You can see that Alex is a very shifty runner. And Herb is just a load out there.

Being the returning state runner-up immediately put a target on Alex. I knew he had pressure on him to win it this year, but I don't think I realized how great that pressure was until after he won it, when he was talking about how it felt. I think he handled that pressure pretty well.

He's very crafty, very shifty and very tough to stop.

You never know what he's going to do. He's very shifty and unpredictable. They could have a wedge one way, and he'll go the other way.

There's no way we could have had as smooth of a transition at defensive line.

The kicking game is key. Last week our mistakes in kicking had everything to do with the outcome of the game. I'd like to think at the end of the game this week that our kicking game has the edge.