They played good defense, and we just couldn't put the ball in the basket.

I'm very excited about (White) coming to be our quarterback coach. I've been very impressed, and I've talked with him about his philosophy, his fundamentals and the teaching progression that a quarterback or a group of quarterbacks goes through. He'll do a fine job in that area.

I told him to think about it. Well, (Tuesday) afternoon he and I sat down and talked. He told me, 'Greg, Carol (Vermeil's wife) and I spent a long time (Monday) night talking about it. We believe it is the right thing.

K.J. (Smith)'s had a very good camp. He had a good spring ball and I like him there (at middle linebacker). I think it's a good position for him.

To what level will he be at when he comes in here? I don't know that. I know this - he is very diligent about wanting to get started. He's chomping at the bit to try to get us to give him bits and pieces so he can get going.

Our kids are improving every week. We have all kinds of talent, but some days we don't play to our potential and this was one of those days.

We took some shots we shouldn't have taken. It wasn't good shot management. We just didn't play very smart, and they made some shots.

This was really only our fifth game with everybody together this year. We're just now getting into a rhythm. With the (vacation) breaks we had, some players being ineligible and other stuff, we weren't able to put it together before now.

I think he is just scratching the surface. I think he has a lot of qualities. He's intelligent. He has a lot of qualities that fit what we're looking for at the quarterback position. The quarterback position in our offense is like a point guard in basketball. He has to deliver the mail. He has to make others look better.