I was trying not to play her a lot. I thought we were in pretty good shape at 12-4. I didn't realize that was the highlight of the first half.

I think if we would have played Wednesday, or Thursday, it might not have been as good as it was (vs. ND). I think we needed some time. It was more of just kind of getting our heads, rather than our bodies, right.

As it should be. When you've played here the longest, you should have a pretty good idea what to do. If you're going to be a good team, you have to do that.

In the short term, they have some kids they have plugged in there and are doing a good job.

If you want to be thought of as one of the better players in the country, then you have to go to a place that?s really, really difficult, tough to play and play really well. Most good teams play good at home, but the really good teams, the way they separate themselves is they play well on the road.

There's a lot of soul searching that has to go on. Maybe we just don't have it in us. Maybe we're just not good enough right now.

It's a reminder to ourselves that as good as we can be at times, as good as we can look for long stretches, we're not all there. We're not completely there, mentally or physically.

If that's the way they had it planned, then I would say that's pretty good planning.

For 15 years, I've been living the life of all things looking great, and now everything's a struggle. But it's good that we can still win when it's a struggle.