They had the edge early, but our guys came back and competed and got themselves in a position to win the ball game. It was a heck of a game.

You're going to be surprised, but we're not running that much option,

A play like that really is an emotional lift that picks up everyone. He turns his body and knifes through there. You don't have to give him much of a crack.

Probably the biggest difference in the two programs is they've had a little more physical team than we've had and that helps you in the close games.

Some people refer to it as the Purdue rule, which is a block by a guy, to an adjacent lineman, below the knees. I've seen teams continue to do that this year and so far I've yet to see a call made reflecting that particular block.

Some years the schedule rolls your way and some years it doesn't. There are a lot of very good teams in the conference, so I don't think you can make any assumptions about any teams.

I wanted more emphasis on our problem from last season. So, Brock will be helping out over there throughout the year.

The secondary played better in many phases. We are in a situation that we are switching things up to see what the result is and tonight it was a better product.

The wholesome stuff that we do is boring to you guys. But that is life.

There's probably five of them that could probably play (at the position). That's a nice problem. One's just as good as the other one.