It was a Hail Mary. That was the call.

That was a bigger adjustment than I thought it would be. The first day was kind of rough. I didn't think it would take that long to get used to, but it took the whole first day. He really struggled the first day because he couldn't get the ball up, but he's gotten a lot better. Whatever they decide to do is all right with me.

Now everyone's on board with Gopher football after we won a big game, but I remember just two weeks ago everyone bad-mouthing us, saying that we're not really that good.

The season starts next week. The preseason is over. This is what we've been getting ready for. We'll see what we're about next week.

The season starts now for me. This is the time we've been waiting for.

It was tough for him, because he just got here and he's already playing with the first team. He's got a lot to live up to, but it takes time to learn the way you want to run the ball.

When we've got a team down like that, obviously you have to win the game. We had a chance to do that early and we didn't do it. The second half, we could have pulled away a little more, but we didn't. They started scoring and at the end, scored when they needed to.

He kind of told some people that he was having second thoughts. But I still figured he would go.

He should play like that all the time. I told him if he keeps playing like that, he plays on Sundays.

He made it sound to us like he'll be back. I'm hoping he comes back. I'd really hate to have a senior year with different coaches.