His body hasn't changed a lot from when he left here.

I had to be out front as the head coach in the beginning, to set the agenda and expectations of the program, ... But then the players have the free agency to buy into it and take it upon themselves, referring back to the coaches when they need to. But there is a transfer of power, of leadership, that happens on a football team and it's day to day, where the players hold to the standard that has been established.

They know we have a lot of improvement to make. Our goals are eight weeks down the road at the end of conference play. I've been happy with our practices,

They deserved to win and they outperformed us in every aspect of the game today,

It never crossed my mind. I've been asked that, through fans, e-mails and other things. John is, I think, getting better and better each week. San Diego State did a nice job of giving him a little bit different looks than what our first opponents have done. I expect him to be better from this point on.

TCU is going to come here and play hard regardless of what he said in a newspaper article,

It was important for us just to get back in the bowl business, but now I think we want more. I still see this as the beginning of the road, and not the end of anything in our development.

There was more balance in plays that were made on both sides,

Offenses may come up with a 20- or 25-play script to start a game. They add specific formations to see a defense react to it and use a specific motion to see what you are ready for. Really, those first 20 or 25 scripted plays may not have anything to do with down and distance. So, it is more reactive in a sense on offense, to see what the reaction will be.

Those three plays in the game are the negative plays,