It's a really nice honor when you consider it's a national award. It makes you think back over the years, about the number of coaches and student-athletes you've been involved with. It's all about the journey and memories -- all the great people you've been around.

It's a big ball game for this early in the year, no doubt about that. We talk about how important because there's only three teams in the playoffs.

We kind of talked with the boys about having a goal for this week. We put down a couple key words.

It's a very nice draw.

We really haven't had many positive things to hang our hat on this year, so this is a huge win for us. This puts us back in the picture and give us some momentum. You've got to have some positive feelings and we haven't had many.

They're kind of a scary team. They have 13 starters back from last year and a talented quarterback. If you let them hang around, they can get excited and you can have a real scruff on your hands.