We were proud of the players in the first half, and I think offensively we outplayed Warrior Run. Hopefully the first-half performance will carry over to Central Columbia next week.

I don't think anything is grim in the clubhouse, ... (The players) know that once we getting going offensively this thing turns on a heartbeat.

We were taken to the woodshed offensively in that first quarter. We couldn?t run the ball. We couldn?t get a first down.

We're not ready at all. We're just not. I told those guys that defensively we're not ready. Offensively, I think we'll be able to score some points. Defensively, we're not ready for Big Ten basketball yet. In fairness, we haven't mixed things up and we've just played man-to-man defense.

I think all the emphasis has made it even more valuable, ... Everybody is looking for those players.

I think he is adaptable to about anything. It depends if they want to run him (in the Breeders’ Cup Turf [G1]), but he did relax today. The course is very firm, but don’t take too much away from this horse. He is a very good horse.