where they have a lot of losing seasons and then all of a sudden make it to the playoffs, unless you can go out and buy a bunch of talent. For us, that's one of our stepping stones. We want to get to .500 and keep moving from there.

It's a tough transition going from two championship seasons to a losing season, but it just shows we have a lot more to prove.

It wasn't disappointing losing to Wake [Forest]. They ended up winning, as they had the previous two seasons. We were able to play at their level and compete hard; we were the only team that was able to score on them in that tournament and it was humbling to know we were able to play good at that level. It shows that we were an unbelievable team.

I?m not sure on Baker.