He is really into football and has an intense intellectual passion for the game. I am really excited about playing for him. I think he is bringing great ideas to the table that can help turn this program around.

It is imperative that we have seamless execution [Saturday]. We cannot afford unnecessary penalties, dropped balls or missed blocks.

We definitely feel like this is a team we can beat. I have the highest expectations for our team. A win is definitely feasible.

We had a good week of practice following the alumni game, made some personnel adjustments to get our best players in the most crucial spots, and our offense has been executing well in practice.

They give a four-deep secondary look. We have designed our passing game around that this week. We just change the routes slightly to account for where the holes in the defense are.

They were blitzing from the outside all afternoon. They put a lot of pressure on the passing game. It was difficult to find my rhythm.